Sr. Project Manager- Pharmaceutical/Health

$104,000 - $120,640/Yr

Aquent - Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr. Project Manager for the Pharmaceutical/Health sector will play a crucial role in managing consumer experience projects within a global healthcare company. This hybrid position requires a self-starter with a background in E-Commerce and experience in Healthcare/Pharma. The individual will work closely with the Global CX Program Lead to ensure effective project execution, resource management, and cross-team communication, while also focusing on operational processes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Effectively summarize and communicate project status to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ensure that dependent business unit schedules are known and identified in advance to all participants.
• Facilitate the definition of program scope, estimates and deliverables.
• Demonstrate strong technical, process analysis, documentation and mapping skills.
• Proven problem solver with expert knowledge of CX and Design workflow best practices.
• Maintain calm assurance in high-energy interactions.
• Exhibit excellent interpersonal, leadership, listening, and communication skills.
• Construct workable solutions when presented with conflicting points of view.
• Anticipate issues and risks associated with project implementation and develop strategies to resolve them.
• Manage multiple projects, tasks, priorities, and internal expectations.
• Implement and maintain a collaborative team environment involving different functional areas.
• Work with technical project managers to ensure integration of technical schedules and resolution of dependencies.
• Participate in driving and documenting process standards and best practices of creative project planning and scheduling.
• Lead process improvements and creative tool implementation.
• Develop, implement, and shepherd continuous improvements and process opportunities.
• Orchestrate cross-teams to deliver high quality, on-time design deliverables.

Requirements

• Minimum BA/BS in Project Management, Business Management, Computer Science, or Logistics; Master's degree in relevant field is a plus.
• 10+ years of hands-on studio and traffic management experience.
• Broad experience in a high-volume, fast-paced, constantly changing studio/in-house creative environment.
• Superior organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage time effectively.
• 10+ years of project/process management, operations or strategy analyst experience.
• Experience managing complex projects through all phases of the project lifecycle in a large scale, complex global environment.
• Experience in Lean, iterative design process and Agile development process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in presenting and defending research and design decisions.

Nice-to-haves

• Agency experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with pharma/health technology is a plus.
• PMP Certification is a plus.
• Process Management and/or certification is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly salary of $50-58/hr
• Hybrid work environment with flexibility
• Opportunity to work with a global healthcare company
• Engagement in meaningful projects that impact healthcare and consumer experience