Associate Director, Project Management

Inizio Evoke

$130K — $150K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of project management experience, including 1-2 years in healthcare/pharma advertising.
  • Strong budgeting and financial management skills, particularly for brand needs.
  • Experience with key projects: websites, emails, social media, and cross-departmental strategy.
  • Ability to manage senior-level strategy partners and align cross-functional teams.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows is a plus.
  • Proficient in operational platforms like Excel, Power BI, and Workfront/Ziflow.
  • Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex cross-agency initiatives across both launch and mature brands.
  • Own brand-level planning with timelines and multi-channel workstreams.
  • Guide PM team priorities, ensuring clarity and alignment across projects.
  • Serve as a trusted client partner for scopes and operational planning.
  • Oversee workflows and recommend process improvements.
  • Lead financial management activities like estimates and forecasting.
  • Champion agency culture and support new business through operational insights.

Benefits

  • Outstanding company-paid medical and dental benefits.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Flexible time off (FTO).
Full Job Description
About The Role:

The Associate Director, Project Management oversees 1-2 brands, leading PM teams, managing complex projects, and steering both strategic planning and seamless execution.

This role calls for a leader with the vision, precision, and operational strength to elevate complex, integrated delivery.

This is a remote position reporting to the Director, Project Management.

Brand Leadership
  • Lead complex, cross-agency initiatives across launch and mature brands.
  • Own brand-level planning including long-range timelines, integrated Gantts, and multi-channel workstreams.
  • Guide PM team priorities and ensure clarity, delegation, and alignment across projects.
  • Serve as a trusted client partner for scopes, budgets, timelines, and operational planning.
  • Oversee workflows and recommend process improvements.
  • Educate clients on agency processes, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Lead internal hot sheet, status, and kickoff meetings.

Financial Management
  • Lead annual scopes and change orders, including creation of ballpark and final estimates, with cross-functional alignment.
  • Manage brand financials including estimates, forecasting, burn tracking, and reconciliation.
  • Anticipate and mitigate risk through proactive planning and scenario modeling.
  • Prepare executive financial and risk summaries.

Resource & Operational Management
  • Partner with department heads to assess needs, resolve challenges, and optimize workflows.
  • Monitor resourcing across brands and escalate gaps as needed.
  • Drive operational efficiency by refining processes internally and externally.

Team Leadership & Development
  • Mentor and grow PM talent across PM and Sr. PM levels.
  • Serve as an escalation partner for PM and cross-functional teams.
  • Balance workloads and monitor utilization.
  • Lead onboarding and training while contributing to department learning initiatives.
  • Assess team capabilities and provide targeted coaching.
  • Key communications reported up to Director.

Agency Impact
  • Champion agency culture and PMO initiatives.
  • Support new business through operational insights and planning.
  • Integrate emerging technologies into workflows, including early AI-enabled tools.

What You'll Bring
  • A seasoned PM with 6+ years of experience and 1-2 years in healthcare/pharma advertising, ready to lead teams and deliver high-impact, integrated brand work.
  • Strong budgeting and portfolio management skills, with understanding of launch-to-mature brand needs.
  • Experience across key project types: websites, email programs, speaker programs, social media, digital initiatives, and cross-departmental strategy oversight.
  • Ability to manage up, including guiding senior-level strategy partners and aligning cross-functional teams.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with AI-assisted workflows as the agency builds AI-driven tools.
  • Comfort with operational platforms such as Excel, Power BI, Smartsheet, Basecamp and Workfront/Ziflow.
  • Bachelors degree required.


What We Offer

Inizio Evoke provides an exciting, flexible work environment. Our comprehensive benefits include:
  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Outstanding company-paid medical and dental benefits
  • 401(k) matching
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off (FTO)


The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. This range may differ based on your experience and skill set, geographic location, and cost of living considerations. We consider compensation more than just a base salary - that's why we also offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.

Compensation

$130,000-$150,000 USD

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

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