Group Project Manager, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Advertising

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead comprehensive project and program management for intricate, integrated pharmaceutical advertising efforts across various channels, including digital, print, and video.

• Collaborate with Account leadership to convert annual client strategies and statements of work into practical project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.

• Supervise integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, and approval processes across multiple ongoing projects and business lines.

• Manage, mentor, and develop junior project managers; provide oversight on workloads, escalation assistance, onboarding, and coaching.

• Track scope, hours, budgets, project expenditures, out-of-pocket costs, and resource utilization; identify changes proactively and support change control and project actualization.

• Advocate for agency workflow and quality standards, address operational or resource constraints, lead clear status communications, and suggest process enhancements.

• Execute additional responsibilities as assigned by the line manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience.

• A minimum of seven years of direct project management experience, encompassing project planning, budget development, execution, and delivery.

• Required experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare advertising, or other regulated industries.

• Proven track record of managing complex integrated projects and developing project management personnel.

• Proficient understanding of project management principles, methods, workflows, and integrated delivery systems.

• Strong financial management capabilities, including scope input, resource planning, budget monitoring, forecasting, actualization, and change control.

• Competence in leading complex, concurrent workstreams while maintaining visibility of priorities, dependencies, risks, and decisions.

• Demonstrated skills in people leadership, coaching, delegation, and performance development.

• Strong cross-functional leadership abilities across Account, Strategy, Creative, Medical, Editorial, Production, and Operations teams.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and online workflow tools; experience with Workfront is advantageous.

• Familiarity with regulated pharmaceutical advertising processes and review requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Health insurance.

• Retirement savings benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off for sick leave and vacation.