Who We Are:
At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.
Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.
Where you shine
VML Health is looking for experienced Senior Project Manager with the ability to effectively manage variety of internal stakeholder across multiple departments in their effort to deliver on our clients’ needs and objectives. The senior project manager will help client stakeholders and agency team communicate effectively throughout each stage of a project. VMLY&R Health needs individuals who are proactive problem solvers that can manage team dynamics, manage project financial performance, clearly communicate status, and drive project deliverables to meet deadlines.
What your success will look like
- Responsible for medium and complex project execution
- Facilitate understanding of clients’ environment to properly set up project teams, identify needed documentation, and setup status reporting
- Articulate project objectives to team members
- Manage scope for projects and write change orders as needed
- Identify resourcing needs and work with Resource Management to secure team members
- Deliver marketing tactics that exceed expectations
- Act as an internal liaison that reinforces client/project priorities, clarifies requirements, and solves for identified cross-discipline gaps
- Schedule and runs meetings with internal team members
- Support the team in driving internal and external communications (scheduling meetings, compiling/distributing notes, tracking action items, ensure follow-through on intermediate and milestone deliverables, etc.)
- Provides necessary external status reporting to clients as needed
- Catalog and maintain all project documentation and deliverables
- Define and clearly explain necessary project processes/workflows, including becoming experts in any client-specific processes, related to the legal/medical/regulatory reviews or similar
- Coordinate and/or author points of view as required by a project
- Support the team in scoping new engagements
Who you are and what you bring
- 4+ years of agency and/or client-side experience managing large-scale marketing projects; Health client experience preferred
- Excellent communication skills; creates clarity where there is ambiguity/confusion
- Strong organization skills
- Attention to detail, willingness to ask questions and ability to follow up
- Embraces change
- Passion for learning
- Proactive, adaptable, and flexible
- Ability to follow direction
- Understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field preferred
- PMP certification preferred
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.
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$60,000—$140,000 USD
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