Group Project Manager, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Advertising

The Group Project Manager is a senior project management leader responsible for the successful planning and delivery of integrated client work across one or more lines of business. This role leads cross-functional teams from planning through execution, ensuring work is delivered on schedule, within scope and budget, and in accordance with agency processes and quality standards. The Group Project Manager also manages and develops junior PM team members, partners with Account leadership on annual planning and scope management, and proactively addresses operational, financial, resource, and timeline risks.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project and program management for complex, integrated pharmaceutical advertising work across digital, print, video, and other channels.

• Partner with Account leadership to translate annual client plans and statements of work into actionable project, timeline, budget, and resource plans.

• Oversee integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, and approval requirements across multiple concurrent projects and lines of business.

• Manage, mentor, and develop junior project managers; provide workload oversight, escalation support, onboarding, and coaching.

• Monitor scope, hours, budgets, project burn, out-of-pocket costs, and resource utilization; identify changes early and support change control and project actualization.

• Champion agency workflow and quality standards, resolve operational or resource bottlenecks, lead clear status communications, and recommend process improvements.

• And other job duties as assigned by the line manager.

Education & Experience

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

• Seven or more years of direct project management experience, including project planning, budget development, execution, and delivery.

• Pharmaceutical, healthcare advertising, or other regulated-industry experience required .

• Demonstrated experience managing complex integrated work and developing project management staff.

Preferred Education & Experience (optional)

• Advertising agency experience.

• Experience with Workfront or a comparable workflow platform.

• Experience managing digital, print, and video/broadcast production.

Or equivalent combination of education, professional training and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

• Expertise in project management principles, methods, workflow, and integrated delivery.

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

• Ability to lead complex, concurrent workstreams while maintaining visibility to priorities, dependencies, risks, and decisions.

• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching, delegation, and performance-development capabilities.

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

• Clear, proactive, and solutions-oriented written and verbal communication.

• Sound judgment managing ambiguity, conflict, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Advanced organizational skills and consistent attention to detail and quality assurance.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and online workflow tools; Workfront experience is a plus.

• Working knowledge of regulated pharmaceutical advertising processes and review requirements.

The company is required by law in some states or cities to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Precision, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.  This role is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, health insurance, retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, and paid time off for sick leave and vacation, among other benefits.

Reasonable estimate of the current range

$120,000 — $150,000 USD

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