Senior Project Manager

Publicis Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Health Toronto is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a pharma/healthcare background to lead end-to-end digital projects, from brief to production. You’ll work with Account Managers in a production environment to drive schedules, resources, and workflows for banners, social, websites, and shoots.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in digital pharma PM, strong leadership, and proficiency with PM tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a project management role in the digital space, specifically pharma advertising and marketing.
• Understanding of web production methodologies, concepts and processes.
• Experience delivering or participating in web development and digital projects; banners, social adds, websites, photoshoots.
• Ability to motivate and manage teams to deliver results
• Knowledge of standard project management and / or task management tools (MS Project, Asana, JIRA).

Responsibilities

• Manage & motivate multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, multi-project environment.
• Coordinate maintenance of tier one websites; manage small projects end-to-end.
• Monitor progress, remove obstacles, ensure timely delivery.
• Anticipate client needs during implementation and maintenance.
• Interface with clients/partners and maintain positive relationships.
• Assist in creating project documentation (requirements, briefs, timelines, status).
• Work with PM team to resolve resource conflicts efficiently.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships; keep everyone informed of status.
• Monitor actual vs. estimated time and report weekly on budget status.

Skills

Pharma advertising experience

Team leadership

Web production methodologies

Budget & scheduling management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

MS Project

Asana

JIRA

Job description

Publicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across Canadian operations. Publicis Health Toronto supports a range of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients, including leading healthcare and biopharma brands, with deep expertise across marketing, advertising, production, digital delivery, and operational excellence. Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce and an inclusive, respectful culture where teams can do great work sustainably.

Do you excel at consolidating and communicating medical/scientific information? Do you enjoy finding new and creative ways to look at, think about, simplify, visualize and communicate information and concepts? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, alongside people with a rich variety of skill sets and perspectives? If so, this position could be for you!

We’re searching for a Senior Project Manager with a background in the pharmaceutical and healthcare space for a leading BioPharma Client. This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing team at Publicis Health Toronto (PHT).

The Senior Project Manager will have a strong understanding of the creative process from brief through to production, to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget. Working closely with Account Managers within a Production environment, the Senior project manager will help lead project schedules, resources and workflows on a variety of digital projects; banners, social adds, website, photoshoots. 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

• Manage & motivate multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, multiple-project environment.
• Primarily responsible for coordinating maintenance of tier one websites. Will also manage small projects from initiation to planning, design, development, testing, and into maintenance.
• Proactively monitor work progress to ensure tasks are progressing in a timely manner, and obstacles are removed.
• Proactively anticipate client needs throughout the implementation / maintenance process.
• Interface and maintain positive relationships with clients and partners in day-to-day communication.
• Assist in the creation of project documentation, including requirements documentation, project briefs, timelines, project status, estimates, etc.
• Work with rest of PM team to identify resource conflicts and gaps and resolve in the most efficient and cost effective manner
• Build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders. Regularly keep all stakeholders apprised of project status to ensure all expectations are accounted for and met
• Monitor and reconcile actual vs. estimated time spent on projects for maximum accuracy and recovery of hours. Report weekly on budget status.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of experience in a project management role in the digital space, specifically with pharma advertising and marketing.
• Understanding of web production methodologies, concepts and processes.
• Experience delivering or participating in web development and digital projects;; banners, social adds, website, photoshoots.
• Ability to motivate and manage teams to deliver exceptional results
• Knowledge of standard project management and / or task management tools (ie. MS Project, Asana, JIRA, etc)
• Enthusiastic participant in the digital / interactive space, with a keen ability to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.

Core Competencies

• Expertise with Pharma advertising and industry
• Experience managing AOR programs/Canadian Pharma regulations; PAAB
• Excellent leadership, communication and negotiation skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and motivated
• Assertive and proactive self-starter who is also a collaborative team player
• Adaptable multi-tasker who welcomes new challenges
• Problem solving / Decision making
• Able to organize and prioritize, set and meet deadlines.
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple priorities concurrently while remaining organized.

Transparency matters to us. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $100,000 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.

AI Use

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.