Project Manager

Since our beginning in 1981, AbelsonTaylor has remained singularly focused on brands that help people live healthier lives. We didn’t simply add a division with “health” in the name to show our commitment to healthcare marketing and advertising. We don’t design for sneakers, or beer, or cars. We are 100% focused on and passionate about health and wellness. You see it in the brands we represent for our clients and the environment we’ve created for our people.

Project Manager II roles can accomplish their work more autonomously and will begin to take on more complex projects. The PM II is an experienced PM who has demonstrated a high level of proficiency in managing projects from initiation to completion and is consistently effective in obtaining results from their project teams.A Project Manager typically work across several small brands or one large brand leading the internal team to ensure projects are executed at the highest quality level, on-time and within budget.

* Securing all information necessary, including functional and business requirements, to create job start documentation including development of project timelines, necessary contingency plans and proactively manages timeline based on scope changes and work breakdowns * Develops project estimates and when necessary works with production and other agency departments (ie art buying) on identifying and compiling outside vendor costs * Manages project budgets and ensures projects stay within budget by monitoring scope progress, identifying work breakdowns, ensuring appropriate resources are being used, and proactively estimating for project changes * Generates required financial reporting and tracking as required for the project * Compiles or acquires all necessary production and technical specifications and requirements at the onset of the project necessary to develop and deploy all media projects and partners with production on creating production schedules * Identifies potential risks by identifying work breakdowns and scope changes and proactively works to mitigate these risks * Provides recommendations and solutions for project contingencies or re planning project needs * Identifies appropriate agency resources and staff needed for project related meetings throughout the lifecycle of the project * Manages agency resources to ensure all key milestones are being met and appropriate staff is being engaged at the various steps in the job * Leads all internal project related meetings and leads the discussion and negotiation around project timing, budget, and deliverables * Drives decisions and actionable output during project related meetings by leveraging collaboration, negotiation and critical thinking * Works closely with their account management counterparts to assess client needs and deliverables and ensuring project expectations are met * Works with their Account Management counterparts to run all project initiation meetings and begin the process in Electronic Routing System (ERS) and to assess appropriate financial reporting needs for their accounts and leads the monthly development of these reports, including providing top level summaries * As part of the project initiation meetings and project status meetings * Attend client MRL reviews (client dependent) to document client changes and ensure comments are consistent across the piece and will be understandable to the internal team * Aligns with Account Management on conference reports issued to clients * Oversees Project Coordination on routing and approval process, on documenting all client changes and requests and elevates any related issues to Project Director * Leads all project close out meetings communicating any necessary action items and provide recommendations for future project optimization based on these meetings and provides insights and recommendations on process improvements * Accepts responsibility for tracking and adhering to AbelsonTaylor’s PTO and all Human Resource policies * All other duties as assigned

* Minimum of a Bachelors degree with emphasis in advertising/marketing and /or communications * Preferably, at least 2 years (3-4 years for the Project Manager II role) of agency or client-related pharma experience that provides an understanding of advertising, marketing, media, creative, production, public relations, research, agency finance, etc. * It is imperative that this individual have a complete understanding of the principles of marketing and communications planning.