Marketing Change Project Manager

THE CLIENT

A global Pharmaceutical company with an impressive track record and a global footprint. This division develops and manufactures specific health products to more the 5 million people

THE ROLE

The Project Manager will lead the artwork pillar for a global portfolio harmonisation and complexity reduction programme in the EMEA region.

They will co-ordinate all major communications between the programme's core team, individual project teams, the GFO skincare teams, the Regional Marketing Office, Regulatory Affairs, Support of In-market products and the lead artwork agency.

- Efficiently schedule, monitor, control and communicate all artwork development for the programme in close liaison with the lead artwork agency and the programme core team according to the programme's established artwork process
- Align senior stakeholders on artwork project issues and lead the programme's artwork council
- Monitor and plan for artwork synergies with projects outside of the programme
- Risk management and escalation of business critical issues

THE CANDIDATE

- Proven successful track record of complex artwork project management within consumer/FMCG categories in a multiple-project scenario
- Experience of working in Pharmaceutical companies highly desirable.
- Manage expectations by having - when required - the ability to push back on requests and demands that are unaligned to the project's deliverables
- Ability to successfully interact with senior management and build trust-based relationships through highly developed interfacing and communication skills
- Proven focus and determination on driving project timelines with successful outcomes (on-time and on budget)
- Excellent stakeholder management
- Excellent time management skills accompanied by being highly organised due to the large and complex data involved in the project
- Advanced MS Excel skills and experience of using relevant databases/systems for artwork development and tracking