Initiative Health

About Us

Initiative Health unlocks business growth for the world’s most ambitious health brands. We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different.

When brands unite people in culture, they build Fame, and when brands connect individuals to their unique journeys, they build customer Flow. 

Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability. 

Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 6,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world. 

Role Description

The Project Manager role within Initiative Health requires an experienced, proactive and diplomatic professional, who is naturally curious and not afraid to question and constructively challenge both clients and internal team members. 

A role has opened up as part of our global centre of excellence (COE), servicing one of our biggest global healthcare clients. The role involves working with global, regional and local teams, both internal and client stakeholders. Managing workflows, trackers and market communications, while also supporting account teams on campaign delivery and leading your own projects where appropriate. The role is perfect for an indvidual who enjoys the organisation and operational approach to project management, and also enjoys liaising with clients and being part of a wider team supporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project management of on-boarding internal stakeholders onto global operating models, including regular internal and client communication on status of on-boarding
• Working with the global CAM leads on tracking market performance, ensuring trackers are up to date and accurate 
• Support in identifying gaps and inconsistencies across markets
• Support all global initiatives and lead workstreams, both from a client facing and internal perspective
• Manage stakeholders across internal markets, and client markets
• Creation and on-going management of complex timelines, consisting of cross-agency and cross-workstream tasks
• Communicate updates clearly and regularly to key client stakeholders. Keeping clients in-check with their deadlines
• Ensuring tasks, progress, and changes to timelines are communicated with exceptional clarity, both internally and with the client
• Ensuring any impact on client delays are clear, both internally and externally 
• Lead weekly status reports
• Produce effective and robust agendas for internal and client facing calls, ensuring R&R within the call are set prior
• Manage R&R and RACI creation and clarification across the teams, and with clients
• Owner of workflows and timeline management - keeping everyone on track
• Support CAM with escalation management and identifying solutions
• Manage financial tracking, including invoice trackers, team hour pulls 
• Streamline communications, ensuring the right people are part of the right information workstreams
• Create relevant templates to explain project progress or process
• Ability to visualise E2E process for delivery 

Desired Skills & Experience

• Confident in speaking up and being heard
• Confident presenter and able to pull together slides to present progress of workstreams
• Exceptional QC abilities
• Ability to work under high pressure, keep your cool and keep the team motivated 
• Comfortable to manage a variation of workstreams from media, design, content creation, strategy etc
• Healthcare knowledge preferred, but not essential 
• Understanding of ASANA, Smartsheets and other project management tools preferred, but not essential
• Effective abilities in using excel to build out timelines and trackers
• Exceptional abilities in PPT
• Ability to work independently and as part of a larger team 
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information, professionally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  
• Ability to prioritise both your own workload, and the wider teams - with utter calm under high pressure deadlines

Employee Transparency

At IPG Mediabrands, we celebrate differences and believe this makes us stronger. IPG Mediabrands are equal-opportunity employers committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please reach out to our Talent Inclusion Specialist Jess at [email protected] if you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding any adjustments that would ensure our recruitment process is accessible for you. Please note requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application.

The Perks

We aim to provide all our people with a supportive and fun work environment where you can develop your full potential and benefit from the broad range of opportunities within the agency. When you join us, we want to make sure you feel valued – and that you are rewarded for your fantastic work. So, we also offer a range of benefits:

• Flexi–leave, with 25 days annual leave to be taken as minimum. In addition to your holiday entitlement, the office usually closes between Christmas & New Year
• Free breakfast and free lunch
• Early finish Fridays
• Core Hours (Mon-Thurs, flexible start/finish times)
• Retail discounts
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme, including Headspace & flu jabs
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Paid time off for Volunteering
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance or Health Cash Plan (dependent on level)
• Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions from 3-6%
• Generous Parental Leave & Pay
• Independent mortgage advice
• Financial education
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Flexible benefits including Dental, Travel insurance, Cycle to Work, Gym Discounts and many more!