Project Director

Princeton10
New York, NY
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 6–10 years of experience in pharmaceutical marketing project management and a track record of leading cross-functional teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 6–10 years of pharmaceutical marketing project management experience and proven leadership in cross-functional teams
    — “6–10 years of experience in project management within a pharmaceutical marketing agency.”
  • Professionals with expertise in medical, legal, and regulatory (MLR) processes in the US and/or Canada
    — “Deep knowledge of medical, legal, and regulatory (MLR) processes in the US and/or Canada.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high level of financial acumen and responsibility for account forecasting and margin management.
    — “Strong financial acumen with experience in account forecasting and margin management.”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with remote-first work and fast-paced environments.
    — “Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in leading high-value pharmaceutical marketing campaigns and managing budgets.
    — “Own financial oversight for large accounts and portfolios, including forecasting, revenue recognition, and margin management.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to set and uphold project management standards and best practices.
    — “Serve as the discipline lead for Project Management, setting standards, processes, and best practices across the team.”
  • Emphasize your track record in aligning project execution with strategic and regulatory requirements.
    — “Partner with account leads and creative leadership to ensure work meets strategic and regulatory requirements while exceeding client expectations.”
  • Showcase your leadership in mentoring and growing project management teams.
    — “Mentor project managers and senior project managers, helping them grow their skills and careers.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to proactively identify growth and efficiency opportunities within accounts.
    — “Proactively identify opportunities for growth, efficiency, and profitability within accounts.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • oversees delivery of complex campaigns
  • owns financial oversight
  • serves as discipline lead
Typical background
6–10 years of experience in project management

Skills & requirements

Required

Client LeadershipProject ManagementFinancial StewardshipCraft LeadershipStrategic Influence

Preferred

Pharmaceutical Marketing Experience

Stack & domain

LeadershipCoachingMentoringFinancial AcumenProject Management SystemsStrategic InfluenceProcess OptimizationCross-functional CollaborationPharmaceutical MarketingProject ManagementClient ServiceRegulatory RequirementsFinancial OversightOperational PlanningKnowledge-sharing

About the role

Original posting from Princeton10 via Lever

As a Project Director, you’ll mentor project managers and senior project managers, partner with account and creative leaders, and steward the operational success of major client engagements. You’ll balance the art of client service with the science of delivery, ensuring that every engagement is strategically sound, financially responsible, and executed with P10’s hallmark intentionality and passion. You will set the standard for project management excellence across the agency, shaping practices that ensure consistency, creativity, and precision in everything we deliver

You will report to the Head of Project Management.

Responsibilities::

Client & Project Leadership

  • Oversee the delivery of complex, high-value, multi-channel pharmaceutical marketing campaigns.
  • Partner with account leads and creative leadership to ensure work meets strategic and regulatory requirements while exceeding client expectations.
  • Anticipate risks, resolve issues, and safeguard delivery timelines and budgets.

Operational & Financial Stewardship

  • Own financial oversight for large accounts and portfolios, including forecasting, revenue recognition, and margin management.
  • Proactively identify opportunities for growth, efficiency, and profitability within accounts.
  • Contribute to agency-level operational planning and resourcing strategies.

Craft Leadership

  • Serve as the discipline lead for Project Management, setting standards, processes, and best practices across the team.
  • Mentor project managers and senior project managers, helping them grow their skills and careers.
  • Lead knowledge-sharing sessions, tools training, and play a central role in upholding project management excellence at P10.

Strategic Influence

  • Act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal teams, helping align project execution with business objectives.
  • Provide thought leadership on process optimization, workflow design, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements:

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Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, project management, or related field.

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6–10 years of experience in project management within a pharmaceutical marketing agency.

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Proven success leading large, cross-functional client programs and managing high-value accounts.

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Deep knowledge of medical, legal, and regulatory (MLR) processes in the US and/or Canada.

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Exceptional leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.

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Strong financial acumen with experience in account forecasting and margin management.

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Expertise with project management systems and tools.

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Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.

Compensation:

We provide base salary, discretionary bonus and benefits to our employees.

Interested in working with us? Apply online today. 

Not an agency*

The layer-laden teams. The prehistoric processes. The impersonal, ego-driven dog-and-pony shows. Take what you think you know about agencies and burn it. P10 was born of the idea that if something isn’t working—or could work better—change it. And that’s exactly what we did. We know that what we’re not makes us who we are. And we’re not just another agency. We are people driven by a palpable passion and purpose, felt by our clients from the very first conversation.

Source: Princeton10 careers (Lever)

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