Freelance Senior Project Manager

New York City, NY (On-site)

$70/hr – $85/hrSenior LevelTemporary

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end delivery of mid-complexity S&I workstreams including paid social, social listening, and analytics; manage timelines, budgets, reporting, onboarding, and tool maintenance.

  • Lead multi-channel campaigns and reporting cadences
  • Manage budgets, forecasts, and resource plans
  • Adhere to compliance and onboarding processes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • End-to-end delivery of mid-complexity, multi-channel S&I workstreams: paid social/digital campaigns, social listening programs, and analytics/GEO reporting.
  • Timelines and resource plans (existing frameworks and templates already exist – the ideal candidate will keep them current and drive follow-up on due/overdue tasks).
  • Reporting cadences as recurring deliverables – weekly, monthly, and post-campaign decks delivered on time and to specifications.
  • Budget tracking, monthly burn review, and forecasting; participation in weekly finance meetings.
  • QC via the client feedback tracker; adherence to MLR and platform-policy checkpoints.
  • Onboarding of new resources (existing playbooks in place) and maintenance of shared tools (Smartsheet, SharePoint).

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience project managing paid social, social listening, or analytics/reporting deliverables
  • Healthcare/pharma experience.
  • Experience running digital, media, or data/analytics workstreams (not solely creative campaigns and/or production).
  • Financial aptitude: budget tracking, forecasting, resource utilization.
  • Smartsheet (or similar), Digital routing tool (Ziflow or similar) plus strong MS Office/Teams.
  • Excellent communication, organization, attention to detail, proactive and solutions-oriented.

Preferred

  • Hands-on exposure to paid social/performance media (Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, programmatic, search, DOOH).
  • Familiarity with social listening tools (Brandwatch, Sprinklr, YouScan, NetBase Quid).
  • Interest in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) / AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini).
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Freelance Senior Project Manager

VML · New York City, NY · On-site