Project Manager

Project Management United States Cedar Knolls, New Jersey Charlotte, North Carolina Cary, North Carolina


Description

Position at MedThink SciCom

MedThink, a Fingerpaint company, offers extensive medical communications through two distinct divisions: MedThink SciCom, which harnesses deep scientific knowledge and extensive industry experience to develop solutions for medical affairs, medical communications and publication groups, and MedThink Communications, which provides healthcare communications and marketing services to commercial teams that leverages performance-driven medical education to enhance HCP beliefs and understanding.
 
Fueled by a passion for discovery, the Project Manager is responsible for the management of projects from scoping and planning to deliverable and is the hub for any project-related information between account, creative, editorial, scientific and technical departments.
 
Moving Minds. Moving Markets. Moving Medicine.
 
Our Uniqueness and Expectations of Future MedTHINKERS…
Take Ownership
Help Colleagues Do Their Best
Infuse Optimism and Fun
Nurture Innovation
Keep an Open Mind
Exceed Expectations
Respect Others
 
Position Responsibilities
· Opens jobs within the project and time management system (ie, Workamajig)
· Creates project scopes of work and maintain schedules for each project
· Serve as liaison between all departments to ensure timely completion of projects
· Resolves any scheduling issues in order to anticipate and prevent bottlenecks throughout each phase of a project
· Maintains daily/weekly project status reports
· Schedules and helps facilitate kick off and internal status meetings
· Regularly communicates with the project team to ensure all departments are apprised of job status and handoffs
· Troubleshoots issues, resolves questions and oversees day-to-day activities of team’s projects
· Monitors workloads of scientific, editorial, and design departments to anticipate scheduling issues
· Tracks and monitors progress of job status across the agency to ensure adherence to schedules
· Enforces workflow processes to ensure efficiency and productivity on all projects
· Assists with Medical, Legal and Regulatory submissions in content management platforms (ie, Veeva)
· Assists with acquisition of journal and conference submission guidelines and disseminates to team
· Monitors all financials associated with assigned projects and/or businesses
· Documents project budget concerns concisely, accurately, and in a timely fashion
 
Talent & Knack
· Bachelor’s degree
· Relevant experience (marketing, digital and/or communication agency) a plus
· Experience in resource and timeline modeling to forecast project requirements
· Demonstrated experience with traffic coordination
· Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint a must; project management software (ie, Workamajig) knowledge a plus
· Strong problem solving, negotiating and decision-making skills
· Highly organized, detail oriented and able to handle multiple priorities and projects at one time
· Strong verbal (including facilitation and presentation) and written communications skills, and capable of communicating to clients (when requested) and other suppliers the status of various projects
· Ability to influence, motivate, and lead stake holders without authority to meet project deliverables and deadlines
· Knowledge of processes for digital projects such as websites, HTML e-mails, and interactive media a plus
 
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity.
 
Fingerpaint provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity. Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.