Media Healthcare Project Manager

Underscore Marketing is a woman-owned, independent agency specializing in life sciences. They are seeking a Media Healthcare Project Manager to support the planning and execution of integrated healthcare media campaigns, ensuring compliance and efficiency throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end media project workflows across channels such as Paid Search, Programmatic, Social, Display, and endemic platforms
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and status reporting for media workstreams
• Partner with analytics and activation teams to align timelines with performance reporting, optimization cycles, and campaign evolution
• Track approvals, dependencies, and milestones tied to healthcare compliance processes (e.g., legal, regulatory, MLR)
• Lead status meetings and working sessions; communicate risks, issues, and mitigation plans proactively
• Drive scope development and governance, resource forecasting, and budget pacing to ensure healthcare media projects are delivered on time, within scope and aligned to revenue targets
• Identify and implement workflow improvements to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance cross-functional collaboration across media projects
• Ensure clear documentation, handoffs, and adherence to established media SOPs and processes

Requirements:

• 2–4 years of experience in project management, ideally within a media agency or healthcare marketing environment
• Launch experience would be a good addition under this section or the nice to have section
• Experience managing media campaigns for pharma, biotech, or healthcare clients
• Strong understanding of digital media workflows and cross-channel dependencies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• High attention to detail and comfort managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Wrike, Jira, Asana)
• Leads standard accounts of $2mm + revenue and assists on larger pieces of business $3mm+
• Growing understanding of scoping and staffing for Brand Development and all deliverable types
• Demonstrates significant knowledge of agency procedures, tools/systems, PM principles & practices (Agile, Waterfall etc), process application and risk identification
• Works closely with Director, Finance to ensure owned projects are efficient and profitable. May need guidance with our commercial offerings and engagement models
• Must be proactive and be able to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in MS Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Bachelor's Degree
• PMP, Scrum Master, or similar certification
• Experience partnering closely with media activation and analytics teams