Project Manager

About Inizio Evoke Drive: 

We are a full-service agency with 25 years of history supporting pharmaceutical and life science clients in optimizing patient outcomes through behavioral science. We apply a unique combination of behavior-change strategies, compelling creative, and purposeful use of technology to shift behaviors in our target audience, whether that be patients or HCPs. 

About the role: 

Project managers are the driving force at Inizio Evoke Drive. As the internal contact for all projects, project managers serve as operational partners with the account team and are the liaisons for the entire development team (strategic services, creative services, technology services, operations, accounting, and administration). You will manage the end-to-end development of projects, according to established business processes. You will report to the Director, Project Management. This is a remote role. 

As a Project Manager, you: 

• Play an integral role in all decisions regarding process, project resources, budgets, and schedules 

• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering marketing programs from brainstorming to execution 

• Present agency's capabilities and process internally and externally based on knowledge of who does what, when, and how long execution takes 

• Lead the team, ensuring processes are being followed and that projects comply with regulatory requirements 

• Understand the nature of the work performed by each department 

• Identify the need for internal and external resources for existing projects, work with the resourcing manager to secure project resources and with other PMs to prioritize resources' work 

• Interact with the internal team to determine project feasibility based on scope and training 

• Identify and prevent possible risks that may affect projects 

• Find solutions to course-correct to get project back on track 

• Craft project milestones for agency, clients, and vendor/agency partners 

• Build detailed project schedules and ensure that all deadlines are met according to the schedule 

• Monitor the project scope, details, and status and provide status updates to both internal and external teams 

• Develop estimates for hours and out-of-pocket expenses for new projects 

• Partner with account services and finance to find budgetary solutions if projects get off track 

• Build rapport and manage the vendor/agency partner relationship 

• As the operational expert, co-lead client status calls along with account services, including updating status agendas, speaking to project status, budget and timelines 

You Will: 

• Be dynamic, thoughtful, and motivating 

• Be passionate about our people and the work we do 

• Collaborate positively in a collaborative work environment 

• Have experience using MS Project or Smartsheets and Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) 
• Have experience managing HCP focused projects

• Have experience managing budgets, developing timelines, creating status agendas 

• Motivate teams to make decisions and commit to deadlines and deliverables 

• Manage their time efficiently to complete project on-time and on-budget 

• Bring 3+ years of project management experience working with creative teams 

• Bring experience in a marketing agency or pharmaceutical marketing setting 

• Have experience managing a project size of $1.5M to $2.5M 

• Manage a cross-functional team size of 10 to 15 including, but not limited to strategic services, creative services, technology services, event planning, print production, and finance 

Inizio Evoke provides an exciting and flexible work environment, great compensation packages and outstanding company paid benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and flexible time off. 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.