Senior Project Manager (Health)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end delivery of large and complex healthcare marketing projects, aligning internal teams with client objectives, managing scope and documentation, and delivering status reporting across waterfall and agile workstreams.

  • Lead cross-functional project execution and objective alignment
  • Define processes and coordinate resources and reporting
  • Support scoping and engagement expansion while maintaining documentation

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for medium and complex project execution.
  • Facilitate understanding of clients’ environment to properly set up project teams, identify needed documentation, and setup status reporting.
  • Articulate project objectives to team members.
  • Manage scope for projects and write change orders as needed.
  • Identify resourcing needs and work with Resource Management to secure team members.
  • Deliver marketing tactics that exceed expectations.
  • Act as an internal liaison that reinforces client/project priorities, clarifies requirements, and solves for identified cross-discipline gaps.
  • Schedule and runs meetings with internal team members.
  • Provide necessary external status reporting to clients as needed.
  • Catalog and maintain all project documentation and deliverables.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of agency and/or client-side experience managing large-scale marketing projects; Health client experience preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills; creates clarity where there is ambiguity/confusion.
  • Strong organization skills.
  • Attention to detail, willingness to ask questions and ability to follow up.
  • Embraces change.
  • Passion for learning.
  • Proactive, adaptable, and flexible.
  • Ability to follow direction.
  • Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies.
  • PMP certification preferred.

Preferred

  • PMP certification preferred.

Benefits

  • Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
  • Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.
  • Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.
  • Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.
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