Associate Director, PMO

Company Description

EVERSANA INTOUCH™ is a leading full-service, global healthcare agency serving the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions and data analytics services for clients. 

We combine the power of world-class creative and digital teams with deep market access, payer, and healthcare communications expertise to provide innovative solutions to life science companies that want to connect with consumers, healthcare professionals, and payers.  

We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors, and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need. 

And as a part of EVERSANA, a pioneer in next-generation commercial services, we connect dots that other agencies can’t, helping drive commercialization success. 

Our eight affiliates within the EVERSANA INTOUCH Network include EVERSANA INTOUCH Solutions, EVERSANA INTOUCH Proto, EVERSANA INTOUCH Seven, EVERSANA INTOUCH Oxygen, EVERSANA INTOUCH Engage, EVERSANA INTOUCH B2D, EVERSANA INTOUCH Media, and EVERSANA INTOUCH International. 

Job Description

What does an Associate Director do?

The Associate Director is a frontline manager for the project management team, supervising a staff that is responsible for managing projects that align with a specific program. Their primary role is in a strategic program management capacity, managing the project pipeline for a client or large brand. Associate Directors are well-versed in all project delivery processes for technology and strategy projects and in PMO standards. This role is essential to the agency because Associate Directors are responsible for the growth and development of their team and accountable for successful delivery of projects within that team.

Responsibilities include:

• Deliver and manage technical and strategic project/programs
• Program and client-level staffing plans
• Program and client reporting: health, status, risks, and key program milestones
• Issue mitigation plan
• Ensure the onboarding plan is defined and implemented
• Responsible for billability of project management team
• Project Coordinator, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager performance evaluations and goal setting
• Issue and escalation root cause analysis
• Facilitate retrospective meeting and share results with relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate with portfolio team on client road map and improvement plans
• Develop direct reports and serve in a coaching and mentoring role across the team
• Enforce process adherence and actively manage resistance
• Monitor consistent successes/challenges and propose opportunities for process and standards improvement
• Review project work output and provide feedback          
• Manage and prioritize team workload
• Manage team level goals and objectives to ensure successful outcomes across clients and projects
• Manage team escalations
• Proactively identify program level risk
• Oversee program health (budget, scope, and timeline)

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Delivery and management of technical and strategic projects and programs
• Ability to recognize when to step in and lead high-complexity and/or high-visibility projects
• Program management knowledge and experience
• Expert knowledge about how to execute all project types
• Experience working with ambiguity and ability to mentor others in this grey area                
• Advanced risk management skills
• Advanced stakeholder management skills
• Advanced reporting and program-level financial management
• Strong ability to pitch work and develop high-risk or complex estimates and timelines in a short timeframe with limited information (as delegated)
• Team building
• Strong mentor/coach
• Delegation skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Flexible
• Escalation management
• Delegation
• Problem-solving
• Ability to hold crucial conversations
• Ability to form strategic partnerships with stakeholders

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgr