What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at EVERSANA?
Company Description
EVERSANA INTOUCH™ is a leading full-service, global healthcare agency serving the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions and data analytics services for clients.
We combine the power of world-class creative and digital teams with deep market access, payer, and healthcare communications expertise to provide innovative solutions to life science companies that want to connect with consumers, healthcare professionals, and payers.
We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors, and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need.
And as a part of EVERSANA, a pioneer in next-generation commercial services, we connect dots that other agencies can’t, helping drive commercialization success.
Our eight affiliates within the EVERSANA INTOUCH Network include EVERSANA INTOUCH Solutions, EVERSANA INTOUCH Proto, EVERSANA INTOUCH Seven, EVERSANA INTOUCH Oxygen, EVERSANA INTOUCH Engage, EVERSANA INTOUCH B2D, EVERSANA INTOUCH Media, and EVERSANA INTOUCH International.
Across our growing organization, we embrace diversity in backgrounds and experiences. Improving patient lives around the world is a priority, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of the healthcare and the life sciences industry. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that embraces our cultural beliefs. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture we are building. We look for team members that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but also who care deeply about EVERSANA INTOUCH, our people, clients and most importantly, the patients we serve.
Job Description
WHAT DOES A PROJECT MANAGER DO?
The Project Manager (PM) plays a pivotal role in leading the internal day-to-day operations and delivery for a set of low-to-medium complexity tactical projects (ranging from traditional creative to full digital experience), from inception to completion, within a brand or multiple brands. Project Managers ensure their projects are delivered on time and on budget, and meet the quality and process standards established by Intouch.
WHAT IS THE ROLE GENERALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR?
- Autonomously leading and managing tactical projects from inception to completion
- Ensuring Agency Process Framework adherence with internal partners
- Developing, actively managing, and analyzing project plans including communication, timelines, estimates, risk registers, change logs and burn reports
- Understanding, identifying and proactively managing scope, timeline, budget and risk within a project to minimize or eliminate scope creep
- Managing and leading communications across project stakeholders to ensure consistent alignment
- Leading internal team through the tailoring and project initiation process, status meetings and internal reviews
- Coordinating and leading communication for executional efforts with third-party vendors, including partner agencies
- Providing estimation and forecasting inputs to the financial tracker
- Interpreting and distributing project burn analysis
- Actively mentoring and training project coordinators, from onboarding to overseeing daily tasks
- Ensuring project requirements documentation is developed and exists on the enterprise file system
- Apprising project stakeholders of detailed project information: burn against planned hours, project health, risks and mitigation plans
Qualifications
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
- One to three years of professional experience in a Project Management Office role
- A proactive, solution-driven and nimble self-starter with excellent organization skills
- High performance in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Understanding of foundational PMO skills and standards and comfort leading teams through a project’s lifecycle
- Pharmaceutical or advertising experience preferred (AOR or DAOR)
- Experience leading traditional creative and digital projects
- Experience leading meetings, creating project timelines and estimates to match a scope of work and/or project brief
- Basic understanding of scope and change management
- Experience tracking and reporting financial health metrics
- Familiarity with project burn analysis, communication, action and mitigation
- Understanding how to identify and escalate project risk
- Experience building project estimates
- Basic understanding of Project Management Information Systems such as Workfront, Workfront Proof, Smartsheet, MS Project and the Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to build trusting relationships
- Positive attitude
- Basic negotiation skills
Additional Information
OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS:
Patient Minded I act with the patient’s best interest in mind.
Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.
Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.
Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.
Win Together I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.
Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful and timely dialogue.
Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.
Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.
From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.
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