Director, Project Management

Director, Production

Company description Digitas Health is the modern creative agency that takes on the biggest moments in healthcare, raises the standard of creative, and connects people, partners, and ideas to create work that earns its place in culture. Purpose-built for today's complex and evolving landscape, we partner with some of the world's largest healthcare brands to do big things by moving faster, connecting deeper, and unlocking new possibilities at the intersection of creativity, data, technology, and empathy. Guided by our purpose, Connected for Good, and fueled by a vibrant, magnetic culture—we deliver meaningful work that drives relevance, changes behavior, and creates lasting impact, always grounded in humanity, not just technology. As part of Publicis Health and Publicis Groupe, we bring together entrepreneurial energy with the scale, stability, and depth of one of the world's leading communications networks. At Digitas Health, what sets us apart isn't just who we work with, it's how we work and how it feels to be here. Our culture attracts curious, driven people who want to make a difference and be part of something bigger. Our teams are intentionally crafted across disciplines, perspectives, and experience levels, bringing strategy, creativity, data, and technology together from the start. We believe the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration, and healthy debate and we expect people here to be thoughtful, engaged, and eager to shape what's next. If you're energized by complexity, motivated by impact, and excited to help redefine how healthcare connects with people, we'd love to meet you!

Overview The Director is an account team's production lead! Ultimately responsible for the delivery of high-quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics. The Director leads a multi-skill (ie online and offline) team of project managers. This person owns project definition, scope monitoring, budgeting & timing at the account level. Career-manages a team of direct reports.

Responsibilities

Knowledge PM Approach: Ensures that the project management team utilizes a flexible project management approach

PM Technical Skills: Leads large teams to drive complex programs/campaigns to completion based on scope and budget. Well-versed in production needs; considered a specialist in multiple channels and understands other mediums well enough to be a strategic problem solver

Talent Selection: Demonstrates the ability to hire and retain highly capable people while cultivating diversity and career development

SOWs: Accountable for the accuracy of all team SOWs

Problem Solving: Team's chief problem solver and talent choreographer

Agency process: Develops key operational tools (i.e. team or brand specific processes)

Growing Talent: Demonstrated ability to grow mid-level producer talent; able to effectively handle performance issues

Client finances: Collaborates (with Business Manager if available) to provide accurate and realistic cost-to-complete estimates and forecasts for assigned projects

Technology: Continuously learning technology. Advanced Microsoft Project and Excel ability. Solid understanding of today's digital technologies

Strategy Resource allocation: Reviews all projects across account to resolve resource and skill requirements; drives resource allocation management; ensures the right resources are cast to the need

Project Plans: Accountable for account-level master project plan creation and management.

Process improvement: Proactively sees opportunities to adjust processes for efficiencies

Quality Control: Structures and leads project status reviews; leads cross-team post-mortem sessions

Advising: Partners with account/ marketing team to provide appropriate and consistent communication directly to client(s) in an effort to clearly manage expectations

Risk Management: Leads large teams to develop and manage risk mitigation plans

Tactics and Execution Agency Cost Management: Vigilantly seeks to optimize both agency services and internal resources

Internal Relationships and Team Leadership: Collaborative business partner to team capability leads

Management: Responsible for the career development of others

Execution: Prioritizes work in progress (WIP) with production and account teams to pull work forward and break bottlenecks

Vendors: Point of escalation for vendor management concerns

Scope Definition: Scopes and estimates complex, multi-channel engagements

Client Relationship Relationship: Client-facing lead on issues related to production and project management

Client knowledge: Understands the client's business and plans projects accordingly

Passion: Demonstrates passion for the brands and our work

Accountability: Owns vendor/partner relationships

Problem Solving: Able to drive difficult or complex production discussions with client and facilitate resolution

New Business: Production lead on new business pitches; identifies upsell opportunities

Communication and Writing: Uses advanced interpersonal and listening skills. Solid written and presentation skills

Qualifications

Professional presentation and client facing skills

Dynamic negotiation and conflict management skills

Advanced in Microsoft Office including Excel and Microsoft Project

Wide-ranging knowledge of digital

Knowledge of healthcare is a strong plus

Exhibits Integrity and Trust

Exhibits Self Development

Education and Experience Bachelors degree required

Demonstrates progression in level of responsibility within a professional project management environment

Agency or digital project experience required

Healthcare experience strongly preferred

Outstanding planning, coordination, management, and communication skills are required

Experience with risk management, change management, communications management

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $139,965.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/5/2026.