Director, Project Delivery

About Avalere Health
Guided by a single mission to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE, our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing capabilities move as one, ensuring every patient is identified, supported, treated, and cared for. Equally.
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About the role:
As Director, Project Delivery, you will be responsible for seamlessly leading and managing agency workflow, client delivery, resourcing, timelines, budget, and submissions across relevant internal business units, clients, and other external partners. 

What you'll do:

• Lead, own, and perform all aspects of project delivery end-to-end from project scoping and submissions management to successful execution and lessons learned
• Lead project delivery for both external portfolio of client accounts as well as the internal department for Access Marketing in line with business objectives and operational excellence  
• Establish and/or optimize processes based on Access Marketing business objectives, including identifying opportunities to improve, streamline, and automate agency workflows
• Enforce project standards and business management systems across internal and external stakeholders as needed
• Foster client relationships and represent agency operations/project delivery in client meetings and planning discussions as appropriate
• Lead and contribute to launch planning roadmaps and day of approval plans to ensure operational excellence throughout client PDUFA timeframes
• Create and disseminate project burn reports and escalate/mitigate areas of risk as needed, including working collaboratively with the account team to proactively address
• Integrate seamlessly and maintain fluency between Advisory and Marketing disciplines within a matrixed organization
• Grow and contribute to the growth of Access Marketing by supporting project delivery needs for RFPs, pitches, and other new business development opportunities
• Lead collaboratively with account, strategy, medical, creative, and other project delivery partners on all aspects of Access Marketing  
• Support leadership with growing the internal project delivery team and cultivating strong talent, including mentorship, management, and outsourcing of freelance needs
• Be flexible with travel up to 10% of time as needed 

About you:

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred 
• 10+ years’ experience in project management within a healthcare agency environment
• Thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and cross-discipline environment with a proactive mindset
• Deep and detailed knowledge of pharmaceutical brand marketing including broadcast, print, digital, and medical/legal/regulatory review
• Expert skill level with MS Office experience, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook strongly preferred
• Expert skill level with MS Project or other project plan software (Smartsheet) strongly preferred
• Expert skill level with production tools and proprietary software (Egnyte, JIRA, Asana, Content Management Systems, online routing, etc.) strongly preferred
• Excellent knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting) strongly preferred
• Strong experience with both traditional/non-digital and digital campaigns (including site, digital experiences, email) strongly preferred
• Highly skilled as an interdisciplinary thinker and curious project delivery lead
• Seamlessly skillful in balancing both collaborative work and independent work
• Proven track record in leading teams, problem-solving with agility and creativity, as well as upholding the organization’s culture
• Comfortable working under pressure with tight deadlines, across both inline client wor