Management Associate
BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Management Associate opportunity in San Francisco, CA.
Job Title: Management Associate II
Location: South San Francisco
Duration: Contract - 12 months
Rate:
$45 to $50/hr on W2Anticipated Start Date: ASAPPlease note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.
Job Type: [Fulltime] (40 HRS WEEKLY)], [CONTRACT], [ONSITE]
Job Title: Management Associate II
Location: South San Francisco
Duration: Contract - 12 months
Job Description:
We are seeking a GPS - Operations Partner to join our dynamic team supporting the Global Product Strategy Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM) Therapeutic Area. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in operations support, stakeholder coordination, and project management and a proven ability to streamline processes, enable effective collaboration, and drive prioritized execution.
Responsibilities:
Actively participate in meetings, promote improvements to work processes, and share ideas across the team.
Support change management activities and model professional conduct.
Enable effective virtual collaboration using enterprise collaboration platforms and digital tools.
Coordinate work packages and projects, including prioritization, planning, stakeholder alignment, and progress tracking.
Support business and team priorities by coordinating actions, timelines, and follow-ups across stakeholders.
Prepare and synthesize information to support discussions, recommendations, and decision-making.
Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve ways of working.
Explore and apply AI-enabled and digital tools to improve coordination and operational workflows.
Coordinate business and administrative activities, including meeting logistics, recruitment, contract and compliance support.
Connect priorities, stakeholders, and follow-through across the functional remit to support effective execution.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Fluency in English with clear verbal and written communication.
Experience operating in diverse, complex, and global organizational environments.
Proficiency with enterprise collaboration platforms and productivity btools; curiosity about AI to enhance work.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage projects through completion.
Ability to apply project management principles, coordinate activities, and manage competing priorities.
Demonstrated collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, and influencing abilities.
Sound judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
Preferred Skills:
- Consultative approach to shape solutions and accelerate stakeholder success.
- Comfort challenging the status quo and contributing in self-organized teams.
- Areas of Focus (role-dependent):Executive Partnership: High-touch operational partnership to senior leaders, prioritization support, and coordination of complex activities.
- Core Operations Partner Support: Business and team operations through workflows, processes, digital tools, and continuous improvement.
- Operational Program Support: Coordination of projects and cross-functional activities to align stakeholders, actions, and timelines.
- Mindset and Behaviors:
- Agile and customer-centric mindset with transparency and feedback orientation.
- Ownership, growth mindset, and willingness to manage and enable change.
- Enterprise thinking, inclusion, and reputation-building orientation.
- Simplify, prioritize, and act with urgency while taking smart risks.
Benefits:
BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k. About BCforward: Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally. BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work. BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process. This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.