Director Project Management

M Booth Health

$110K — $135K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of project management experience in public relations or marketing agencies
  • Proven track record managing complex brand and reputation programs, preferably in regulated industries
  • Strong grasp of the intersection of corporate branding, earned media, and creative storytelling
  • Expertise in financial management, budgeting, and resource allocation for intricate campaigns
  • Calm under pressure with robust organizational and sound judgment skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities to build trust with senior stakeholders
  • Experience in leading project management teams effectively
  • Familiarity with project management tools, Excel, PowerPoint, and AI tools for project oversight
  • Commitment to fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in team settings

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily project management for a major integrated corporate brand account
  • Oversee delivery of key brand initiatives and campaign activations
  • Translate complex brand strategies into actionable plans with defined timelines
  • Ensure cross-team cohesion for successful brand and reputation outcomes
  • Anticipate risks in project delivery and devise mitigation strategies
  • Enhance clarity during high-pressure brand moments
  • Manage scoping, staffing, and budgeting for integrated brand programs
  • Collaborate effectively with clients and internal teams to navigate project challenges

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment allowing flexibility in work arrangements
  • Strong focus on professional growth and ongoing development
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits for employees and their families
  • Robust retirement and savings plans, including 401(k)
  • Generous paid time off including unlimited vacation and mental health days
  • Additional perks such as paid parental leave and family-building support
  • Employee wellness initiatives and commuter benefits
Full Job Description
Director, Project Management

We are actively seeking a Director, Project Management to join a single, marquee pharmaceutical client team and support large-scale corporate brand and reputation communications work, including integrated campaigns, partnerships, sponsorships, earned media programs, executive visibility initiatives, and high-profile brand moments.

This is a role for a project management professional who understands how brand, creative, earned media, and reputation-driven work comes together - and who can operationalize that work with rigor, foresight, and confidence.

The Director serves as a core operational and strategic partner to account, strategy, and creative leadership.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Brand + Campaign Delivery Leadership
  • Serve as the day-to-day project management lead for a large, integrated corporate brand account, overseeing multiple concurrent campaigns and workstreams.
  • Lead delivery across major brand initiatives, including corporate reputation programs, earned-led campaigns, partnerships and sponsorships, executive communications, and live or on-site brand activations.
  • Translate complex brand strategies into clear, executable plans - aligning timelines, scopes, staffing, and dependencies across disciplines.
  • Ensure cohesion across creative, earned, paid, analytics, and account teams so work delivers against brand and reputational objectives.
  • Anticipate delivery risks tied to creative development, approvals, regulatory considerations, or live moments - and proactively build mitigation plans.
  • Bring structure and clarity to ambiguity, especially during high-visibility or high-pressure brand moments.

Financial Stewardship
  • Spearhead scoping, staffing models, and budgets for integrated brand programs, ensuring they reflect the true complexity of the work.
  • Partner with account and finance leadership to manage burn, pacing, and profitability across campaigns and always-on work.
  • Oversee forecasting, accruals, and monthly billing, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
  • Proactively identify scope risks or opportunities and recommend smart solutions that protect both the client relationship and the agency.
  • Support annual planning and large-scale campaign budgeting tied to the client's brand priorities.

Cross-Functional + Client Partnership
  • Act as a trusted operational partner to client leads, helping them navigate timelines, dependencies, and delivery tradeoffs without compromising quality.
  • Work closely with strategy, creative, earned media, and analytics leads to ensure operational plans support the intended brand impact.
  • Facilitate alignment across internal teams and external partners, ensuring everyone understands roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
  • Model calm, confident leadership in complex stakeholder environments.
  • Reinforce MBH's collaborative, non-hierarchical approach while maintaining accountability and high standards.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 6+ years of experience in project management within a public relations, marketing, or integrated communications agency.
  • Proven experience managing large-scale, integrated brand and reputation programs, ideally in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries.
  • Strong understanding of how corporate brand, earned media, creative storytelling, partnerships, and executive communications intersect.
  • Deep expertise in scoping, staffing, budgeting, and financial management for complex campaigns.
  • Ability to manage high-stakes work with sound judgment, organization, and composure.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust with senior clients and agency leadership.
  • Experience leading and developing project management teams.
  • Proficiency in project management and financial tracking tools, as well as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Proficiency in the use of Artificial Intelligence tools for project management excellence.
  • A demonstrated commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and to building inclusive, supportive teams.
  • Collaborative, steady leadership style with a passion for delivering excellent work.

OUR QUALIFICATIONS:

Yes, you read that correctly. You deserve to know what we have to offer you as well. So here are a few things that define our employee experience at M Booth Health:
  • A workplace that's alive with courage, ideas, respect, and humanity
  • A fully hybrid work experience designed to give you the choice around where and how you work best
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
  • A 401(k) plan, health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts
  • Paid company holidays, unlimited paid vacation, sick, personal, and mental health days, and summer hours and sabbatical leave
  • Additional Perks: Paid parental leave, family-building benefit, well-being programs, and commuter benefits

Salary: $110,000 - $135,000

Location:

Remote or in the New York office

If you plan on working remotely, MB/MBH can accept applicants from the following states:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington D.C.

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