JP31757 Project Manager I
TR/079997
Posted: 21/11/2025
- $45 per hour
- United States, Illinois, North Chicago
- Contract
Project Manager I
Laboratory Systems Operations (LSO)
North Chicago, IL
$45/hr (W2)
1st Shift | Monday–Friday | 8 hours/day
1-Year Contract (ASAP Start)
Hybrid: Onsite Tue/Wed/Thu, Remote Mon/Fri
Orion Group is seeking a Project Manager I to support our global pharmaceutical client’s Laboratory Systems Operations (LSO) team. LSO plays a pivotal role in enabling AbbVie’s clinical trials by developing, reviewing, and managing laboratory specifications and study-critical documentation.
In this role, you will oversee timelines, coordinate cross-functional activities, and ensure seamless processes related to sample collection, treatment, storage, shipment, and overall sample lifecycle management.
This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with strong clinical trial, GLP, or sample processing experience who are ready to step into a highly visible, study-facing project role.
Key Responsibilities
You will help drive operational excellence across active clinical trials by:
Clinical Study & Sample Lifecycle Coordination
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Laboratory Systems Operations (LSO)
North Chicago, IL
$45/hr (W2)
1st Shift | Monday–Friday | 8 hours/day
1-Year Contract (ASAP Start)
Hybrid: Onsite Tue/Wed/Thu, Remote Mon/Fri
Orion Group is seeking a Project Manager I to support our global pharmaceutical client’s Laboratory Systems Operations (LSO) team. LSO plays a pivotal role in enabling AbbVie’s clinical trials by developing, reviewing, and managing laboratory specifications and study-critical documentation.
In this role, you will oversee timelines, coordinate cross-functional activities, and ensure seamless processes related to sample collection, treatment, storage, shipment, and overall sample lifecycle management.
This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with strong clinical trial, GLP, or sample processing experience who are ready to step into a highly visible, study-facing project role.
Key Responsibilities
You will help drive operational excellence across active clinical trials by:
Clinical Study & Sample Lifecycle Coordination
- Plan and manage LSO timelines for assigned clinical trials, ensuring on-time delivery of Lab Specifications and kit distribution.
- Oversee the production and quality of LSO deliverables supporting clinical study start-up and execution.
- Manage sample storage volumes and full sample lifecycle processes.
- Represent LSO in vendor meetings; ensure timely resolution of discrepancies and operational issues.
- Act as a liaison with Regulated Bioanalysis, Biomarker teams, Central Labs, and other internal partners.
- Coordinate data exchanges, documentation requirements, and process flows with external vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Support development and review of trial-specific documents: SOWs, laboratory manuals, and data-mapping documents.
- Maintain compliance with GLP, SOPs, and audit requirements; participate in internal quality reviews.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a related field (required).
- Knowledge of clinical trials, GLP processes, and sample lifecycle management (required).
- 1–3+ years of experience supporting clinical studies, sample processing, or work in a GLP-regulated environment (preferred).
- Strong understanding of clinical study documentation and sample handling logistics.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional research teams.
- 5+ years of sample processing experience in a GLP environment (strong preference).
- Experience with lab automation or laboratory information systems.
- Strong vendor-facing communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage timelines, interpret study documentation, and handle complex operational workflows.
- 1 round, typically with 2–3 interviewers from the LSO and cross-functional collaborator teams.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
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