Project Manager

Medical Knowledge Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical Knowledge Group LLC is seeking a proactive Project Manager to oversee a diverse array of medical education and healthcare advertising projects. You will develop detailed timelines, guide status meetings, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with strong quality controls.

Ideal candidates have at least 3 years in medical education or healthcare advertising, excellent organizational and communication skills, and a track record of independent, solution-oriented work within

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience within the Medical Education or Healthcare Advertising field, including Associate PM or Project Coordinator experience.
• Strong trafficking, organizational, and attention to detail skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• An independent thinker and solution-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Develop and distribute detailed timelines for each assigned project and adjust them as needed as the project progresses.
• Schedule and lead daily and weekly brand team internal status meetings.
• Traffic, audit, and monitor individual project components to ensure quality control and on-time delivery.
• Provide daily and weekly updates (verbal/written) on project status and budget.
• Provide focused risk assessment throughout the project life cycle.
• Comply with and help enforce standard operating procedures.
• Make recommendations to ensure proper planning and resource allocation.

Skills

Traffic management

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent thinking

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Medical Knowledge Group LLC is a best-in-class organization dedicated to the design and execution of creative and compelling medical communications initiatives. Guided by unique strategic insight, medical acumen, innovation, and client service, MKG specializes in a broad range of health care marketing and communication services.

We are seeking to grow our Project Management team. Our Project Managers are high-energy team players committed to holistically managing a diverse array of marketing tactics. Project Management team members have extensive career-path potential within the organization, with opportunities to not only advance within the PM discipline - but to also pursue integrated and/or digital project manager-only roles as well.

The Project Manager has a pro-active, can do attitude, with a sense of urgency to support the PM team in its mission to deliver on time and within budget. Details and consistency are key, but commonsense is a must have. This role requires a strong personality and directness in team communications, while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and diplomacy. Are you able to communicate in a positive manner to colleagues? Can you think on your feet? A creative problem solver? Are you eager to become a part of a growing agency? If so, we want to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Develop and distribute detailed timelines for each assigned project and adjust them as needed as the project progresses
• Schedule and lead daily and weekly brand team internal status meetings
• Traffic, audit, and monitor individual project components to make certain there is appropriate quality control
• Provide daily and weekly updates (verbal/written) to ensure all team members are current with project status and that project remains on time and within budget
• Provide focused risk assessment throughout project life cycle
• Comply with and help enforce standard operating procedures
• Make recommendations to ensure adequate planning and resource allocation

Requirements

• 3 years of experience within the Medical Education or Healthcare Advertising field, that includes experience at the Associate Project Manager, or Project Coordinator level
• Strong trafficking, organizational, and attention to detail skills
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• An independent thinker and solution-oriented