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What does an Associate Director do?
The Associate Director is a frontline manager for the project management team, supervising a staff that is responsible for managing projects that align with a specific program. Their primary role is in a strategic program management capacity, managing the project pipeline for a client or large brand. Associate Directors are well-versed in all project delivery processes for technology and strategy projects and in PMO standards. This role is essential to the agency because Associate Directors are responsible for the growth and development of their team and accountable for successful delivery of projects within that team.
Responsibilities include:
- Deliver and manage technical and strategic project/programs
- Program and client-level staffing plans
- Program and client reporting: health, status, risks, and key program milestones
- Issue mitigation plan
- Ensure the onboarding plan is defined and implemented
- Responsible for billability of project management team
- Project Coordinator, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager performance evaluations and goal setting
- Issue and escalation root cause analysis
- Facilitate retrospective meeting and share results with relevant stakeholders
- Collaborate with portfolio team on client road map and improvement plans
- Develop direct reports and serve in a coaching and mentoring role across the team
- Enforce process adherence and actively manage resistance
- Monitor consistent successes/challenges and propose opportunities for process and standards improvement
- Review project work output and provide feedback
- Manage and prioritize team workload
- Manage team level goals and objectives to ensure successful outcomes across clients and projects
- Manage team escalations
- Proactively identify program level risk
- Oversee program health (budget, scope, and timeline)
Qualifications
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Delivery and management of technical and strategic projects and programs
- Ability to recognize when to step in and lead high-complexity and/or high-visibility projects
- Program management knowledge and experience
- Expert knowledge about how to execute all project types
- Experience working with ambiguity and ability to mentor others in this grey area
- Advanced risk management skills
- Advanced stakeholder management skills
- Advanced reporting and program-level financial management
- Strong ability to pitch work and develop high-risk or complex estimates and timelines in a short timeframe with limited information (as delegated)
- Team building
- Strong mentor/coach
- Delegation skills
- Emotional intelligence
- Flexible
- Escalation management
- Delegation
- Problem-solving
- Ability to hold crucial conversations
- Ability to form strategic partnerships with stakeholders
OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS
Patient Minded I act with the patient’s best interest in mind.
Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.
Take Action I am empowered and hold myself accountable.
Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.
Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.
Win Together I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.
Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful, and timely dialogue.
Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do
Additional Information
EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees.The anticipated base salary range for this position is $101,000 to $173,000 and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). EVERSANA reserves the right to modify this base salary range at any time.
From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.
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