Senior Project Manager - Medical Communications

Avalere Health; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Flexible hybrid working

Global mobility

Job summary

Avalere Health Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own complex projects within Medical Affairs. You will be a trusted client contact, coordinating internal teams and external partners to keep projects on track and within budget.

You will combine confident communication with strong project and financial management skills, mentoring colleagues and driving best practices across Client Service, Editorial and wider teams.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a minimum of 5+ years of experience in client facing project management roles within a Medical Communications agency.
• Experience working on Medical Affairs accounts is highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of assigned projects from a project management and financial perspective.
• Keep clients and internal stakeholders regularly updated on progress with concerns flagged to department leads promptly.
• Drive timelines and act as an internal information hub for the account.
• Actively manage project finances to achieve Avalere Health KPIs and discuss corrective actions with client and internal team.
• Identify and generate opportunities with existing and new accounts.
• Budget development and reconciliation; updating PM tools and running regular reports.
• Review PM processes and find ways to resolve and improve.
• Timeline development and updating; providing status updates and reports.
• Invoicing clients; tracking and phasing projects; traffic management and status sheets.
• Lead internal and client status calls; mentor best practices and provide feedback for action plans.

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Budgeting

Financial tracking

Job description

About Avalere Health

United by one profound purpose: to reachEVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together - powerfully and intentionally - to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.

Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere.

Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources.

Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups - Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity.We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family's needs.

We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves.

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.

About The role

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll take ownership of complex projects and larger accounts within our Medical capability, with on Medical Affairs. This role brings together people, priorities and timelines to deliver work that achieves meaningful outcomes for our clients. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you'll be a trusted client contact and a central point of connection for internal teams and external partners, keeping projects on track, on budget and aligned to agreed objectives.

You'll combine confident communication with strong project and financial management skills, building collaborative relationships across Client Service, Editorial and wider teams. Along the way, you'll anticipate challenges, create clarity and help colleagues do their best work, with opportunities to share your experience and support the development of others.

What You'll Do

• Manage all aspects of assigned projects from a project management and financial perspective, ensuring successful planning, management, execution and outcome

• Ensure both clients and internal stakeholders are kept informed and regularly updated on project progress with any concerns being flagged to appropriate department leads in a timely manner

• Actively drive timelines and act as an internal information hub for the account

• Actively manage project finances to achieve Avalere Health KPIs and proactively discuss any corrective courses of action with client and internal team

• Where possible identify, and generate, opportunities with existing and new accounts.

• The range of tasks which a SPM may be asked to do includes but is not limited to:

• budget development and reconciliation

• updating PM tools and running regular reports

• reviewing project management processes and finding ways to resolve

• timeline/schedule development and updating

• providing internal and external financial information

• invoicing clients; tracking and phasing projects

• traffic management; updating status sheets

• driving internal and client status calls

• mentoring and guiding best practice

• providing project feedback and input to action plans.

About You

• Demonstrate a minimum of 5+ years of experience in client facing project management roles within a Medical Communications agency.
• Experience working on Medical Affairs accounts is highly preferred

What we can offer

You'll receive up to a 7% pension contribution, life insurance, income protection, and private medical insurance for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including flexible hybrid working, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 25 days of annual leave plus two personal well-being days, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.

Access free counselling through our employee assistance program, as well as personalized health support. Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey, as well as on-demand support from our partner Peppy. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support and global mobility opportunities across the business.