Associate Director, Program Management

Fingerpaint Marketing • Hanover, NJ

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About The Position

Imagine a workplace where your expertise is valued, your ideas spark change, and creativity fuels innovation. Fingerpaint Group is a vibrant blend of individuals, a full spectrum of life science solutions, and a culture that thrives on originality and a shared commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Never Paint by Number isn't just our motto—it's how we work—collaboratively and creatively. If you're ready to bring your passion to a team that sees beyond limitations, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

• 9-10 years experience in project management
• Proficient and innovative problem-solver
• Ability to influence and persuade internal teams and external clients
• Mastery of Ziflow, Workamajig, and advanced-level Excel

Responsibilities

• Drive difficult or complex project discussions with client and teams, facilitate resolution
• Can speak to technical solutions, usability, and data integration fulfillment
• Skilled at influencing and persuading internal teams and external clients
• Collaborative business partner to team capability leads
• Seeks to optimize team services and internal resources
• Identifies potential improvements and efficiencies, ensuring teams use flexible project planning designed to support the strategic, creative, and executional process
• Collaborates on key operational tools and process development/implementation
• Responsible for the quality and consistency of work across brands
• Partners with account and finance leads to ensure accurate, complete, reliable brand forecasting, pressure-testing against known variables and trends
• Responsible for financial health of book of business, including monitoring run rate, and collaborates with resourcing/department leads to ensure the team is staffed to hit forecast
• Evaluates and acts on utilization trends for direct reports
• QCs brand SOWs before sending to finance for review; ensures assumptions are reasonable and all assumed costs are included/excluded; appropriate staffing allocations by department
• Mastery of Ziflow, Workamajig; MS Office Suite (advanced-level Excel)
• Collaborates with PM department lead on agency initiatives
• Collaborates with interagency resource managers
• Partners with creative and account leads to ensure success and financial health of brands
• Provides mentorship, training, and skill development to direct reports
• Collaborates on content and delivery for PM meetings
• Shares knowledge and provides learning opportunities across brands
• Conducts biannual reviews and goal road-mapping; mentors direct reports through the process
• Participates in new business pitches, whether creating content or developing budgets or timelines
• Mentor for multichannel best practice development

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services