Project Director

About the Opportunity

Job title: Project Director

Reporting to: President & Representative Director of Japan

Location: Hybrid (remote/Tokyo office), with some travel required to client offices

Job Type: Permanent, full time

About STEM

STEM Healthcare is a dynamic, fast-paced global pharmaceutical and life sciences strategic benchmarking firm headquartered in the UK and present across six continents. STEM have developed an audit process and built a benchmarking database with more than 500,000 face-to-face observations completed across 52 countries. The benchmark provided is unique in the pharmaceutical industry consisting of over 100 KPIs, while focusing on 2-3 key priorities during formulation of action planning to help clients further accelerate performance.

STEM accelerates performance, improves strategic alignment, and facilitates excellence in marketing, medical, market access and account plans strategy execution. Due to the unique, specialised and highly targeted offering, STEM is experiencing a rapid growth phase, and recruiting heavily across the world. New employees will be joining at a time where rapid career development and growth opportunities are expected, as the organisation works towards their mid and long-term goals.

Vision

To always be viewed as an essential partner in enabling our clients to reach more patients with their medicines

Mission

To accelerate high performance

Core Values

Brave, Honest, Performance Driven, Practical, Customer Focused, Caring

Job Purpose

The Project Director reports into the Japan President and manages consulting projects end to end, responsible (on a matrix basis) for the project team including field staff. The projects tend to be for global Pharmaceutical organisations focused on their Japan market, as well as local Pharmaceutical organisations.

Job Role

• The Project Director has a responsibility for business development, including maintaining current business, winning new clients and expanding the STEM business across existing clients
• The Project Director is a key client contact at STEM, developing an understanding of their business, interviewing their leaders, analyzing and interpreting observational data, and ultimately presenting the final report and making strategic recommendations, as well as maintaining ongoing contact with the client
• With an experienced team of field workers, the Project Director is responsible for briefing their team (pulled together on a project basis), as well as taking part in some of the field interviews with senior leaders
• The field workers managed directly/indirectly observe healthcare professional interactions with the sales, market access or field-based medical teams, depending on the scope and nature of the project

Essential Requirements

• Qualified to degree level in a relevant area (for example Business Studies / Life Sciences)
• Advanced business degree is a plus (e.g. MBA/Certificates)
• In house Pharma Sales Management, Marketing Management, Business Unit Head or Management Consultant with high level client facing interaction around sales and marketing capability
• Results-focused but very good interpersonal skills to win business while appearing relaxed
• Ambitious, ability to work independently but a good team player with good leadership skills

About Company

Website: www.stemhealthcare.com

STEM Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. STEM Healthcare will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. STEM Healthcare only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.