Director, Project Management Jobs

Director of Project Management

imre is a passionate independent marketing agency that creates purpose driven ideas that work. We are an innovative team of creators harnessing the twin powers of optimism and empathy to turn patients, healthcare providers, and consumers into brand believers. We’re looking to add a Director Of Project Management to our team of experts.

The Director, Project Management is a team leader who manages and oversees the full range of client deliverables for multi-brand portfolios from project planning to final delivery. The Dir, PM capably manages and inspires a team of junior to senior level Project Managers. The Dir, PM’s production expertise allows them to drive the most complex omni and multi-channel development efforts, advising teams, vendors/partners, and clients on best practices, scopes, pricing and schedules. The Dir, PM leads strong cross-functional relationships, working closely with all agency departments and leads and contributing to agency initiatives as needed. The Dir, PM takes an active role in business development efforts and identifies, proposes, and executes solutions for the agency.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Brand Responsibilities

• Oversees full range of client deliverables for an assigned multi-brand portfolio from project planning to final delivery with regards to timing, quality, and budget.
• Takes proactive approach to managing risk at the brand or portfolio level.
• Management of complex projects and problems; advises about how to approach an out of the ordinary project or ask.
• Understands, upholds, and enforces internal and brand procedures and requirements.
• Oversees status and internal brand meetings, contributing and providing valuable input.
• Solves project or client challenges in tight collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Serves as content matter expert (CME) to answer client project related questions and attend client meetings as needed.
• Holds partnership meetings with internal leadership stakeholders in CX, Creative, and Strategy to discuss brand health and other strategic topics.
• Partners with CX (Account) team for the overall health and success of the brand(s) including but not limited to, organic growth, promotion of cost-effective solutions for client's business needs, and new agile ways of working with clients.
• Serves as lead and escalation point across assigned client(s) and brand(s).

Financial Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CX on forecasting initiatives.
• Partners cross-functionally with CX and Finance to preserve good financial health of their brands.
• Partners with CX and all cross-functional agency teams to build and approve scopes of work, tactical and staffing plans, pricing out assumption-based estimates and resourcing for each tactic on a full year plan as well as project based.
• Contributes to general financial responsibilities such as approving reallocations of billing, evaluating project completion costs for common trends or outliers, evaluating new client requests and staff billability to examine financial and project risk, etc.
• Reviews financial output reports, incoming briefs, and timelines/estimates from team prior to internal team review.
• Manages and oversees project budget estimates as needed.

Operational Responsibilities

• Accountable for agency billability and utilization guidance and metrics, timesheet oversight.
• Participates in rollouts for agency systems, tools & initiatives and the successful rollout and maintenance from documentation, training, communication, and compliance.
• Participates in the department leadership team.
• Participates in business development activities as needed.
• Participates in forward planning and strategic meetings.
• Leads strong cross-functional relationships, working closely with all agency departments and leads.
• Leads ongoing discussions and solutions towards organizational excellence with department leadership team.
• Effectively utilizes internal dashboards to review project performance and ensure team is meeting critical KPIs for agency.
• Optimization of brand, process and financial health of projects and portfolios.
• Ensures completion of personal and direct report timesheets, expenses, and all other administrative duties accurately and on a timely basis.

Talent Management

• Partner closely with other directors to share cross team learnings.
• Manages, mentors, and delegates assignments to PM team, ensuring open communication & timely completion of assigned work.
• Completes performance review, promotes training and development, and partners with HR on employee relations and performance management issues for assigned team.
• Participates in staffing / resourcing conversations; assess hiring needs, interviews, and ensures smooth onboarding process for new hires.
• Has a pulse on the culture of the team, ensuring decisions are made with an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lens.
• Working with EVP, Client Operations to assign accounts and projects to Project Management team, matching needs and providing proper yearly coverage and team staffing mix.
• Create & facilitate internal trainings on operations and platforms for staff.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Strong knowledge of project management tools required.
• Strong financial aptitude.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or other relevant certifications a plus but not required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Expert multichannel production knowledge across print, video, digital and social
• Experience with strategic scenario planning.
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams.
• Proficient with Adobe Acrobat, and able to speak the language of creative and digital development platforms (Figma, Adobe, or Content Management & Systems equivalent).
• Strong experience with campaign launch process highly preferred.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Expert in Project Management methodologies and delivery.
• Proficient with financial management tools (e.g. SAP/Fiori/MavenLink or equivalent).
• Strong people management ability.
• 10+ years within the Pharmaceutical Marketing & Advertising space
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams) or equivalent platforms.

THE PERKS:

• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Unlimited PTO
• Reduced Friday Hours Year-Round
• $200 Quarterly Mind/Body Bonus
• Competitive Health Insurance
• Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance
• Remote and Hybrid Work Options
• 401k Plan With Employer Match