Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

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!

The Senior Project Manager leads the production of multi-channel projects of large size or complexity, and is ultimately responsible for the delivery of high quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics. Career manages at least one person.

Key Responsibilities

PM Technical Skills: Proficient in project managing via a flexible approach. Well-versed in production needs; considered an expert in at least one channel (interactive/digital, print, or video) but understands other mediums well enough to be a strategic problem solver

SOWs: Prepares complex statements of work, with quick turnaround time and minimal revisions. Creates or reviews statement of work documentation; accountable for top-down and bottom-up budgets to ensure scopes accurately reflect required work effort

Client finances: Accurately calculates cost-to-complete estimates

Thought process: Regularly demonstrates critical thinking skills

Technology: Continuously learning technology and ability to quickly adapt to new technologies

Agency process: Advocate and champion of agency processes. Able to define team process, communication plan and rules of engagement and manages team adherence

Strategy Creativity: Finds creative alternative solutions to resource and time constraints

Project Plans: Creates and manages master project plans and timelines via a cross-capability collaborative approach

Quality Control: Ensures team adherence to QC plan

Process improvement: Proactively identifies opportunities to adjust processes for efficiencies. Identifies opportunities to streamline processes and to create efficiencies and suggests alternative solutions

Trouble shoot: Solution oriented. Brings problems with potential solutions to the attention of management

Conflict resolution: Arbitrates team conflicts and facilitates cross-capability solutions

Resource allocation: Leads resource allocation discussions on the project-level with cross-capability team

Collaboration: Keeps team informed of changes. Communicates clearly and frequently. Leads team communication plan; monitors and adjusts as needed to ensure effective and efficient communication

Project risk: Actively mitigates risk by identifying quality, budget, and timeline impacts

Tactics and Execution

Finances: Responsible for cost management across portfolio of projects. Provides accurate and realistic cost-to-complete estimates and forecasts for assigned projects

Conflict resolution: Proactively contributes to conflict resolution across channels

Resources: Leads resource planning

Vendors: Manages 3rd party vendor engagement

Execution: Manages production of engagements from award to completion

Change process: Manages change request process, identifying and documenting changes in scope

Internal Relationships and Team Leadership: Positive influence within department. Develops strong and positive working relationships with other departments/ stakeholders

Management: Mentors and directs the activity of one or more Associates or Senior Associates

Culture: Promotes and contributes to business unit's culture and environment

On-boarding: On boards new team members to the brand/ agency process

Client Relationship Problem solving: Confident problem solver; willing and able to have difficult conversations

Relationship: Engages with client procurement staff. Builds rapport and credibility with client peer based on trust and expert counsel

Client process: Has intimate understanding of client processes and priorities

Managing expectations: Ensures that appropriate client and internal stakeholder expectations are managed

Communication and Writing: Lead role in ensuring timely, accurate client documentation and correspondence. Presents complex data or messages in a clear, succinct, compelling manner

Ensures production deliverables meet client requirements

Qualifications

Professional presentation and client facing skills

Effective negotiation and conflict management skills

Advanced in Microsoft Office

Proficient in Microsoft Project

Knowledge of digital required

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 preferred

Experience in communications or marketing environment preferred

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 $75,050.00 - USD $107,835.00/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 10/12/2026.