Senior Project Manager

Digitas Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

401K

Paid time off

Parental and family care leave

Job summary

Digitas Health is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large, multi-channel healthcare projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables that satisfy clients and balance client and agency economics. You will mentor at least one junior team member and work across interactive, print, and video channels.

The role requires strong PM capabilities, budget and risk management, and collaboration across disciplines to drive efficient processes and impactful outcomes for clients in the healthcare space.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Progression in level of responsibility within a professional project management environment.
• Agency or digital project experience preferred.
• Experience in communications or marketing environment preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Proficient in project management with flexible approach across channels.
• Prepare complex statements of work with quick turnaround and manage budgets.
• Accurately calculates cost-to-complete estimates.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and ability to adapt to new technologies.
• Advocate and champion agency processes and team engagement.
• Create and manage cross-functional communication plans and project timelines.

Skills

Professional presentation

Negotiation skills

Conflict management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree required

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Digital knowledge

Job description

Company Description

Digitas Health is the modern creative agency that takes on the biggest moments in healthcare raises the standard of creative, and connects people, partners, and ideas to create work that earns its place in culture. Purpose-built for today’s complex and evolving landscape, we partner with some of the world’s largest healthcare brands to do big things by moving faster, connecting deeper, and unlocking new possibilities at the intersection of creativity, data, technology, and empathy. Guided by our purpose, Connected for Good, and fueled by a vibrant, magnetic culture—we deliver meaningful work that drives relevance, changes behavior, and creates lasting impact, always grounded in humanity, not just technology. As part of Publicis Health and Publicis Groupe, we bring together entrepreneurial energy with the scale, stability, and depth of one of the world’s leading communications networks. At Digitas Health, what sets us apart isn’t just who we work with, it’s how we work and how it feels to be here. Our culture attracts curious, driven people who want to make a difference and be part of something bigger. Our teams are intentionally crafted across disciplines, perspectives, and experience levels, bringing strategy, creativity, data, and technology together from the start. We believe the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration, and healthy debate and we expect people here to be thoughtful, engaged, and eager to shape what’s next. If you’re energized by complexity, motivated by impact, and excited to help redefine how healthcare connects with people, we’d love to meet you!

Overview

The Senior Project Manager leads the production of multi-channel projects of large size or complexity, and is ultimately responsible for the delivery of high quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics. Career manages at least one person.

Key Responsibilities

• PM Technical Skills: Proficient in project managing via a flexible approach. Well-versed in production needs; considered an expert in at least one channel (interactive/digital, print, or video) but understands other mediums well enough to be a strategic problem solver
• SOWs: Prepares complex statements of work, with quick turnaround time and minimal revisions. Creates or reviews statement of work documentation; accountable for top-down and bottom-up budgets to ensure scopes accurately reflect required work effort
• Client finances: Accurately calculates cost-to-complete estimates
• Thought process: Regularly demonstrates critical thinking skills
• Technology: Continuously learning technology and ability to quickly adapt to new technologies
• Agency process: Advocate and champion of agency processes. Able to define team process, communication plan and rules of engagement and manages team adherence

Strategy

• Creativity: Finds creative alternative solutions to resource and time constraints
• Project Plans: Creates and manages master project plans and timelines via a cross-capability collaborative approach
• Quality Control: Ensures team adherence to QC plan
• Process improvement: Proactively identifies opportunities to adjust processes for efficiencies. Identifies opportunities to streamline processes and to create efficiencies and suggests alternative solutions
• Trouble shoot: Solution oriented. Brings problems with potential solutions to the attention of management.
• Conflict resolution: Arbitrates team conflicts and facilitates cross-capability solutions
• Resource allocation: Leads resource allocation discussions on the project-level with cross-capability team
• Collaboration: Keeps team informed of changes. Communicates clearly and frequently. Leads team communication plan; monitors and adjusts as needed to ensure effective and efficient communication.
• Project risk: Actively mitigates risk by identifying quality, budget, and timeline impacts

Tactics and Execution

• Finances: Responsible for cost management across portfolio of projects. Provides accurate and realistic cost-to-complete estimates and forecasts for assigned projects
• Conflict resolution: Proactively contributes to conflict resolution across channels
• Resources: Leads resource planning
• Vendors: Manages 3rd party vendor engagement
• Execution: Manages production of engagements from award to completion
• Change process: Manages change request process, identifying and documenting changes in scope
• Internal Relationships and Team Leadership: Positive influence within department. Develops strong and positive working relationships with other departments/ stakeholders
• Management: Mentors and directs the activity of one or more Associates or Senior Associates
• Culture: Promotes and contributes to business unit’s culture and environment
• On-boarding: On boards new team members to the brand/ agency process

Client Relationship

• Problem solving: Confident problem solver; willing and able to have difficult conversations
• Relationship: Engages with client procurement staff. Builds rapport and credibility with client peer based on trust and expert counsel
• Client process: Has intimate understanding of client processes and priorities
• Managing expectations: Ensures that appropriate client and internal stakeholder expectations are managed
• Communication and Writing: Lead role in ensuring timely, accurate client documentation and correspondence. Presents complex data or messages in a clear, succinct, compelling manner
• Ensures production deliverables meet client requirements

Requirements

• Professional presentation and client facing skills
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Advanced in Microsoft Office
• Proficient in Microsoft Project
• Knowledge of digital required
• Knowledge of healthcare is a strong plus
• Exhibits Integrity and Trust
• Exhibits Self Development

Education And Experience

• Bachelors degree required
• Demonstrates progression in level of responsibility within a professional project management environment
• Agency or digital project experience preferred
• Experience in communications or marketing environment preferred

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental
• vision
• disability
• 401K
• parental and family care leave
• family forming assistance
• tuition reimbursement
• flexible time off
• Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met.
• Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met.
• For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $107,835.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/14/2026.