Project Manager

About

At Cogstate, we’re advancing the science of brain health - making it faster, easier, and more accurate to assess cognition across clinical trials, healthcare settings, and everyday life.

Our digital cognitive assessments are trusted by researchers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical partners around the world, helping to drive breakthroughs in neuroscience and improve outcomes for people living with neurological conditions. Founded on decades of cognitive science and backed by rigorous validation, Cogstate’s assessments are used in more than 150 countries and over 2,000 clinical trials.

Our global team of experts - spanning psychology, data science, operations, and technology - works together to solve complex challenges in brain health assessment, always with a patient-first mindset. Whether we’re supporting a multinational Alzheimer’s trial or developing tools to bring cognitive testing into routine care, our work is meaningful, collaborative, and constantly evolving.

At Cogstate, we’re not just imagining the future of brain health - we’re building it.

Responsibilities

• Lead Global clinical trials across all phases.
• May actively mentor other project management team members and clinical staff.
• Facilitate team building and communication.
• With support from supervisor, request resources across platform lines and ensure team member follow pre-determined hours allocated in budget.
• Manage project to target gross profit consistently.
• Accurate and timely financial forecasting and invoicing.
• Assess need for change in scope and lead Change Order Process.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the broader impact of invoicing on company financials.
• Experience managing projects in Start-Up or Conduct or Close-Out phases (can be over multiple projects).
• Develop in depth understanding of Cogstate service delivery within operational, financial and regulatory constraints. Able to find gaps and work with the team to fill them.
• Proactively manage risks with confidence, demonstrating strong leadership in guiding team members through challenges and making decisive, well-informed decisions.
• Attending Investigator Meetings (as needed) and ensuring Cogstate is well represented.
• Foster team collaboration and effective communication in a virtual environment, seamlessly connecting teams across multiple geographic locations.
• With supervision, analyze reports for project hours and budget utilization and making course corrections in conjunction with Operations Line Managers.
• Ability to review Work Orders and determine deliverables and timelines for project.
• Maintain project narrative for external and internal stakeholders. Ensure accurate reporting on service delivery and progress.
• Lead internal project team utilizing available tools and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to motivate, influence and drive project toward outcomes and deliverables ensuring team is on task and meet the highest standards of service.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a business, scientific or a technical discipline (psychology, nursing, biology, sociology, computer science or engineering). Master’s preferred but not mandatory.
• Previous CRO experience.
• 4+ years Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, or CRO environment.
• Budget management experience.

Skills, Knowledge and Specialist Expertise

• Proven ability to successfully manage a full workload across multiple projects with limited supervisory support.
• Able to answer majority of study questions around process, scope, budget independently.
• Anticipates problems and develops recommendations for management.