Project Manager - Pharma

Publicis Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Health Toronto is seeking a Project Manager with 2+ years in an agency PM role, with a focus on pharma advertising, to lead schedules, resources and workflows for banners, social ads, websites, emails and print materials.

You will collaborate with client service, strategy, creative and MedReg to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, minimize risks, and resolve issues quickly across the end-to-end workflow.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of PM experience in an agency environment
• Experience managing Pharma advertising projects (DTC/HCP)
• Financially competent with delivering projects on deadline and on budget
• Understanding of agency processes and functions
• Knowledge of project, task and knowledge management tools (MS Project/Smartsheets, JIRA, Confluence)
• Active participation in digital/interactive space with a mindset for innovation

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand clients’ and project goals
• Identify deliverables and manage planning, estimation, scope, schedule, risks, and resources
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, statements of work and change requests
• Coordinate with resource manager to allocate internal teams, freelancers and external vendors
• Ensure delivery from brief to close using suitable project lifecycle methodologies
• Engage departments across client service, strategy, creative, MedReg, development and QA
• Manage changes and track progress and re-estimation as needed

Skills

Pharma advertising experience

Project scheduling

Resource management

Risk management

MS Project/Smartsheets

JIRA

Confluence

Tools

MS Project/Smartsheets

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Publicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across our Canadian operations. The office is the largest in our industry in Canada and boasts talent across various disciplines of marketing and advertising expertise. Publicis carries a balanced split of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients for which we are Agency of Record. Publicis supports a range of D&I actions through our Driving Change team as well as giving back to the community through a long-standing participation in the Out of the Cold Program. With a strong, active and familial culture, Pub United is the agency’s social club, hosting events as wide reaching as Curling, Trivia Nights and more.

Overview

We’re searching for a Project Manager with 2+ years in a PM role in an agency environment with a focus on pharma advertising as this role aligns to a leading BioPharma Client. This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing team at Publicis Health Toronto (PHT).

The Project Manager will have a strong understanding of the creative process from brief though to production, to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget. Working closely with agency partner leads within a Production environment, the project manager will help lead project schedules, resources and workflows on a variety of projects; banners, social ads, website, emails, and print materials. The project manager will focus on the end-to-end project workflow, the delivery of high quality and efficient work, while mitigating risks and working quickly to resolve any issues that arise.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand clients’ and project business goals and objectives
• Identify project deliverables and manage all aspects of the project including a) planning, estimation and scoping, b) schedule, c) risks, and d) resources
• Develop and maintain project plans, detailed timelines, statements of works and change requests
• Proactively manage shared resources with resource manager to ensure project completion. This includes internal teams and freelancers as well as external vendors
• Ensure the success of each project from initial approach to project close, applying project lifecycle methodologies that best suit the work at hand
• Engage agency departments from client service, strategy, creative, MedReg, development, quality assurance, and others to most effectively contribute to the project deliverables
• Manage changes effectively throughout project delivery
• Track and control project progress (activities, milestones, deliverables) and estimation/re-estimation work as necessary

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience working as a project manager with a focus on managing digital and/or traditional advertising projects
• Experience managing Pharma advertising projects; DTC and HCP
• Financially competent with a demonstrated ability to plan and deliver projects within deadlines and against budgets.
• Solid understanding of processes and agency functions.
• Knowledge of project, task and knowledge management tools, ie. MS Project/Smartsheets, JIRA, Confluence.
• Enthusiastic participant in the digital / interactive space, with a keen ability to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.

Additional Information

Transparency matters to us. The salary range for this position is $75,000-$85,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and applicable certifications. This range reflects what we reasonably expect to offer based on current market data.

We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but never replace human decision-making. We believe in a human-first approach, where your experience and potential are recognized by people.

Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply. If you require a specific accommodation please contact Human Resources.