Freelance Project Manager (Pharma Agency)

At Avalere Health, we are building a curated network of freelance professionals who bring expertise, creativity, and adaptability to our global teams. Our flexible approach empowers freelancers to choose how and where they work — whether fully remote or collaborating in person at our hubs in London, Manchester, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC or other global locations.

At Avalere Health, we are building a curated network of freelance professionals who bring expertise, creativity, and adaptability to our global teams. Our flexible approach empowers freelancers to choose how and where they work — whether fully remote or collaborating in person at our hubs in London, Manchester, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC or other global locations.

About The Role We're looking for Freelance Project Managers to start in October until the end of the year! As the Freelance Project Manager, you will work directly with the agency account teams and functional departments across all channels to ensure all client work is delivered on time and on budget. You will serve as the key point-person who understands the scope of a client engagement and will manage how work gets done within the agency.

What You'll Do • Manage effective, efficient workflow of all projects on assigned accounts

• Collaborates with all agency teams to establish effective project plans, staff plans, forecast upcoming work and allocate resources

• Prepare and manage client MLR submissions

• Develops timelines and advises on estimates; manages projects to remain on time and budget; flags timing and budget concerns to course correct

• Schedule and lead project kick-off meetings (as it relates to schedule, job level, folder structure and location, SOW, creative assets, etc.)

• Work with internal team to define program requirements and system specifications. Work with client on as-needed basis

• Initiate and conduct formal internal review meetings to secure creative approvals

• Initiate and conduct formal team status meetings, document risks and issues for internal purposes

• Ensure that issues and risks are anticipated, identified and properly escalated and resolved. Seek final resolution on all issues so projects do not stall or fall out of scope without warning

• Conduct internal copy/layout reviews with core team and ensure all assets are routed internally, with specific attention to required creative and proofreading approvals

About You • Previous experience within an agency environment, ideally pharma

• Proven experience managing digital projects such as website builds, emails/banners, content updates etc

• Proven understanding of the technical facets of website development

• Solid experience working on projects that have data and analytics components, with an ability to understand how the data output can be used to form insights and drive additional tactics

• Pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated industry, knowledge is a plus

• Knowledge and/or understanding of resourcing creative and technical teams across projects is a plus