Freelance Senior Project Manager

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum. 

We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.

Edelman is looking for a freelance Senior Project Manager to support a pharma client for 40 hours / week.

The Edelman Project Management team is passionate about finding smart ways to deliver great work. We sit at the center of our business, collaborating with best in-class teams to ensure Edelman ideas make an impact in our clients’ real worlds. From cars to consumer goods, fashion and retail, financial service, food and beverage, luxury, technology or healthcare – we are fanatics about integrated project management that enables our creative, strategy and account teams to deliver smart and brilliant programming for our clients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process-oriented, go-getter who wants to support a forward-thinking, integrated team. We want passion and excitement. We want someone who is unafraid to ask questions, is willing to challenge the norm and is eager to be the best in the business. Our Senior Project Managers are fluent in PM fundamentals and best practices – they have the experience to lead the day-to-day work on integrated projects, the drive to ensure flawless execution, and the ability to influence teams to achieve great work within the boundaries of scope, time and budget.

Edelman Senior Project Managers lead the day-to-day workflow of integrated projects and team. Serving as the common thread on projects, they manage schedules, deliverables, priorities and teams towards flawless execution. They collaborate with Account and Specialty peers to ensure that project deliverables connect with creative intent, while meeting time specifications and budget parameters.

*Please note that freelancers are hired as W-2 temp employees. We are not able to contract folks through personal LLCs, sole proprietor businesses, or the like.

*Edelman occasionally converts freelancers to full-time-employees to support this growing business. Please note that potential for conversion is limited to candidates willing to work a hybrid schedule at an Edelman office.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate business acumen by producing top-down and bottom-up estimates, and leading definition of scopes and staff plans with account leads and specialty teams, utilizingappropriate tools. 
• Lead the development and approval workflow of Statements of Work with Finance, Contracts and Account teams. 
• Through the use of established project management tools, author and maintainprojects schedules, project briefs, cost estimates and project financial management (OOP & fee) and other relevant project documentation with input from cross-discipline teams. 
• Own the delivery of a work stream within large, complex initiatives and/or own mid-size projects independently and with minimal oversight 
• Work with the Account and Specialty leads to resolve project-related issues, escalating project blockers and risks to the Project Director.
• Partner with Finance and Account teams to manage and communicate project burn, raise scope creep, share budget reporting, and participate in the monthly forecasting process. 
• Participate in client discussions related to project plans and set expectations on due dates needed in order to meet project goals. 
• Partner with Resource Management to establish staff plans, providing clarity that aligns specialty team needs with project future staffing requirements in order to identify the best talent for the work. 
• Oversee, manage and communicate the status of integrated initiatives across multiple projects to ensure successful delivery against client assignment and scoped deliverables. 
• Ensure the quality and consistency across all projects is consistent with brand guidelines. 
• Balance a sense of urgency with a calm and confident leadership at all times. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• At least 4 years of project management, integrated marketing/PR agency, correlated experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Mastery of PM fundamentals and best practices; independently owned small to mid-level sized project delivery
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Smartsheet (or other similar project management tool) is required.

#LI-KSJ

Edelman is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.