Project Manager

Company Description

Who we are

Langland, a Publicis Health company, is the only health communications agency that thinks further across Clinical Trial Experience, Medical Strategy & Education, Public Relations & Policy, and Advertising, to create unique value with visionary clients.

What we believe

Health brings us together. In the diseases we suffer, the medicines we create, and the causes we champion, health shows us our collective humanity. When we break the barriers that divide us, when we think further, we can create healthier futures, together.

A passion for craft

Having expert thinking is only part of our story. To ensure excellence in everything we make, we have centred our disciplines around three essential crafts: science, strategy and creativity.

Job Description

Our Project Managers are the people who draw the map, connect the dots and then manage the journey to the destination. We look to them to know where we are and what needs to happen next and they are always one step ahead of the curve.

The Role: 

As a Project Manager you will work across a wide variety of projects and tasks, leading your project team through all stages of the project lifecycle making sure we are financially aware, have the right resource in place and are hitting our deadlines. The role is pivotal in making the correct commercial decisions for the benefit of the Agency, whilst also enabling our creativity, expertise and craft to shine. You will be the person the team looks at to provide a solution when we are in a tight spot, and you will be confident enough to bring all team members on that journey. You will need outstanding attention to detail, a logical approach and great communication skills. Financial systems, spreadsheets and timing plans come naturally to you and you use them to flag and mitigate risks while driving towards the end goal.

What you will do:

• You plan and lead the way on how to approach a given project
• You build relationships and communicate with clarity and certainty
• You build trust in your decision making and show the way by doing
• Lead projects and be responsible for their overall delivery
• Create accurate scopes of work, resourcing plans and timelines for projects
• Track the financial health of your projects through burn reports and reconciliations
• Support other team members with reports, tracking and administration tasks
• Manage resource bookings for your projects and work with other departments to secure the correct resource
• Constantly highlight risks and provide solutions to mitigate them
• Manage change and be flexible in changing course with the overall delivery as the focus
• Work with 3rd parties to provide services and be responsible for them delivering
• Make sure project delivery remains on track at all times
• Ensure the correct approvals are in place for any work going through the Agency
• Prioritise your workload and required tasks so they are fulfilled on time and effectively
• Be a positive advocate for the project management team
• Be willing to learn and ask questions to aid yours and the agencies development

Qualifications

Who you are:

Skills

• You have the ability to manage a wide range of projects with a focus on quality, budgets and timings
• You should have strong commercial acumen and ability to translate that into scoping & resource planning
• You will have exceptional communication skills and be a logical, confident ‘voice’
• You should have relationship management experience and ability to interact efficiently with various stakeholders at all organisational levels
• You should have strong attention to detail and an ability to influence and listen
• You will have the ability to choose the correct communication method for the situation and use it to build relationships across all levels of the organisation

Approach

• You must have an interest in working within healthcare - we’ll expect to see genuine enthusiasm for what we do here
• You’ll be willing to offer operational guidance and solutions for the entire agency and have a passion for building the right approach to project management
• You will be willing to work across agency on building a growth function offering advice and thrive in showing the way by action
• You are able to work within a process and follow ways of working, always looking for areas of potential improvement
• You will be willing to work across all types of projects and tasks and thrive in a pressured environment where delivery is key

Experience

• You will be able to show experience as a project manager or executive within an agency environment
• You will have experience of the full project lifecycle ranging from client brief through strategy, creative, design, copywriting, asset creation, production, execution and delivery

Additional Information

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At Publicis Groupe UK, we’re committed to creating a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where everyone can thrive. This begins with striving to ensure our recruitment process is welcoming and allows equal access to opportunity for people regardless of age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We will provide reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need any adjustments during the application process, please email [email protected]. If you would like us to do anything differently to make your working day easier please contact your Talent Team member.