Associate Director, Project Manager

New York City, NY (On-site)

$135K/yr – $150K/yrFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and solutions-oriented Associate Director, Project Management to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across pharmaceutical and healthcare accounts. This role is responsible for driving projects from kickoff through final delivery while ensuring timelines, quality standards, budgets, and regulatory requirements are consistently met.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, can confidently manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and serves as a trusted operational partner across Account, Creative, Medical, Strategy, Production, and Leadership teams.
Responsibilities
  • Lead day-to-day project management across multiple pharmaceutical brands and campaigns
  • Build and manage timelines, budgets, scopes, and resourcing plans
  • Partner closely with creative, account, strategy, medical, and production teams
  • Manage projects through MLR/legal/regulatory review processes with accuracy and attention to detail
  • Anticipate project risks, resource constraints, and operational challenges early and proactively identify solutions
  • Run status meetings, track deliverables, and communicate updates clearly to both internal teams and clients
  • Help improve workflows and processes that make the agency smarter and faster
  • Assist with project scoping, estimating, and timeline development as needed
  • Support financial tracking and operational reporting where applicable
  • Ensure routing, approvals, documentation, and version control processes are properly maintained
  • Maintain consistency in project management standards, operational workflows, and best practices
Requirements
  • 8+ years of project management experience within a pharmaceutical advertising, healthcare communications, or regulated agency environment
  • Strong understanding of pharmaceutical marketing workflows, including MLR/regulatory review processes
  • Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously in fast-paced environments
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to balance strategic thinking and day-to-day execution
  • Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and managing competing priorities
  • Ability to remain calm, flexible, and solutions-oriented under pressure
  • Proficiency in project management tools like Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or similar
Pay Range: $135,000- $150,000
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Fifth Element

We’re a full-service healthcare agency built for the future. Our expertise spans audiences and markets—US and global, advertising, medical education, and everything in between. Founded at a time where our industry finds itself caught between two powerful forces. Rapid advancements in AI and the enduring value of human creativity. It’s in this middle space that the most meaningful breakthroughs will emerge, and it's why we exist. To navigate the tension, harness the friction, and turn it into something transformative. That’s where we do our best work. In the unseen. The in-between. The Fifth Element.

New York, New York, USA
76 employees (26 in marketing)