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Associate Director, PMO

Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-25

Core

Frontline manager for the project management team, supervising staff responsible for managing projects aligning with specific programs for clients or large brands in the life sciences industry.

Role type

Senior IC Program/Project Management Director

Builds

Strategic project and program pipelines for clients in the life sciences sector

Domain

Life Sciences / Healthcare Marketing / Project Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Strategic program management, project pipeline management, team leadership and development, performance evaluation, risk management, stakeholder management, financial management, process adherence, escalation management, diversity and inclusion advocacy

Preferred skills

Experience with ambiguity, strategic partnership formation, coaching and mentoring, root cause analysis, retrospective facilitation

Technologies

Project management standards and delivery processes

Responsibilities

Deliver and manage creative and strategic projects/programs, create program and client-level staffing plans, manage program reporting (health, status, risks, milestones), develop direct reports and serve as a coach/mentor, enforce process adherence, monitor team workload and goals, proactively identify program-level risks, oversee program health (budget, scope, timeline), manage team escalations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team management responsibilities

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