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AvalereProject Manager
Avalere Health is hiring a Project Manager to lead project execution. The role owns each project from inception through completion, including input on budgets, creating the…
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Avalere Health is hiring a Project Manager to lead project execution. The role owns each project from inception through completion, including input on budgets, creating the schedule, managing resources, raising issues early, and making sure work follows the approval process. The position suits an experienced account or project manager with 2 to 5 years in a pharma agency environment who is detail-oriented and comfortable working to tight deadlines. The Project…
Job Description
Avalere Health is hiring a Project Manager to lead project execution. The role owns each project from inception through completion, including input on budgets, creating the schedule, managing resources, raising issues early, and making sure work follows the approval process. The position suits an experienced account or project manager with 2 to 5 years in a pharma agency environment who is detail-oriented and comfortable working to tight deadlines.
The Project Manager writes scopes of work, builds project and staffing plans, and coordinates with all agency teams to forecast work and allocate resources. Other responsibilities include scheduling and leading kickoff meetings, running internal review and status meetings to secure creative approvals, managing financial tracking such as job status reports and estimate maintenance, and identifying out-of-scope work. The role also involves presenting final assets to clients and recommending process improvements.
Avalere describes a flexible approach to working. The posting gives a pay band of $75,000 to $85,000 annually, and says staff can choose hybrid or remote setups and spend up to two weeks a year working from other locations worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Write scopes of work for assigned projects
- Build project plans, staffing plans, and forecasts with all agency teams
- Manage workflow across assigned accounts and keep projects on time and on budget
- Develop timelines, advise on estimates, and flag timing or budget concerns early
- Run kickoff meetings that cover timing, job level, file layout, and creative materials
- Hold internal reviews that lock in creative sign-off, plus regular team status check-ins
- Anticipate, document, escalate, and resolve issues and risks so projects do not stall
- Facilitate client presentations of final assets and advise on budget, timing, and production
- Track financials, including job status reports, estimate maintenance, and overage flags
- Identify out-of-scope activities and recommend process or tool improvements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 2 to 5 years of project or account management in a pharma agency environment
- Skilled at building timelines and running budgets
- Able to cultivate effective working relationships with many different types of people
- Driven, polished, meticulous, and a strong communicator
- Comfortable working under pressure to tight deadlines while staying positive
- PC and MS Office Suite experience
- Workfront and Jira experience
Core Skills
Benefits
- 401(k) with an employer match up to 4 percent, immediately vested
- Life cover, disability protection, and health plans covering medical, dental, and vision care
- Flexible hybrid or remote schedules, and up to two weeks a year working from other locations
- 20 vacation days, a personal well-being day, and 9 public holidays
- Early finish on Fridays in June, July, and August
- Free counseling through an employee assistance program
- Parental leave and fertility support across every stage of family planning
- Ongoing learning on demand, plus chances to move between offices worldwide
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this role remote?
The posting lists the role as remote. Avalere also describes flexible working options, including hybrid setups.
What is the salary?
The posting gives a pay band of $75,000 to $85,000 annually.
What experience is required?
The posting requires a bachelor's degree and two to five years of project or account work in pharma agencies.
Are specific tools required?
Yes. The posting requires Workfront and Jira experience, along with PC and MS Office Suite skills.
How do I apply?
The posting links to an external listing for applications and does not describe the hiring steps beyond that. It says AI tools may assist parts of the hiring process, but humans make final decisions.
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