52 Healthcare Project jobs in South Africa

Project Leads are an integral part of clinical trial delivery, liaising with clinical teams to improve patients' lives by bringing new drugs to the market faster. The Project Lead is an essential member of the core project team responsible for project delivery of clinical studies to meet contractual requirements in accordance with SOPs, policies and practices. Clinical Project Management is focused on project delivery, productivity and quality resulting in strong financial performance and customer satisfaction. Clinical Project leads can run their own studies. The Project Lead focus is on leveraging therapeutic expertise and IQVIA's suite of solutions to drive operational excellence and strategic leadership with our customers

Essential Functions

• Participate in bid defense presentations in partnership with Business Development and may lead the presentation for smaller, less complex regional studies.
• May be responsible for delivery and management of smaller, less complex, regional studies.
• Develop integrated study management plans with the core project team.
• Accountable for the execution of clinical studies, or assigned portion of clinical studies, per contract while optimizing speed, quality and cost of delivery and ensuring consistent use of study tools and training materials and compliance with standard processes, policies and procedures.
• Set objectives of the core project team and/or sub-team(s) according to agreed upon contract, strategy and approach, effectively communicate and assess performance.
• Collaborate with other functional groups within the company where necessary to support milestone achievement and to manage study issues and obstacles.
• Monitor progress against contract and prepare/present project and/or sub-team information proactively to stakeholders internally and externally.
• Manage risk (positive and negative) and contingencies proactively and lead problem solving and resolution efforts.
• Achieve project quality by identifying quality risks and issues, responding to issues raised by project team and/or sub-team members and planning/implementing appropriate corrective and preventative action plans.
• May serve as primary or backup project contact with customer and would then own the relationship with the project's key customer contacts, as well as communicate/collaborate with IQVIA business development representatives, as necessary.;
• Build the cross-functional project team and lead their efforts; responsible for managing cross-collaboration of the core team and for overall project delivery to support milestone achievement and to manage study issues and obstacles.;
• Ensure the financial success of the project.
• Forecast and identify opportunities to accelerate activities to bring revenue forward.
• Identify changes in scope and manage change control process as necessary.
• Identify lessons learned and implement best practices.
• May be assigned as the primary contact for vendors leading project vendor management and vendor management related activities as per project requirements.;
• Adopt corporate initiatives and changes and serve as a change advocate when necessary.
• Provide input to line managers of their project team members' performance relative to project tasks.
• Support staff development and mentor less experienced project team members on assigned projects to support their professional development.;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Life sciences or related field
• 5 years of prior relevant experience including > 1 years project management experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Advanced knowledge of job area, and broad knowledge of other related job areas, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• Knowledge of clinical trials - Knowledge of clinical trial conduct, and skill in applying applicable clinical research regulatory requirements i.e. ICH GCP and relevant local laws, regulations and guidelines, towards clinical trial conduct.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more

Job Overview
Support, with minimal supervision, the Project Leader (PL) and Clinical Project Manager (CPM) with project management activities to ensure all work is conducted in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies and practices, good clinical practices (GCP), applicable regulatory requirements, and meets quality/timeline metrics. Ensure customer satisfaction is met in relation to assigned project/s.

Essential Functions

• Assist in the establishment and maintenance of all project documentation including all files, records and reports according to the scope of work and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Assist with periodic review/audit of files for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with the coordination and tracking of all information, communications, documents, materials, and supplies for assigned projects.
• Manage study specific eTraining and oversee compliance.
• Support the updating and maintenance of internal systems, databases, tracking tools, timelines and project plans with project specific information.
• Prepare and distribute status, tracking and project finance reports, and assist the project manager(s) with budget allocation and approval of invoices.
• Organize and support project leader (PL) in managing internal study team and customer meetings.
• Take and record minutes, notes and actions at assigned meetings, distribute and follow up accordingly.
• Support the preparation of presentation materials for meetings (internal/external) and project summary data.
• Support the coordination of project team and/or customer meetings including logistics and materials required.
• Identify and escalate discrepancies in project tracking data, timesheet coding, expense data billing etc.
• Establish and manage performance dashboards, analyze event triggers and alerts and determine appropriate follow up for PL or others to act upon.
• Monitor metrics and make required updates in IQVIA systems to ensure accurate and timely reporting is available to senior management.
• Assist in the establishment and maintenance of all project documentation including all files, records and reports according to the scope of work and SOPs.
• Coordinate onboarding of new Key Members and system access.
• Assist in the training and orienting of more junior project support staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in life sciences or other related field required Req
• Requires good knowledge within a specific discipline typically gained through extensive work experience and/or education.
• 4 – 5 years' experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Knowledge of clinical trials - basic knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.;
• Communication - strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language. Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem solving - good problem solving skills.
• Quality - results and detail-oriented approach to work delivery and output. Good planning, time management, and prioritization skills. Attention to detail and accuracy in work.
• IT skills - good software and computer skills, including MS Office applications.
• Collaboration - ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients.
• Cross-collaboration - ability to work across geographies displaying high awareness and understanding of cultural differences.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more

Minimum Requirements

• Master's degree in science, immunology, medicine, microbiology, public health or associated allied health professions.
• Previous clinical trial conduct experience.
• Previous demonstrable project management experience.
• ICH (R3) and SA GCP certification.
• Computer literate and advanced skills with MS Office and MS Project.
• Previous eTMF or eISF software experience would be advantageous.

Personal Qualities and Competencies

• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and data integrity.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work proactively and independently, while also being a strong team player.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism in handling confidential information.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced, dynamic early-phase research environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the activities of the VM-CTU in accordance with the unit milestones and timelines.
• Convene routine meetings on behalf of the VM-CTU PI with funders, collaborators, sponsors (where applicable), site clinical trial teams and trial monitors. Including compiling and distribution of meeting summaries and tracking of action items.
• Provide JSC, PSRT, DSMB secretariat support (advance meeting scheduling and meeting summary coordination and distribution).
• Coordinate with the mucosal immunology laboratory, head of laboratory trial statisticians and data management to ensure the secure storage and curation of laboratory and basic science data that are batch processed from local and international laboratories.
• Report writing in accordance with funder requirements.
• Science presentation and medical writing support to the Principal Investigator.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person

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Regulatory & Clinical Project Manager Overview**
We are seeking a skilled Project Manager (PhD or advanced degree required) to oversee a small team of Master's/PhD-level associates working across regulatory and clinical deliverables. This role ensures quality, timeliness, and structured project management, allowing the principal consultant to focus on client-facing strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily workflow and priorities of regulatory & clinical associates.
• Review and edit associates' drafts of submissions, clinical evaluations, literature searches, and compliance documentation.
• Ensure deliverables meet templates, SOPs, and quality standards.
• Consolidate project progress into structured updates and draft client-facing emails (for consultant's review).
• Track timelines, deliverables, and milestones across multiple client projects.
• Flag risks, missing information, or issues for escalation.
• Maintain organized version control and documentation.

Qualifications

• PhD or advanced degree in biomedical sciences, regulatory affairs, clinical research, or related field.
• Strong experience in medical device regulatory/clinical documentation.
• Proven ability to manage small teams and review technical deliverables.
• Excellent written English and ability to produce clear, structured summaries.
• Highly detail-oriented, independent, and reliable.

Regulatory & Clinical Associate Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Associate (Master's or PhD level) to support preparation of regulatory submissions and clinical evidence documentation. This role combines regulatory drafting, compliance research, and clinical evaluation writing under the guidance of a project manager and principal consultant.

Responsibilities
Draft and format regulatory submission documents (e.g., 510(k), MDR, technical documentation).

Conduct literature searches and summarize findings in structured formats.

Draft Clinical Evaluation Plans (CEP), Reports (CER), PMCF plans/reports, and SSCPs.

Prepare draft email updates summarizing project status and next steps (for consultant's review).

Follow established templates, SOPs, and version-control systems.

Flag discrepancies, risks, or missing information.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in biomedical sciences, regulatory affairs, clinical research, or a related field (required).
• Strong technical/scientific writing background.
• Experience with literature reviews, clinical documentation, or regulatory processes.
• Excellent written English, detail-oriented, and reliable.
• Ability to work independently while following structured processes.

Important Notes on Hiring Process

• Compensation
  : Client offers competitive rates
• Quality & Ethics
  : The client has successfully hired professionals before but emphasizes consistency, quality, and professional ethics as top priorities.
• Orientation & Probation
  : Shortlisted candidates will undergo an orientation program to align with project standards and professional ethics. A brief probation period may also be implemented before confirming long-term engagement.

All Applications outside this page would not be considered.

Project Manager – Conferences

26,000–34,000 ZAR per month basic + bonus schemes

Global Insight Conferences (GIC) — a market-leading conference and exhibition company — is looking for an ambitious, hardworking and talented individual to join our growing team as a Project Manager / Conference Producer.

Who We Are

We don't just run business conferences; we set the standard. We produce high-quality, bespoke business conferences — live and virtual — in the UK and abroad. You'll join a passionate, friendly, driven team that invests in its people and rapidly develops them into market-leading professionals.

Who We're Looking For

You're already a strong, proactive conference producer with proven experience of researching, planning and delivering profitable events. We're committed to developing those who want to grow and become industry experts, so you'll have ample opportunity for career progression and management if you can bring:

• 2+ years' experience producing B2B events (conference experience is a big plus)
• Minimum grade B/6 in Maths & English Language at GCSE (or IB equivalent) plus a strong set of A Levels
• A pro-active, positive attitude with a passion for results and making things happen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (email campaigns and phone work are essential)
• Ambition, drive and passion, plus a calm but urgent approach to deadlines
• Commercial curiosity and a self-directing, tenacious work ethic

What You'll Be Doing

As a Conference Producer you'll be responsible for creating high-quality, profitable conferences from scratch — researching, planning, writing and briefing other departments to deliver an outstanding experience for delegates, speakers and sponsors. You'll handle:

• In-depth sales & telephone research
• Programme and commercial copywriting
• Speaker acquisition from top brands
• Project lifecycle and task prioritisation
• Quality and commercial success indicators for each event
• Excel and data planning/management
• LinkedIn strategy and ROI
• External stakeholder management (speakers/sponsors)
• Internal collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Topic generation and innovation

This role suits highly organised, commercially minded, high-energy self-starters with exceptional organisational, research, grammar and creative writing skills.

What's In It For You

We don't just hire you — we invest in you. Benefits include:

• Competitive salaries & bonus schemes regularly reviewed
• Remote work flexibility
• Referral scheme: know someone great? We'll pay you £500 for your recommendation
• Charity & environmental initiatives: nominate causes close to your heart for our quarterly donations
• Equal, inclusive & diverse culture: over 80% of our leadership team is female, and we employ above the national average rates of people from ethnically diverse backgrounds

Ready to Apply?

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: R26 000,00 - R34 000,00 per month

Experience:

• events production: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

The opportunity
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager Transformers to join our team. In this role you will be responsible for multiple projects for all projects stages. You will be leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach and oversee project hand-over, execution planning, monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
• Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Defining all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans.
• Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and Hitachi Energy policies.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient resource utilization, project financials, overseeing projects invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
• Identify, qualify, quantify and manage project risks.
• Ensuring that the project is formally closed out as contractually agreed.
• Coaching and providing feedback for project staff.
• Organizing customer acceptance of transformers and working on removing defects in customer complaints.
• Supervising shipment, transport of the transformer from the plant to the customer and installation at the transformer assembly site.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical/energy engineering.
• The PMP Certificate is an advantage.
• More than 5 – 10 years of experience in Project Management or Project Controlling in a transformer manufacturing industry.
• Experience with project management in the energy sector/Substations.
• Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
• Basic knowledge of SAP is beneficial.
• Ability to read technical drawings and documentations.
• Proactive, result-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skill as well as reliability and ability to work under pressure
• You are a real organizational talent, you have an analytical attitude, and you have good communication skills commercial insight and negotiation skills
• No objection to occasional travel abroad.
• Knowledge of various contracts (NEC3, FIDIC, etc)
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.

Location:

Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa

Job ID:

R

Date Posted:

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD

Profession (Job Category):

Project/Program Management

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager Transformers to join our team. In this role you will be responsible for multiple projects for all projects stages. You will be leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach and oversee project hand-over, execution planning, monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.

How you'll make an impact

• Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
• Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Defining all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans.
• Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and Hitachi Energy policies.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient resource utilization, project financials, overseeing projects invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
• Identify, qualify, quantify and manage project risks.
• Ensuring that the project is formally closed out as contractually agreed.
• Coaching and providing feedback for project staff.
• Organizing customer acceptance of transformers and working on removing defects in customer complaints.
• Supervising shipment, transport of the transformer from the plant to the customer and installation at the transformer assembly site.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical/energy engineering.
• The PMP Certificate is an advantage.
• More than 5 – 10 years of experience in Project Management or Project Controlling in a transformer manufacturing industry.
• Experience with project management in the energy sector/Substations.
• Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
• Basic knowledge of SAP is beneficial.
• Ability to read technical drawings and documentations.
• Proactive, result-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skill as well as reliability and ability to work under pressure
• You are a real organizational talent, you have an analytical attitude, and you have good communication skills commercial insight and negotiation skills
• No objection to occasional travel abroad.
• Knowledge of various contracts (NEC3, FIDIC, etc)
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.