Project Manager II (non-IT)

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a Project Manager II / Senior Project Manager for a prominent client of ours. This position is located in Mettawa, IL (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote). Details for the position are as follows:

Job Title: Project Manager II / Senior Project Manager
Location: Mettawa, IL (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)
Pay Rate: $43.00–$46.00/hr
Duration: 12 Months

Job Description

• Manage pharmaceutical advertising and marketing projects from initiation through delivery within a regulated agency environment.
• Develop, maintain, and track project schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resource allocations across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate print, digital, and video marketing projects through agency workflow processes, including project intake, kickoff, review cycles, production, and archiving.
• Facilitate project routing, approval workflows, and promotional material review processes to ensure timely execution.
• Partner with account management and creative teams to manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Monitor project status, identify risks, resolve workflow bottlenecks, and maintain project documentation.
• Ensure adherence to pharmaceutical promotional review processes, corporate branding standards, and compliance requirements.
• Support agency operations through project tracking, workload management, resource coordination, and production oversight.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered for contract engagement.

Required Skills

• Minimum 5 years of consecutive advertising agency experience supporting pharmaceutical clients (required).
• Pharmaceutical marketing, advertising, and promotional campaign management.
• Agency project management for print, digital, omnichannel, and video deliverables.
• Veeva PromoMats review and approval workflow management.
• Pharmaceutical promotional material development and regulatory/compliance review processes.
• Project lifecycle management including project initiation, scoping, scheduling, execution, approvals, production, and archiving.
• Timeline development, resource planning, workload tracking, and project status reporting.
• Marketing operations, creative production workflows, and agency trafficking processes.
• Budget tracking and project financial management within agency environments.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent marketing and advertising projects in high-volume settings.

Preferred Skills

• 1–5 years of pharmaceutical advertising agency experience within regulated brand environments.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical commercial, marketing, or brand teams.
• Digital marketing campaign execution, content production, and multichannel promotional programs.
• Marketing asset management systems and promotional review platforms.
• Creative services project management and agency operations experience.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical branding guidelines, promotional compliance standards, and content approval workflows.