Freelance Senior Project Manager (Pharma)

USA (On-site)

$75/hr – $85/hrSenior Level5+ years expContract

Posted 9 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive large-scale, integrated projects from kickoff to delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams, budgets, timelines, and client communications across multiple channels.

  • Lead cross-functional teams and ensure on-time delivery
  • Manage budgets, forecasts, and risk with proactive planning
  • Foster strong client relationships and clear communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage large-scale, complex projects including integrated campaigns, product launches, digital and print tactics, websites, email programs, social media initiatives, and multi-channel marketing efforts.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, scopes, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocations to support proactive execution and successful delivery.
  • Own project facilitation throughout the lifecycle, driving alignment, resolving ambiguity, and ensuring clear next steps across teams.
  • Manage the full project lifecycle, including project documentation, scopes of work, estimates, status reports, change orders, and budget reconciliation.
  • Monitor project health, identify risks and dependencies, escalate issues when necessary, and implement actionable solutions to maintain delivery timelines.
  • Ensure all projects adhere to agency standards, processes, and quality expectations.
  • Conduct internal and client-facing meetings, including kickoff meetings, status updates, project reviews, and working sessions.
  • Maintain accurate project documentation and reporting using project management tools such as Smartsheet, Hive, Workfront, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
  • Lead routing and review workflows across cross-functional teams, ensuring deliverables are assigned to the appropriate stakeholders, feedback is consolidated efficiently, approvals are secured on schedule, and final assets are delivered accurately and on time.
  • Track progress across projects, manage reporting updates, and oversee day-to-day project communications and deliverables.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
  • Minimum 5+ years of project management experience within an integrated advertising, marketing, or digital agency environment.
  • Experience working with AOR Pharma Launch.
  • Proven ability to manage complex, integrated campaigns and large-scale initiatives across multiple channels.
  • Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
  • Skilled in project planning, facilitation, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and issue resolution.
  • Experience managing project budgets and financial tracking processes.
  • Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder management capabilities.
  • Collaborative, adaptable, and solution-oriented with strong attention to detail and follow-through.

Preferred

  • PMP, Six Sigma, or related certifications are a plus.
  • Experience with software development life cycles, digital production, creative workflows, and web technologies preferred.

Benefits

  • CG Life offers a variety of benefits, including health benefits, 401K retirement with a generous company match and immediate vesting, and flexible time off.
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CG Life

CG Life is a different breed of agency, built for the unique challenges of bringing precision medicine to market. Biopharma companies advancing therapies for rare and hard-to-treat diseases face a commercialization gap. They need a partner who has been there before, fluent in complex science, deeply attuned to rare disease ecosystems, and capable of orchestrating every step of commercialization. CG Life is more than an agency—we are defining a new class of partner that understands the full journey. We’re the locals, with expertise in scientific translation and market shaping, omnichannel activation, and patient/HCP engagement, all underpinned by data, AI, and deep domain expertise in rare and complex therapies.Let’s get to extraordinary. Together. Expert capabilities in:Brand StrategyPublic RelationsSocial MediaCreativeScientific CommunicationsOmnichannel Strategy & EnablementMedia PlanningAnalytics & Insights

Founded in 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
203 employees (49 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.8%
Direct
51.2%
Referral
6.8%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~203

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
38 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
13

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity