Senior Project Manager
Publicis Groupe View all jobs
- Toronto, ON
- $90,000-100,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
OverviewDo you excel at consolidating and communicating medical/scientific information? Do you enjoy finding new and creative ways to look at, think about, simplify, visualize and communicate information and concepts? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, alongside people with a rich variety of skill sets and perspectives? If so, this position could be for you!We’re searching for a Senior Project Manager with a background in the pharmaceutical and healthcare space for a leading BioPharma Client. This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing team at Publicis Health Toronto (PHT).The Senior Project Manager will have a strong understanding of the creative process from brief though to production, to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget. Working closely with Account Managers within a Production environment, the Senior project manager will help lead project schedules, resources and workflows on a variety of digital projects; banners, social adds, website, photoshoots. The project manager will focus on the end-to-end project workflow, the delivery of high quality and efficient work, while mitigating risks and working quickly to resolve any issues that arise.
Responsibilities
- Manage & motivate multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, multiple-project environment.
- Primarily responsible for coordinating maintenance of tier one websites. Will also manage small projects from initiation to planning, design, development, testing, and into maintenance.
- Proactively monitor work progress to ensure tasks are progressing in a timely manner, and obstacles are removed.
- Proactively anticipate client needs throughout the implementation / maintenance process.
- Interface and maintain positive relationships with clients and partners in day-to-day communication.
- Assist in the creation of project documentation, including requirements documentation, project briefs, timelines, project status, estimates, etc.
- Work with rest of PM team to identify resource conflicts and gaps and resolve in the most efficient and cost effective manner
- Build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders. Regularly keep all stakeholders apprised of project status to ensure all expectations are accounted for and met
- Monitor and reconcile actual vs. estimated time spent on projects for maximum accuracy and recovery of hours. Report weekly on budget status.
- Expertise with Pharma advertising and industry
- Excellent leadership, communication and negotiation skills
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and motivated
- Assertive and proactive self-starter who is also a collaborative team player
- Adaptable multi-tasker who welcomes new challenges
- Problem solving / Decision making
- Able to organize and prioritize, set and meet deadlines.
- Able to prioritize and manage multiple priorities concurrently while remaining organized.
- 4+ years of experience in a project management role in the digital space, specifically with pharma advertising and marketing.
- Understanding of web production methodologies, concepts and processes.
- Experience delivering or participating in web development and digital projects;; banners, social adds, website, photoshoots.
- Ability to motivate and manage teams to deliver exceptional results
- Knowledge of standard project management and / or task management tools (ie. MS Project, Asana, JIRA, etc)
- Enthusiastic participant in the digital / interactive space, with a keen ability to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
- Strong presentation skills