Integrated Project Supervisor

At Harrison/Star, our mission is to humanize science. We are innovators with purpose and an agency for good. We thrive on empathy—bringing a healthy dose of humanity and humility to the table, so we’re always bringing out the best in each other. It is our expertise that drives us to discover, to innovate, and to experiment. 

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Humanizing science is not for the faint of heart. It’s what we do. We think critically and originally to elicit change in healthcare, without letting complexity or ambiguity get in the way. We can’t do it alone, we are always learning and growing, which is exactly why we need you!

Title: Integrated Project Supervisor

Location: New York, NY 

Integrated Project Supervisor 

Integrated Project Supervisors oversee and manage multiple brands across multiple clients. They are expected to have a deep knowledge of brands from a holistic perspective and understand how projects ladder up to the ecosystem and strategy. They are managers not only of these brands but primarily of the Integrated Project Management (IPM) team(s) that report into them, supervising Senior IPM and below employees, and are responsible for mentoring and supporting them along their career path. Project Supervisors coach their team(s) on successful planning and completion of client work and oversee budget management at a high level. They work closely with senior-level department leads on their teams and at the agency as the point of escalation from a IPM perspective, mitigate and seek to avoid conflict, and help to plan larger workstreams by guiding Senior IPMs. Project Supervisors are responsible for keeping a pulse on workload as it relates to their team from a staffing perspective and the agency from a forecasting and financial perspective. 

Responsibilities  

Brand Direction  

• Ability to maintain multiple brands and teams  
• Responsible for the quality and consistency of work across assigned brands 
• Build and maintain positive relationships with the clients and colleagues 
• Able to manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects/brands 
• Skilled at influencing and persuading both internal and external clients 
• Understand client’s business and plan projects and processes accordingly 
• Ensure that the team knows and follows established procedures, including agency process, client technical requirements, and client procedures 
• Mastery of digital best practices and processes, leading the charge as it relates to digitally focused execution and workflow 
• Monitor and inform forecasting and staffing needs for assigned brands; manage and delegate to freelance and/or junior team members 
• Strong financial acumen; lead yearly SOW creation with Account; ability to have financial discussions with clients  
• Ensure financial health and profitability across brands/clients  
• Monitor weekly financial tracking and monthly financial reconciliation for all assigned brands at a high level 
• Knowledgeable about multiple platforms, industry trends, and agency-wide initiatives 
• Partner with other departments to shape process and communicate changes and recommend forward-thinking competitive offerings 
• Proactively anticipate and address client and departmental needs 
• Actively pursue technical knowledge, including emerging technologies and industry trends and standards, thoughtfully leading internal teams and clients to leverage more efficient and savvy digital technology 
• Creating, contributing to, and delivering POVs, contact reports, presentation decks for both internal and external audiences 
• Help support the pitch and new business process from an IPM and financial perspective as needed 

Team Portfolio and Department Management 

• Managing direct reports within the IPM group (Senior IPM and below) 
• Lead by example and provide guidance and support to junior staff 
• Lead training and developing new hires in the department  
• Lead and maintain department-wide initiatives in support of Associate Director of IPM, Director of IPM and Director of Operations team leads  
• Demonstrate ability to negotiate conflict, manage differences of opinion, and communicate with team members effectively  
• Responsible for mentoring, leading, and motivating junior/senior staff and ensuring information exchange is occurring within the project management group 
• Partner with other department heads and lead agency-wide trainings, process optimizations, and new business initiatives 

Qualifications 

• Self-motivated and self-starter 
• Proven record of being a strong leader both internally and externally with all levels of staff  
• Extensive managerial experience with management of direct reports   
• Strong financial acumen 
• Strong digital experience and acumen  
• Be a creative, innovative, and enthusiastic problem solver 
• Able to prioritize and to delegate work appropriately  
• Ability to oversee multiple brands, clients, and teams  
• Ability to provide mentorship to other members of department and team in addition to direct reports  
• Effective and professional communication, with both internal and external team members 
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills 
• Demonstrated mastery of pharmaceutical advertising tactical initiatives 
• Team oriented 
• Proven record of senior-level IPM experience in the healthcare agency industry 
• Managerial experience required.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $115,000 - $150,500

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.