Senior Project Manager

We transform the fortunes of our clients’ businesses by placing them at the centre of our strategy, and using cutting edge insight from consumer advertising to give them the competitive edge.

Our challenger mindset and extensive range of capabilities means we can build the team that's right for your challenge, whether you are focused on KOLs, ROI, or AI.

We can speak to HCPs, patients, payers, or the public. Whoever's perspective you need to change.

The Role

We are looking for an ambitious and highly organised individual who is articulate, curious, proactive and thrives in a fast-paced environment across a range of projects. Whilst the successful candidate needs to be a natural self-starter, it is also important that the candidate can work as part of a team across a range of disciplines.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager. This is a critical hybrid role centered on both Project Management and account specific resourcing, directly managing project execution for a select number of client accounts.

As a Project Manager with resource capabilities, you will take the time to learn our team capabilities, workload pressures, and account requirements—acting as a problem solver who keeps work moving smoothly. Things can change quickly in our fast paced environment, so this role requires someone who is open and flexible, who enjoys bringing people together and helping to find workable solutions.

You will act as a Senior Project Manager for select client projects, managing timelines, scopes, and third-party production partners from start to finish.

Duties And Responsibilities

Resource Management

• Proactive Bottleneck Management: Identify capacity clashes early and proactively come with recommendations on how best to shift resourcing between projects to meet deadlines.
• Priority Alignment with Account Teams: Work closely Account Handling to establish clear daily and weekly priorities, ensuring delivery teams understand what needs to be delivered first without being overwhelmed by competing requests..
• Enhancing WoWt - In this role you are looking for recommendations for smoother processes or improvements.

Project Management (Select Accounts)

• End-to-End Delivery - Plan, schedule, and drive projects through studio, digital, and print, ensuring work is delivered on time, on budget, and to brief.
• Cross-Functional Alignment - Keep internal teams and third-party production partners clear on milestones, next steps, and changing priorities, acting as the primary point of contact. Provide proactive updates to Account Handling to help manage the client.
• Financial & Scope Control - Scope projects, validate external production costs and handle project production reconciliations.
• Time & Budget Control: Rigorously monitor project timelines and budgets while identifying, tracking, and mitigating risks such as scope creep with impact on production costs and timings.

Process & Workflow: Follow internal processes while tailoring workflows (amend rounds, sign-offs) for each project to ensure final delivery meets the brief on time and on budget.

Role Specific Skills Required

• A number of years creative agency experience in project management roles with exposure to resourcing/traffic workflows. Healthcare agency experience is advantageous.
• Practical problem-solving approach - spots bottlenecks early, stays calm under pressure, actively brings recommendations to the table and knows when to escalate.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to challenge timelines or scope constructively and offer recommendations.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Smartsheets, and dedicated resourcing tools like Asana or Resource Guru.

About You

• A passion for all things creative and advertising
• Resilience to keep going in a fast paced environment
• Thrive on working in a high energy and fast paced environment, where no two days are the same
• Be proactive with a can-do attitude - be eager to get your sleeves rolled up and learn
• Strive for excellence - be proud of your work and have meticulous attention to detail
• Friendly and approachable
• Build rapport and able to quickly establish excellent working relationships
• Live and breathe the agency’s values
• Strives for excellence
• Can do attitude
• Approachable and personable
• Builds rapport and is able to quickly establish excellent working relationships
• Team player

Vccp De&I Statement

We believe that DE&I is about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency, where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know via [email protected].

Criminal Records Information

As part of our onboarding process, you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions. For roles in finance, HR, Legal, IT or senior management, we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check, as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.

**Please note, we try to respond to as many applications as possible but, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of submitting your application, please assume we are unable to proceed with your application for this specific role. Thank you for your interest in VCCP**