PROJECT & EVENT MANAGER

LOCATION Remote-first. Occasional travel for onsite workshops (primarily US and Europe).

REPORTS TO Strategy Director.

SENIORITY Experienced professional. Proven PM experience required.

ABOUT ATACANA STRATEGY

We’re a boutique competitive readiness and execution agency partnering with general brand teams at the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Our work spans competitive strategy, workshops, actionable playbooks, and local enablement, helping brand teams turn headquarters ambition into wins that land in the market.

We’re a 100% remote team. In-person moments happen when the work calls for them: onsite workshops, bootcamps, periodic team gatherings. As we scale, we need someone to hold the operational spine that lets our strategy directors to focus on strategic deliverables while projects move forward with rigor and speed.

THE ROLE

You’ll be the reason our strategy directors can spend their time on the strategy. You’ll own project management across multiple concurrent engagements, project plans, timelines, cross-team coordination, deliverable tracking, and client-facing follow-up. And you’ll bring that same operational rigor to producing our onsite bootcamps, in-person workshops, and virtual strategy sessions.

This is a senior project management role that includes event production as one important dimension of the work. Prior PM experience is essential; event experience is a plus.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project management

• Build and maintain project plans and timelines across our client engagements, from kick-off through delivery

• Coordinate inputs across the strategy team, external contributors, and client stakeholders

• Track deliverables and deadlines, proactively flagging risks and bottlenecks before they become problems





• Maintain the operational rhythm across concurrent engagements so nothing slips between the cracks

Client-facing coordination

• Schedule meetings and manage calendars across client stakeholders and internal team

• Chase follow-ups on decisions and actions; keeping stakeholders informed and accountable

• Produce and distribute meeting notes, action logs, and status updates as needed

• Serve as an operational point of contact for clients between strategic touchpoints

Event production

• Own end-to-end production of onsite bootcamps, in-person workshops, and virtual strategy sessions

• Manage venue selection, logistics, materials, and vendor coordination for onsite events

• Provide hands-on tech support during events, platforms, audio-visual, breakouts, live tools

• Ensure every event runs seamlessly so directors can focus on facilitation and content

Team collaboration

• Work closely with the Strategy Directors to understand engagement priorities and pressure points

• Contribute to internal ways-of-working improvements as the team grows

• Support onboarding of future team members from an operational perspective

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Required

• Proven project management experience in complex, multi-workstream environments, with ideally 5+ years in a professional services, consulting, or agency setting

• Hands-on execution mindset: You take initiative,



own your work, and push projects across the finish line

• Client-ready communication: You can hold your own with senior client stakeholders in writing and on calls

• Fluent English: Additional global languages (e.g., German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese) are a real plus.

• Comfort with remote-first ways of working: You know how to build trust and coordination without being co-located

Nice to have

• Event production experience: corporate offsites, workshops, conferences

• Experience in pharma, life sciences, or a related regulated industry

• Familiarity with common project and event platforms (Asana, Monday, Trello, Miro, Mentimeter, Zoom, Teams, etc.)

• Fluent with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI) to speed up planning, drafting, and coordination.

Who you are

• You default to action over analysis when the situation calls for it

• You have a genuine “can-do” attitude and bring energy to the work

• You care about quality, both in the process and in what leaves your desk

• You’re comfortable making calls and asking for forgiveness when needed

WHAT WE OFFER

• A senior role in a growing boutique with real client impact from day one

• Direct working relationships with senior ex-pharma practitioners

• Remote-first flexibility with in-person moments that actually matter

• The chance to shape how a growing consultancy operates

• Competitive compensation appropriate for the seniority of the role

Atacana Strategy is committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every listed criterion.

📌 Project & Event Manager (Colombia)
🏢 ATACANA GROUP
📍 Colombia