Project Director

Reports to: Senior Project Director or Account Director

Job Summary

A successful project director is responsible for overseeing the timely, quality delivery of a portfolio of medical education projects and assisting in leading a team of project coordinators and managers. They are tasked with establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with peers, staff, suppliers, clients, healthcare professionals (HCPs), and other relevant groups associated with overall project/account delivery.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages 1-3+ accounts (dependent upon scope), overseeing 7-10+ concurrent projects, dependent upon scope
• Works with account management, project management and scientific team to coordinate external resources to ensure appropriate support and communication
• Communicates with clients on project related tasks; including flagging and discussing potential roadblocks and solutions
• Oversees the timeline development process; ensuring junior project team members are accurately and proactively updating timelines per true milestones and flagging any potential issues and brining solutions to the table
• Works closely with project account team on monthly financial reporting for both internal and client-facing reporting including overall reconciliation status flagging potential issues regarding oop costs for discussion
• Brainstorms with Account team, and execute trainings for project management team, to ensure a clear understanding of SOP in order for project team members to work autonomously
• Exhibits excellent judgment and communications skills while dealing with clients, fellow team members, and health care professionals
• Familiar with and/or learns FDA, AMA, PhRMA Guidelines, State Regulations as they apply to all projects
• Foster integration, collaboration and teamwork among team members, through example
• Develop a clear and full understanding of evolving medical education policies, procedures and client guidelines/SOPs and train team members on these processes
• Interact with third parties (professional organizations/societies/partner agencies) as appropriate
• Completes all relevant duties as assigned or requested for the general support of the organization. This could include assisting other team members with tasks outside of project management when additional support is warranted
• Has a solution-oriented mindset at all times in the project lifecycle, showing great judgement and accountability with little input from account team
• Supports the growth and development of all PCs and PMs, providing guidance and mentorship to ensure they are set up for success
• Seeks out tools and SOPs that may help better the efficiency and output of deliverables; continuously re-evaluate current tools and SOPs and how determine how they may continue to be improved upon
• Takes a leadership approach, centered in professionalism, in all communications and encourages all team members to foster the same mindset
• Works with account team to build an understanding on team gaps and provides solutions on how to work better moving forward (ie team collaboration, shared learnings, etc)
  
  

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4-5 years’ experience in project management roles within medical education, including comprehensive knowledge of professional education project types
• Proficient software and computer skills (Microsoft Suite)
• Adept problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships
• Exceptional time management skills
• Detail-oriented, articulate, creative, optimistic and works easily with a variety of personalities and styles
  
  

Travel Requirements

• The ability to travel and meet with clients as required
• Up to 10% travel