INTOUCH GROUP is a full-service network, providing a diverse suite of capabilities for our clients, including creative services, media buying, enterprise solutions and data analytics.
At Intouch, we offer innovative solutions to life science companies that want to connect with consumers, healthcare professionals and payers. We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need.
The Intouch affiliates within the Intouch Group network include: Intouch Solutions, Intouch Proto, Intouch International, Intouch B2D, Intouch Media and Intouch Analytics.
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
- Create program- and client-level staffing plans
- Provide program and client reporting: health, status, risk and key program milestones
- Issue mitigation plans
- Ensure onboarding plans are defined and implemented
- Monitor billability of project management team
- Evaluate Project Coordinator, Project Manager and Senior Project Manager performance and set performance goals
- Manage issue and escalation root cause analysis
- Facilitate retrospective meetings and share results with relevant stakeholders
- Collaborate with portfolio team on client roadmap 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)
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 7+ years of relevant Project Management experience; a minimum of 5 within an agency setting
- 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 gray area
- Advanced risk management skills
- Experience managing the development of portfolio staffing budgets for all project functions
- Experience developing project and portfolio budgets and scopes
- Advanced stakeholder management and relationship-building 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 time frame with limited information (as delegated)
- Previous management experience; specifically, team-building, strong mentoring/coaching, delegation and escalation management skills
- Experience managing remote teams a plus
- Ability to hold crucial conversations and lead confidently
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Emotional intelligence
- A good sense of humor
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Find one job in US 