Job Description
Job Description
BGB Group
Project Manager
Our Agency
BGB Group is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we're hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category / brand awareness and growth.
Position Overview
The Project Manager is responsible for internally leading project(s) from inception to execution. This includes planning, execution and managing the people resources and scope of the project(s). Ensuring functional team alignment so that activities and deliverables for medium size complexity projects / accounts are executed on time, on budget, at the highest possible level of quality. In addition, the Project Manager supports client engagements and conform to agency process.
The Project Manager is an important member of the team(s), working closely with the account and functional department project leads to meet and exceed performance targets, foster a positive work environment, and serves as a model of professionalism and a reflection of the agency's personality and culture.
Responsibilities include :
Planning :
- Partners with Account to apply experience across program mix, technologies, and promotional channels to deliver innovative solutions, leveraging agency capabilities that address client needs
- Creates and manages project workplans at the program level, partnering with Account to define project requirements and success metrics and Resource Management to develop appropriate staff plans
- Creates risk mitigation plan (when needed) with possible scenarios and solutions for projects based on executional experience as well as specific areas of project uncertainty
- Collaborates with functional department project leads to evolve agency service delivery process and toolset
Execution of Work
Manages execution of work on assigned projects, holding all team members accountable to the delivery of their assigned work, maintaining projects SOPs, and adhering to quality control practicesManages and documents work status / hotsheets ensuring that team is tracking appropriately to the workplanProactively tracks resource needs across projects and alerts resource manager of unfulfilled gaps or capacityActively mitigates risk by anticipating potential executional barriers, identifying quality, budget, and timeline impacts, and developing possible solutions with appropriate input and collaborationIdentifies and documents internal changes in scope or workplan and alerts Account if client follow-up is neededResolves executional issues in partnership with account, ensuring appropriate team communication and escalation as warrantedClient Interface
Participates in client status / execution meetings as needed to support communication / understanding of executional tasks and processesPartners with Account to help problem-solve executional challengesAgency Interface and Process
Works with Account lead to define team processes, communications plan and rules of engagement, and manages team adherenceDevelops and deploys consistent project documentation including scopes of work, project plans, solution blueprints, project definition plans, contact / status / reports / hotsheetsCollaborates with department leads to develop, document, and disseminate clear workflow plans and staff assignments to support execution of workFinancial Management
Employes agency methodology for estimating project hours, fee, and costs and provides solid rationalePartners with Account to represent agency financial objectives when communication and negotiating budgets and amendmentsMonitors staffing and expenditures across team to ensure actuals remain in line with estimates, client guidelines, and agency financial performance goalsMaintains timely and appropriate communication of financial status across assigned projects to Account and supervisor based on agency SOPsCollaborates with Account to manage scope changes and financial reconciliationsSupports fiscal account management with Account leads by providing information and POVsPreferred Qualifications
3-5 years of project management experience, preferably in pharmaceutical advertising or medical communicationsExpertise in managing project budgets, timelines, and resourcesDemonstrates the ability to successfully onboard and train others in the Associate LevelExcellent verbal and written communication skillsExcellent organizational and time management skillsAbility to "think on your feet" and resolve issues quickly with little to no direction from supervisors; makes good judgments and renders solid decisionsHigh attention to detail and a commitment to delivering quality results.Adaptability and ability to manage multiple priorities.Demonstrates the ability to successfully onboard and train others in the Associate levelSalary Range : $65,000 - $100,000
The salary range provided is for the NYC-hybrid position, which requires occasional in-office presence, and represents what a potential hire may expect to earn in this role at BGB. For candidates in other locations, salary will be adjusted to reflect local market rates. Actual salary decisions will be influenced by several factors that we use to determine overall fit, including experience (both direct and indirect), education, training, demonstrated qualifications, and organizational need. Salary is only one component of the total rewards package offered at BGB Group.
BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.