Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Responsibilities :

• Independently manages large pharmaceutical and / or wellness campaigns both HCP and consumer including websites, banners, email programs, social media, print and videos from initiation to completion
• Ensure that teams have the space and time to develop great creative work, while maximizing efficiency
• Serve as the project leader when managing production across all marketing campaigns, working with cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with Account Management, Creative, Strategy, Production and other internal departments to ensure a smooth delivery of final project on specification, on time and on budget
• Uses soft skills to build relationships with cross-functional partners
• Manage mid to senior-level relationships and is viewed as a partner across all capabilities
• Proactively identifies project risks and works with senior-level team leadership to reach a solution
• Responsible for leading agency process related to resource allocation and project staffing
• Serve as the main agency contact on your projects : clarify strategic and creative requirements, production specifications and continually manage team expectations
• Proactively represent the project at all stages of development by continually optimizing work streams and finding ways to create efficiencies
• Identify and escalate staffing concerns that may impact the quality of work
• Continually assess all requests that are outside of the scope of the project
• Proactively track and document solutions when a project risk is identified
• Collaborate with Account Management to help define timing and budget concerns based on production needs
• Build partnerships outside the Project Management team across the agency

Scoping and Budget Tracking :

• Scope projects based on historical data and consult with team leads to define the project assumptions and requirements
• Develop realistic estimates and be accountable for the scope of work and budget
• Partner with Department leads to align on project staffing needs
• Track ongoing changes throughout the project lifecycle, and actively reconcile estimates to actuals
• Track ongoing overall client scope of work and reconcile budgets monthly

Staff Development :

• Mentor direct reports on their career path and document growth and progress through ongoing dialogue with team members (including difficult, timely feedback)
• Guide junior members of all departments in problem solving and course correcting projects
• Participates in recruiting and hiring practices
• Participate in department initiatives and programs

Qualifications

• 3-5 years project management experience in an advertising or marketing environment
• Demonstrate the ability to provide solution that works for all without compromising the quality of the deliverables or the project
• Understand project finance, staffing and profitability and the relationship to project management
• Solid understanding of production methodologies in relation to the creative process
• Successful history of setting and managing client and internal expectations
• Should be solutions-oriented with the ability to communicate clearly and proactively with clients, internal departments and agency leaders
• Basic understanding of pharmaceutical and / or wellness advertising
• Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Proof HQ, Google Docs, Smartsheet or similar project management tool
30+ days ago