Associate Project Manager

Avalere Health Group; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Company pension/retirement plan

Flexible working practices

Personalized learning and training

Job summary

Avalere Health Group is seeking an Associate Project Manager to lead low/mid complexity projects across client accounts. You will partner with Account, Creative, Finance, Strategy and Technology to plan, execute and deliver high-quality work while managing budgets and client expectations.

You will support scoping, estimation, and financial processes, and act as the main client contact for active workstreams, ensuring timely, effective communication and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Extreme attention to detail.
• Client facing abilities.
• Ability to work well with cross functional teams.
• Solid presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 1 year of relevant experience; agency/pharma setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own low/mid complexity projects across client accounts with agency partners.
• Plan projects, align staff, and mitigate risks to deliver results.
• Develop and monitor budgets, pricing, and billing processes.
• Serve as main client contact for active scopes and expectations.
• Coordinate with Account, Creative, Finance, Strategy and Technology teams.
• Lead meetings, define timelines, and assign resources.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Client communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Attention to detail

Job description

• The Associate Project Manager (or APM) will have project specific responsibilities & ownership of low/mid complexity projects across a set of client account(s) as assigned. They will work closely with their agency counterparts (Account, Creative, Finance, Strategy, Technology) to create the space for great ideas, work and results
• The role is accountable for achieving great project-level results for low/mid complexity projects (and supporting large scale projects with oversight) for the agency through thoughtful project planning, staff alignment and effective project management that anticipates and actively manages to mitigate risks
• The APM will also begin to take on greater financial management responsibilities in the form of estimating work, monitoring budgets and supporting other agency financial processes
• Point of contact for client for low/mid complexity work that has been kicked off and is in motion at the agency
• Solicit client direction and input; manage client expectations
• Supports the organization and prioritization of work across client responsibilities
• Consultative approach able to identify and mitigate project risks before they become issues
• Ability to synthesize client interactions into actionable direction
• Deliver high quality work that exceeds client expectations
• Financial management including pricing, budget management, reconciliation, billing, and the ability to effectively communicate financial status/risks/mitigation plans to client
• Actively partner with Account, Creative, Finance, Strategy and Technology to establish project approach and pull through the work from job activation to end delivery
• Work closely with Account partners to clearly define and activate project work
• Serve as organization hub for assigned clients and project work
• Manage daily hot sheets, facilitate flow of project work, partner closely with resource management to align staff to the work
• Facilitate efficient communication across the agency team including capturing meeting notes and outlining next steps as required
• Create and manage project timelines and resource assignments
• Developing decision maker and problem solver. Expanding ability to set direction for the team based on good, consistent decision making
• Expanding financial management responsibilities including scoping/estimating work, budget management and supporting other agency financial processes
• Prepare/support and lead client submissions
• Ability to lead the scoping and estimation of low/mid complexity work
• Monitors and assigns tasks to internal project team
• Ability to run client and team meetings
• Accountable for delivering revenue in the month projected
• Works closely with their account management counterpart to ensure accurate financial projections

Benefits

• The tools, skills, and support you need to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges
• Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career
• Personalized learning and training
• Flexible working practices
• Company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy
• Hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization

Requirements

• 1 year of relevant experience, agency/pharma setting preferred
• Extreme attention to detail
• Client facing abilities
• Ability to work well with cross functional teams
• Solid presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills