[Remote] Temporary Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Curion connects brands with people through sensory and consumer research insights. The Temporary Project Manager coordinates research projects from planning through execution, overseeing recruiting, programming, fieldwork, documentation, quality control, and client deliverables while ensuring projects are completed on time, accurately, and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day tasks necessary to carry out the research project, coordinate and facilitate all research and operational activities, including oversight of recruiting, survey programming, procurement, creating project execution documents and holding briefing calls with cross functional teams
• Collaboration on study creation, execution and revision of customized project work plans and milestones as appropriate, to meet changing needs and requirements of client to ensure that each study is handled effectively, efficiently and to all client specifications:
• Prioritize and oversee multiple projects at once from start to finish
• Effective application of Curion methodology and enforcement of project standards
• Collaborate on the development of project documentation including screeners and questionnaires, protocol, moderator/execution script, respondent instructions, and all other relevant field support documentation
• Attendance at study kick-off meetings with all invested parties
• Create project execution protocol instruction documents
• Schedule and conduct all recruiting and execution briefings
• Review study questionnaire program
• Oversee fieldwork and data collection
• Act as escalation contact for recruiting and fielding issues
• QC check data files, summary charts/tabulations, and verbatims and coded open-end responses
• Proof reading of research findings to present results
• Updating Director, Strategic Product Insights of study progress, anticipated problems and suggested resolutions
• Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
• Maintenance of official files
• Arranging of client visits and accompanying hospitability, ensuring that Curion is represented with the utmost professionalism and commitment to quality
• Coordination of national/international study execution as needed
• Assisting on departmental special projects as requested
• Supporting all other departmental functions on an as-needed basis
• Managing of day-to-day operational aspects of a project
• Responsible for controllable on time, error free and on budget project fulfillment
• QC of all internal project execution processes

Skills

• 3+ years' experience in Project Management with research supplier or manufacturer
• Sensory experience on either client or supplier side
• Quality-focused with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Adept at using Microsoft resources including Teams, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Aptitude for learning new technologies and proprietary tools and platforms
• Experience with Project Management platform, i.e., Asana
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing
• Ability to coordinate, influence and work well with internal cross functional groups
• Ability to travel up to 15 percent
• BA/BS in Social Sciences, Business, Market Research, Management Science, Food Sciences, Sensory Sciences, Mathematics, or Statistics
• Food/Beverage, QSR, or HBA experience preferred
• Master's degree a plus

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