Senior PMO Lead - Pharma & Creative Campaigns

Eversana; Overland Park, Northern (KS, KY); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EVERSANA INTOUCH is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the internal day-to-day operations and delivery for a set of strategic, creative and technical projects, across one or multiple brands. You will guide timelines, budgets, risk registers and change logs with minimal supervision.

The role requires advanced PMO expertise, practical budgeting, risk management, client-facing communication, and strong leadership, with travel under 10% and a 40-hour work week.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of experience in a PMO role
• Pharmaceutical or advertising experience preferred (AOR or DAOR)
• Advanced understanding and applications of PMO standards and processes
• Experience leading the delivery of complex, technology, strategy and creative based projects
• Ability to develop a creative, strategic or technical heavy project plan
• Ability to tailor and flex process to provide solutions to proactively facilitate a project

Responsibilities

• Full lifecycle delivery and management of complex, technical, strategic and creative projects
• Develops and actively manages project timelines, estimates, risk registers, communication plans, burn reports and change logs with minimal oversight
• Leads the estimation process and provides project budget and staff plan parameters with minimal supervision
• Leads the project timeline creation process in close partnership with internal and external stakeholders with minimal supervision
• Leads project kickoffs and status meetings
• Creates and/or reviews and distributes meeting recaps; oversees and evolves PMOs and PCs in their ability to write actionable recaps
• In partnership with AD and GPD, develops financial forecasts for proactive financial management
• In partnership with AD, Finance and Account, facilitates monthly billing, analysis and action
• In partnership with Account Services, AD and GPD, assists with the development of annual and project-based SOWs
• In partnership with ADs and GPD, provides input to program Gantt Charts
• In partnership with Account Services, AD and GPD, assists with change order creation and management
• Actively works with project stakeholders to identify, evaluate, log, communicate and mitigate project-level risks
• Works closely with PMO leadership to identify and mitigate program-level risks
• Identifies project staff needs and works with resource managers and PCs to ensure accuracy and updates of resource plans
• Resolves conflicts, including scope, schedule, resources, budget, quality and communication with minimal oversight
• Ensures all project artifacts are properly stored within enterprise systems
• Accountable for application of delivery processes and PMO standards across their projects
• Actively mentors and supports training efforts for Project Managers and Project Coordinators
• Acts as first touchpoint of escalation for PMs and PCs
• Keeps direct manager informed; asks for help when needed; knows when to escalate issues to leadership; brings solutions
• Participates in candidate interviews as needed
• Effectively senses team morale and understands how to address issues
• Modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
• All other duties as assigned

Skills

PMO experience

Client-facing communication

Leadership

Risk management

Budgeting & forecasting

Tools

Workfront

Workfront Proof

Smartsheet

MS Project

Excel

Job description

EVERSANA INTOUCH is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the internal day-to-day operations and delivery for a set of strategic, creative and technical projects, across one or multiple brands. You will guide timelines, budgets, risk registers and change logs with minimal supervision.

The role requires advanced PMO expertise, practical budgeting, risk management, client-facing communication, and strong leadership, with travel under 10% and a 40-hour work week.