Senior Project Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Project Manager: Medical Communications based in the United States.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to lead complex medical communications programmes supporting pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.

• Manage multiple client accounts and project workstreams simultaneously, ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, status reports, hot sheets, Statements of Work (SOWs), and financial tracking documentation.
• Lead publications project management activities across manuscripts, abstracts, and posters, coordinating author review cycles, publication timelines, journal requirements, and adherence to Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines.
• Coordinate advisory board programmes from initial planning and logistics through briefing materials, meeting execution, and post-meeting reporting.
• Oversee the development and delivery of medical communications materials, including presentation decks, training resources, medical education content, and related deliverables.
• Manage project budgets, resource allocation, financial tracking, and cross-functional teams across a portfolio of programmes.
• Coordinate and facilitate MLR review processes, helping ensure regulatory and compliance requirements are met while keeping client review cycles on schedule.
• Proactively identify and communicate project risks, scope changes, resource constraints, and delivery challenges, implementing solutions to keep programmes on track.
• Build effective relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, providing clear communication and maintaining strong project visibility throughout delivery.

• 4–6 years of project management experience within a medical communications agency or a related healthcare or pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong hands-on experience managing publications programmes, advisory boards, and a range of medical communications deliverables.
• Demonstrated expertise in project budgeting, resource planning, financial tracking, and overall programme coordination.
• Working knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance requirements and MLR review processes.
• Familiarity with publication workflows, author engagement, journal submission requirements, and Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence working with clients, cross-functional teams, authors, and other stakeholders.
• Proven ability to identify risks, resolve challenges, manage changing requirements, and maintain delivery momentum in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly collaborative, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working independently in a remote setting.

• Compensation of $100,000–$115,000.
• Fully remote working arrangement.
• 20 days of paid annual leave, prorated for new starters, with additional entitlement considered for more senior hires.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Medical insurance, with employees contributing 15% of monthly premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions.
• Health Savings Account (HSA), including company contributions toward eligible deductibles.
• Dental and vision insurance, with employees contributing 15% of monthly premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions.
• 401(k) retirement plan with Safe Harbor employer matching following the applicable eligibility period.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Employee referral opportunity offering up to $2,500 for a successful permanent hire referral.
• One additional PTO day for each year of service after the third anniversary, up to five additional days.
• Monetary awards at the 5-, 10-, and 15-year service milestones.
• Collaborative team environment with opportunities for professional growth, learning, and development.