Overview

Heartbeat is seeking an Associate Director of Project Management to join a robust team who is leading our clients to new innovations. The ideal candidate is a project and program management expert, mentor and advocate. They are a trusted partner able to lead internal and external teams to align on a mutual understanding of all deliverables and drive them to successful completion. The Associate Director of Project Management will understand agency work products to oversee a team delivering work for at least one significant client book of business. They will partner with other departments to resolve operational issues, champion continuous optimization of processes and advocate for the overall PM team.

Responsibilities

The Associate Director will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• The Associate Director will serve as a lead across a multi-million dollar client account, responsible for the delivery of high-quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics.
• This role defines delivery structure and overall vision on projects and is responsible for overseeing and directing multiple projects within a given client relationship.
• Owns project definition, scope monitoring, budgeting & timing at the account level.
• Driving process improvements and managing & mentoring junior staff
• Interfacing heavily with client senior executives, marketing, technical, and product management to assure that the solution is understood and addresses the customer's business requirements.
• Responsible for the accurate financial management of the portfolio of projects to which he/she is assigned.
• In addition to the project responsibilities, this person is a key member of the pre-sales team and career-manages a team of direct reports.

Qualifications

• 8+ years applicable experience as a Project Manager in an agency setting
• Fully integrated (marketing, technical, digital, etc.) delivery experience is required
• Healthcare or Pharma experience is required
• Launch experience is strongly desired
• Expert at project and program management
• Strategic program and tactical planning
• Bachelor's degree Marketing, MIS, or Business Administration or related field is preferred but not required
• Solid understanding of project management methodology, including the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk and develop detailed work plans and specifications
• Comfort managing multi-disciplinary teams, which may consist of creatives, technologists, media experts, etc.
• Experience interfacing with clients and partner vendors on technical delivery projects
• Comfortable with traveling to the client site

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/3/2026.