Manager

Job Title: Manager, Congress Strategy & Orchestration (Pharma Marketing). Hybrid, East Hanover, NJ

Employment Type: Contract, W2
Location: East Hanover, NJ 07936, hybrid
Duration: 7 months
Pay Rate: $60/hr
Travel: About 20%, mostly within the US
Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

About the Role

Our client, a global pharmaceutical leader, is hiring a Manager, Congress Strategy & Orchestration (CS&O) for its US headquarters. In this role, you’ll help plan and run the company’s presence at key US medical congresses for its promoted brands.

You’ll support a unified, company-wide congress vision. You’ll work with CS&O leadership and a wide group of stakeholders, including Marketing Strategy, Congress Management and Relationship (CMAR), Medical Affairs, agency partners, and Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance. Together you’ll turn each function’s strategy into one cohesive cross-functional plan for assigned Tier 1 and selected Tier 2 congresses.

You’ll also help shape commercial congress objectives, plans, and budgets, and capture the metrics, customer feedback, and best practices that keep the team improving.

What You’ll Do

• Help CS&O leadership and key stakeholders deliver a unified congress vision.
• Coordinate with Marketing Strategy, CMAR, Medical Affairs, agencies, and other partners to build integrated, cross-functional congress plans.
• Help develop commercial congress objectives, strategy, execution plans, and budgets for assigned congresses.
• Support planning and execution so deliverables stay on objective, on schedule, and on budget.
• Capture and consolidate congress metrics and customer feedback for dashboards, reports, and post-congress learnings.
• Support the congress steering committee with strong preparation, follow-through, and execution.
• Identify and share innovative ideas and best practices across the team.
• Communicate resource and investment needs, risks, and key decisions for assigned congress activities.
• Work closely with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance to keep programs compliant and well executed.
• Juggle multiple priorities and deadlines while coordinating internal teams and external partners.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. An MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• 2+ years of congress strategy, execution, and management experience.
• Pharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience in the US market (required).
• Marketing experience in a regulated pharma or healthcare environment (required).
• Proven ability to plan and deliver results in a cross-functional setting.
• Strong organization, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal English. Other languages are a plus.
• Able to travel about 20%, mostly within the US.

Key Competencies

• Congress strategy, execution, and management
• Cross-functional collaboration and influencing without authority
• Strategic thinking and marketing skills
• Stakeholder and agency coordination
• Budget awareness and disciplined execution
• Analytical thinking and presentation skills
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Customer focus and executional excellence
• Innovation and continuous improvement mindset
• Compliance mindset