Deputy Project Manager, Health Communications (Remote or Hybrid)

The Company

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We’re currently hiring a dynamic, dedicated individual as a Deputy Project Manager, Health to work with our federal health client on several mission-critical public health projects. Reporting to – and working closely with – the Digital Program Director, Health Communications, the DPM will be a seasoned leader and coach, with the ability to operate on strategic, managerial, and hands-on levels and to help guide the department across programmatic and administrative functions.

As a Deputy Project Manager, Health, you will:

• Identify opportunities and challenges and work across departments and teams to come up with highly innovative solutions. The core functions that roll up to the DPM’s management: Operations, including HR, facilities, IT, finance, organizational goals, and legal; and Programs, ranging from digital to social marketing and behavior change communications.
• Lead projects, tasks, and matrixed teams to deliver high-quality work and service to our clients across multiple projects in key areas of evidence-based health communication and social marketing, including strategy, research, evaluation, creative, digital/mHealth, risk analysis, multicultural and media, to support a range of communication efforts and user experience.
• Establish, enhance, and maintain diverse public health partnership research strategies and networks to reach and engage audiences that will receive important information from federal health communication programs, campaigns, and resources.
• Manage the financial budget, timelines, and expenses for the project or department, ensuring cost and resource efficiencies.
• Demonstrate a highly focused management lens, excellent communication and relationship-building skills, a deep belief in the power and potential of engaged communities, and the ability to promote a clear, inspirational vision
• Contribute to organizational growth through the management of project financials and support business development by contributing to new business capture and proposals.
• Work closely with the Project Director to oversee team and client management, including prioritization, coordination, completion and submission of key project deliverables.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, health communication, health education, marketing, public relations, social sciences, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of demonstrated experience working in federal health, marketing, advertising, public relations agency, or consulting environment.
•  3+ years of experience in Digital health communication or social marketing expertise including audience-centered and mHealth application strategies
• 2+ years of working with diverse audience or under-represented communities
• Ability to travel up to 10% as required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust

Professional Skills:

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse remote and distributed teams and team members.
• A flexible and adaptable approach; ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations
• Excellent interpersonal (verbal, written), active listening, and organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities at a given time while interacting with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve project goals
• Proven project leadership and management experience with federal health communications projects, including experience developing and managing budgets  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health, health communication, health education, marketing, public relations, social sciences, or equivalent.
• Experience in new business development, including proposal writing, for federal health agencies
• Experience with partnerships at the federal, state, tribal, or local health agency level in support of social marketing or health communication projects

Job Location(s): This role is based in the United States.

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