Senior Project Manager (Health)

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. 

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.  Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. 

About VML Health:  

VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency that partners with healthcare clients across a broad definition of health, from high science to wellness and everything in between. It operates fluidly within the VML agency, as a core group of health specialists (a ‘vertical’) that has the benefit of autonomy in management, but with support of non-health expertise.  

At the heart of health is the story of life – all the highs and lows, ambitions, and possibilities. But facing a health challenge can suddenly pull people away from these stories, knocking them off course. 

Our purpose is to bridge this gap, bringing people closer to life and all its meaning. We gain a deeper understanding of Healthcare Professionals’ and patients’ needs, behaviors and lived experiences through what we call ‘radical empathy’. 

VML Health creates connected brands that get to the heart, bringing people closer to the lives they want to live.  Get to the heart. Connect for life. 

What We're Looking For:

VML Health is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to effectively manage a variety of internal stakeholders across multiple departments in their effort to deliver on our clients’ needs and objectives. The Senior Project Manager will help client stakeholders and agency team communicate effectively throughout each stage of a project.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for medium and complex project execution.
• Facilitate understanding of clients’ environment to properly set up project teams, identify needed documentation, and setup status reporting.
• Articulate project objectives to team members.
• Manage scope for projects and write change orders as needed.
• Identify resourcing needs and work with Resource Management to secure team members.
• Deliver marketing tactics that exceed expectations.
• Act as an internal liaison that reinforces client/project priorities, clarifies requirements, and solves for identified cross-discipline gaps.
• Schedule and runs meetings with internal team members.
• Provide necessary external status reporting to clients as needed.
• Catalog and maintain all project documentation and deliverables.
• Define and clearly explain necessary project processes/workflows, including becoming experts in any client-specific processes, related to the legal/medical/regulatory reviews or similar.
• Coordinate and/or author points of view as required by a project.
• Support the team in scoping new engagements.

Who You Are and What You Bring:

• 4+ years of agency and/or client-side experience managing large-scale marketing projects; Health client experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills; creates clarity where there is ambiguity/confusion.
• Strong organization skills.
• Attention to detail, willingness to ask questions and ability to follow up.
• Embraces change.
• Passion for learning.
• Proactive, adaptable, and flexible.
• Ability to follow direction.
• Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies.
• PMP certification preferred.

What You'll Need:

• Proven experience in project management within a marketing agency, with a focus on healthcare clients.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams effectively.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

What we offer: 

• Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
• Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneousl