Project Manager - Pharma

Job summary

The Project Manager will lead end-to-end workflows for pharma advertising projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget. This includes managing schedules, resources, and cross-functional collaboration between creative, strategy, and medical regulatory teams.

Job details

Publicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across our Canadian operations. The office is the largest in our industry in Canada and boasts talent across various disciplines of marketing and advertising expertise. Publicis carries a balanced split of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients for which we are Agency of Record. Publicis supports a range of D&I actions through our Driving Change team as well as giving back to the community through a long-standing participation in the Out of the Cold Program. With a strong, active and familial culture, Pub United is the agency’s social club, hosting events as wide reaching as Curling, Trivia Nights and more. Overview We’re searching for a Project Manager with 2+ years in a PM role in an agency environment with a focus on pharma advertising as this role aligns to a leading BioPharma Client. This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing team at Publicis Health Toronto (PHT). The Project Manager will have a strong understanding of the creative process from brief though to production, to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget. Working closely with agency partner leads within a Production environment, the project manager will help lead project schedules, resources and workflows on a variety of projects; banners, social ads, website, emails, and print materials. The project manager will focus on the end-to-end project workflow, the delivery of high quality and efficient work, while mitigating risks and working quickly to resolve any issues that arise. Responsibilities Analyze and understand clients’ and project business goals and objectives Identify project deliverables and manage all aspects of the project including a) planning, estimation and scoping, b) schedule, c) risks, and d) resources Develop and maintain project plans, detailed timelines, statements of works and change requests Proactively manage shared resources with resource manager to ensure project completion. This includes internal teams and freelancers as well as external vendors Ensure the success of each project from initial approach to project close, applying project lifecycle methodologies that best suit the work at hand Engage agency departments from client service, strategy, creative, MedReg, development, quality assurance, and others to most effectively contribute to the project deliverables Manage changes effectively throughout project delivery Track and control project progress (activities, milestones, deliverables) and estimation/re-estimation work as necessary Qualifications 2-3 years of experience working as a project manager with a focus on managing digital and/or traditional advertising projects Experience managing Pharma advertising projects; DTC and HCP Financially competent with a demonstrated ability to plan and deliver projects within deadlines and against budgets. Solid understanding of processes and agency functions. Knowledge of project, task and knowledge management tools, ie. MS Project/Smartsheets, JIRA, Confluence. Enthusiastic participant in the digital / interactive space, with a keen ability to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement. Additional Information Transparency matters to us. The salary range for this position is $75,000-$85,000 per year. Actual compensation within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and applicable certifications. This range reflects what we reasonably expect to offer based on current market data. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but never replace human decision-making. We believe in a human-first approach, where your experience and potential are recognized by people. Publicis Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of our community. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply. If you require a specific accommodation please contact Human Resources.

What you’ll do

The Project Manager will lead end-to-end workflows for pharma advertising projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget. This includes managing schedules, resources, and cross-functional collaboration between creative, strategy, and medical regulatory teams.

Requirements

Candidates need 2-3 years of agency project management experience specifically within pharma advertising for DTC and HCP audiences. Proficiency in tools like MS Project, Smartsheets, JIRA, and Confluence is required.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Pharma Advertising
• Budget Management
• Resource Planning
• Digital Advertising
• Traditional Advertising
• Risk Mitigation
• Workflow Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Scheduling
• Scoping
• Quality Assurance

Job areas

• Marketing
• Management & Leadership
• Creative & Media
• Healthcare