About you

A hungry, strategic, creative, collaborative comms professional who wants to make a difference on the accounts you work on and the agency you join. You have an outlook that is:

• Team oriented “we” over “I”
• Positive and inspirational
• Energized and charismatic
• Humble and inquisitive
• Agile and adaptable

About us

A fast-growing, small agency with big reach. We have a simple but powerful belief: every patient, disease and therapy is different – therefore every message, stakeholder, and challenge needs to be approached in a unique way. We are made up of:

• Conversation-starters
• Storytellers
• Strategist
• Digital natives
• PhD-level scientists
• Writers
• Designers
• Builders

About the role

dna seeks an experienced VP, Integrated Operations and Project Management out of New York who will work closely with team members in account, creative, public relations, and strategy. This person will report to an SVP across a large healthcare portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as strategic client operations support across a large healthcare account.
• Support development of a project management function within dna.
• Build and sustain key relationships with internal account leads and client procurement and operations teams based in the US.
• Establish and lead account processes focused on things like onboarding, financials, compliance requirements, ways of working, etc.
• Drive consistency in operational and project management skills and solutions; implement agency and client-side operational efficiencies and facilitate effective team integration.
• Work across multiple internal and client stakeholder teams to facilitate operational best practices.
• Proactively mitigate and provide creative solutions as issues and risks arise and share insights and improvement learning opportunities with extended project management team.
• Mentor and counsel PMs, continually assessing talent pool, resource needs, and assignments; optimize operational/PM infrastructure to scale with growth of business.
• Counsel teams in the development and maintenance of SOWs, guiding people on how best to manage day to day across all project workstreams.
• Collaborate with client finance team to review financial health of portfolio on an ongoing basis and report to leadership; ensure adherence to financial guidelines including consistent scoping.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of project management or operations experience (some healthcare experience is ideal but not required).
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience with different types of projects and deliverables, including: strategic presentations, creative concepting and development, video, digital, event-based programs and vendor integrations.
• Ability to effectively improve operations and processes at an agency and brand level.
• Strong financial management skills, including scoping, burn report tracking, resource allocation across project tasks.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with team members across multiple disciplines and levels.
• Have excellent organization and time management skills.

dna – the details (this is the section where we humble brag)

dna has won two Cannes Bronze Lions awards in the past two year and 15 awards for creative execution in the past year, including a Global Sabre as one of the best 5 campaigns executed worldwide. It’s not by accident. We have a Creativity team focused on finding a spark for all that we do, from ideation sessions to weekly creative power hours. And we host an annual Creativity Day centered around an off-site activity, like a trip to the museum or an improv class, all designed to excite an inspire.

dna prides itself on delivering a difference making employee experience. We invest in our team and put culture front and center through a variety of programs, policies and events. It’s all about growth and opportunity. If you are looking for a company where you will have the chance to contribute, grow and set a career path that meets your interests and delivers on your ambitions, dna is an ideal employer.

We are small meets big – giving our clients and employees the benefits of both. As a global agency, we have staff in 10 markets on four continents. Yet, our close-knit agency environment will ensure that you will have ample opportunity for visibility with senior management who will make a personal investment in your career. And, as part of a large global IPG network with seamless integration with our sister agencies, such as Weber Shandwick and large advertising agencies, you’ll have access to world class resources and endless exposure to the most cutting-edge marketing approaches. If you are ambitious, energetic and excited to have a voice in shaping an agency and the future of healthcare communications, we hope you’ll join us. We’re an agency whose fast pace of growth and influence, is matched only by the advancement opportunities we offer our employees. dna – As Different as you.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $130,000 - $165,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.