Senior Project Manager

Company description

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers.  With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world's largest healthcare communications network,

Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR), the world's third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.

Web:  | Facebook: | Twitter:

Overview

A successful Senior Project Manager at Digitas Health is responsible for leading the production of multi-channel projects of large size or complexity. You will manage the delivery of high quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet our requirements, and balance client and agency economics. Career manages at least one person.

Responsibilities

Your Impact:

* PM Technical

Skills:

Well-versed in both print and digital with a strong background (based on experience) in digital (i.e., websites, social, emails, banners, video).

* SOWs:
Prepare complex statements of work, with quick turnaround time and minimal revisions. Create statement of work documentation; accountable for top-down and bottom-up budgets to ensure scopes reflect required work effort

* Client finances:
Calculates cost-to-complete estimates

Strategy

* Project Plan:
Creates and manages master project plans and timelines through a cross-capability collaborative approach

* Quality Control:
Ensures team adherence to QC plan

* Identify opportunities to improve processes and to create efficiencies and suggest alternative solutions

* Conflict resolution:
Arbitrates team conflicts and facilitates cross-capability solutions

* Resource allocation:
Leads resource allocation discussions on the project-level with cross-capability team

* Project risk:
Mitigates risk by identifying quality, budget, and timeline impacts

Tactics and Execution

* Finances:
Responsible for cost management across portfolio of projects. Provide accurate and realistic cost-to-complete estimates and forecasts for assigned projects

* Resources:
Leads resource planning

* Vendors:
Manages 3rd party vendor engagement

* Execution:
Manages production of engagements from award to completion

* Internal Relationships and Team Leadership:
Positive influence within department. Develop positive working relationships with other departments/team members

* Management:
Mentors and directs the activity of one or more Associates or Senior Associates

* Culture:
Promotes and contributes to department's culture and environment

* Onboarding:
On boards new team members to the brand/agency process

Client Relationship

* Relationship:
Engages with client procurement staff. Build relationship and credibility with client peer and expert counsel

* Client process:
Has intimate understanding of client processes and priorities

* Manage expectations:
Ensures that appropriate client and company partner expectations are managed

* Communication and Writing:
Lead role in ensuring accurate client documentation and correspondence. Present complex data or messages in a clear, succinct, compelling manner

Qualifications

* 5+ Years of Experience

* Efective & efficient communicator

* Experience working with 3rd party vendors

* Detail oriented, able to work in a fast paced environment

* Financial expeience (burn management)

* Integrated & print experience (includes social, website)

* Proficient in Microsoft Project

* Knowledge of digital and healthcare required

* Agency experience required

* Pharmaceutical experience required

Education and Experience

* Bachelor's degree required

* Agency or digital project experience

* Experience in communications or marketing environment

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across…