Avalere is hiring a
Project Manager

Summary

The job is for a Project Manager at Avalere Health, a commercialization partner in the healthcare industry. The role involves managing projects, communicating project objectives, preparing MLR submissions, developing timelines and estimates, and ensuring issues and risks are properly addressed.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree
• 2+ years of agency (or relevant) project-management experience
• Proven experience managing digital projects with teams of 10+ people
• Proven understanding of the technical facets of website development
• Solid experience working on projects that have data and analytics components, with an ability to understand how the data output can be used to form insights and drive additional tactics
• Ability to manage multiple projects totaling $1MM - $ 1.5MM in revenue annually

Responsibilities

• Manage effective, efficient workflow of all projects on assigned accounts with the ability to prioritize according to client business needs
• Collaborate with all agency teams to establish effective project plans, staff plans, forecast upcoming work and allocate resources
• Communicate project objectives and success criteria across stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
• Prepare and manage client MLR submissions
• Develop timelines and estimates; manage projects to remain on time and budget; escalate timing and budget concerns or risk to course correct
• Schedule and lead project kick-off meeting (as it relates to schedule, job level, folder structure and location, SOW, creative assets, etc.)
• Work in a client-facing capacity on as-needed basis
• Initiate and conduct formal team status meetings, document risks and issues for internal purposes
• Maintain daily communications with team members on all projects
• Ensure that issues and risks are anticipated, identified and properly escalated and resolved. Seek final resolution on all issues so projects do not stall or fall out of scope without warning
• Conduct internal copy/layout reviews with core team and ensure all assets are routed internally, with specific attention to required creative and proofreading approvals
• Ensure adequate amount of time, whenever possible, for the routing and review of materials
• Facilitate presentations and review of final asset with client and provide recommendations pertaining to budget, timing, production, etc
• Identify out-of-scope activities
• Manage the financial tracking process for the project (create job status report, attend accounting meetings, maintain the estimate by reallocating hours as necessary, flag overages, identify delays that may affect budget, etc.)
• Take ownership of and enforce agency processes by providing meaningful feedback to all teams
• Analyze and recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency, including systems and/or software recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

Pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated industry, knowledge is a plus

Benefits

• A generous company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy