Program Manager

Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications that make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers.

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law.

POSITION SUMMARY
When you think about your strengths, do these characteristics describe you? “I’m great with people.” “I love nailing down details, over planning, and scrutinizing schedules.” “I am a master communicator and a natural coach or leader.” If so, we want you on our team! Medscape Education is seeking a motivated, adaptable, team-oriented Associate Program Manager to support the development of our medical education programs. By joining Medscape Education, the leading provider of live and online medical education for clinicians (medscape.org), you will lead talented team members across multiple departments to create accredited medical educational programs that truly make an impact on physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers and thus the lives of those around you. Medscape Education is committed to delivering quality, timely, medically accurate content to clinicians worldwide and seeks a leader who emanates:

Strong work ethic

Passion for greatness

Emotional intelligence

Dedication to our mission

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Manage short (several months) and long-term (up to a year) projects and/or tasks involving multiple team members representing different departments based across multiple time zones

Use our web-based project management tool to ensure development processes are followed and projects are on time and within budget and specification

Manage project initiation, planning and status meetings and send ongoing communications to the project team and outside partners related to program goals and status

Coordinate meeting material development, logistics and provide onsite management assistance for content presented live or captured in a video studio

Communicate potential project delays and accelerations and work with Team Lead to overcome issues

Track project-related expenses and support invoice payment processing

Serve as point of contact for external partners/vendors to provide materials necessary to perform their project-related tasks

WHO YOU ARE

A person who obtains satisfaction in the on-time, on-budget, within scope, delivery of projects, from initiation through completion

Someone who excels at developing and fostering positive team dynamics

Interested in growing into a role as a program manager

A true team player who jumps in and tackles new assignments and constantly looks for ways to help the department

Smart communicator and good negotiator

Comfortable in a highly deadline-driven environment, and able to pivot quickly between tasks and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities

Enjoys leveraging technology to make your job easier

Live within commuting distance to our Newark office

Have the ability to work overtime or travel for project assignments, as needed

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bachelor’s degree required; PMP certification a plus

Minimum of three years’ project and process management experience required; within the publishing, internet technologies, healthcare or medical education environment a plus

Experience with continuing medical education materials a plus

High professionalism, ability to work independently, and easy rapport in building collaborative work relationships

Outstanding time management and organizational skills and possess an eye for details

Ability to provide creative solutions independently or within a team dynamic as issues arise

Excellent verbal communication, writing, and grammar skills

Excellent computer skills that include working remotely on shared networks and cloud-based systems

A high degree of proficiency using Microsoft Office suite and G-Suite required; and experience with web-based document sharing sites (such as SharePoint ) and project management tools (such as Workfront)

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