Director, Project Management

Job Description This is a remote position. Kada is partnering with a growing, yet established independent healthcare/pharma/med comms agency, recruiting for a Director of Project Management for their digital team. The ideal candidate will be located in the NY Tri-State area for access to meetings in NJ and to get acquainted with the team in the first few months, however remote work is flexible and they will consider candidates outside of the market. We are recruiting a project management and agency operations expert with a passion for optimization, resource planning, and a track-record of success. You will be leading their Digital Project Management team comprised of several levels of Project Managers and Account Coordinators. In this role you will lead this team, develop and deploy processes for execution and collaborate with executive in a thriving healthcare marketing agency. Core areas of focus are optimizing and socializing agency executional process, align estimating and fiscal deliverables, unify a digital routing process with client communication, and otherwise act as the unifying lead of agency process and executional rigor. The skills required are providing strong leadership to a team with varying skill sets, identifying knowledge gaps and providing focused training to elevate performance, an organized ideology, a strong orientation in data and procedure, fantastic communication skills, and a passion for collaboration. Responsibilities Manage digital project management and account coordination departments Optimize and evolve digital project workflow and agency processes Collaborate with executive leadership to optimize and socialize agency process and look for potential evolution of process Design a new estimating process and centralize pricing strategy for services and solutions Supplement critical thinking in agency pertinent to client services and support our excellent service offering Solve both operational and business problems quickly and efficiently Work within existing frameworks to centralize and manage onboarding, off-boarding, recruiting, etc. for the Project Management Department Lead and mentor team Advise senior team members on operational challenges and facilitate solutions Help agency delivery the best solutions for About the Agency About the Agency Independent. Stable. Growing. 17 years in the making, this agency was started by a group of individuals that were ready to do it better. Better people, better creative, better relationships. Now with over a hundred people strong, they continue to grow and evolve. As an independent agency that isn’t under-resourced, you’re sitting at the intersection of being able to do amazing work and lead a team of talented people to do the same. You’ll do this while not having the hassle of red tape and billable nonsense that often gets in the way of success. Stability is a cornerstone of the business. They have not done layoffs in the history of the agency. They’re continuing to win more and more new business and have a structure to set the agency up for success. You don’t have to worry about living and dying by one client and knowing that the team that you have and continue to build is there for the long-haul. This top 100 MM&M agency believes that you can be anything you want to be and be a part of something great. With clients across multiple therapeutic areas and services across multiple areas (medical education, digital, promo, professional, managed care, etc), there is plenty of access and opportunity. This is more than just another churn and burn agency. They believe people are not just their greatest asset, they are the most important asset worthy of protecting, developing and leading to success. clients Requirements 8+ years of relevant work experience in communications or a digitally focused marketing agency 4+ years experience working in pharma/healthcare advertising agency High emotional and political literacy Track record of working with strong account, strategy, and creative teams Comfort in a change-focused environment Manage multiple competing priorities with clear communication Strong written and verbal communication skills Team leadership and mentoring skills Positive perspective Able to work with remote teams Benefits Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a great working environment