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New York, United States

Lead in delivery of projects for AbbVie (IAE) account, from initial development through to implementation. Play key role as the person of contact for Creative Agencies and Outside Vendors. Manage and Mentor a team of 3 project managers. Played a significant role to turn around an Account with dissatisfactory PM experience — Implemented Process to the team to help make internal and external deadlines on time and budget. Built up confidence level with lead Account Director and team to run business efficiently resulting in uptick to Client deliverables Lead Finance Manager for and account totaling $3 million in fee billing — Helped streamline creation of estimates with team input to build a more accurate way of keeping people aware of hours needed on a project basis, to avoid project creep. Run weekly finance meetings, forecasting and build SOW.

New York, United States

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERLead in delivery of projects for Pfizer launch brand Tanezumab (US & Global), from initial development through to implementation. Play key role as the person of contact for Creative Agencies and Outside Vendors. Created an internal process, to ensure all projects are completed on time and budget Oversee Finances for an account totaling $12 million in fee billing Manage and Mentor a team of 5 project managers. Created Update SOW’s, Staff plans & Project Plans

New York, New York, United States

Saatchi & Saatchi WellnessSENIOR PROJECT MANAGERLead in delivery of projects for AbbVie (Humira HCP) account, from initial development through to implementation. Play key role as the person of contact for Creative Agencies and Outside Vendors. Manage and Mentor a team of 2 project managers.  Played a significant role helping turn around a Client with serious reservations following previous dissatisfactory experience — proactively boosted team focus and energy to complete projects according to established timeframes and expectations. Lead Finance Manager for and account totaling $5 million in fee billing — Lead initiative to covert monthly billings to actuals, run weekly finance reports, scoping and forecasting.

230 Park Avenue South

I oversee marketing projects for the Pfizer account, leading a team of 5 PMs. I am the communications link between various agencies and development teams, and drive the trajectory of projects to ensure fulfillment of deliverables as well as adherence to budgets and timelines.The nature of Pfizer business requires fast turnarounds to meet short timelines. To ensure meeting expectations and goals, I created tools including a finance tracker and new SOW format that have enhanced capabilities and supported project success

Two big accounts – Sanofi and P&G – were under my leadership here, as was a group of junior PMs executing our plans. I managed relationships with both vendor and client executives, and kept projects on track with daily meetings to go over deadlines and deliverables.This was a challenging role, due to a client who’d had an unsatisfactory experience with previous project teams. I worked hard to ensure my team was ready to move in and not only complete all work, but go the extra mile in service and enthusiasm—our efforts paid off and were rewarded by renewed trust and confidence in our abilities.

I managed digital projects for the Afintor and Eliquis Global accounts at this creative engagement agency (now known as The Bloc); I created SOWs and project plans and oversaw delivery according to budgets and timelines. In this role, championing change became a big focus, especially with leaders who were reluctant to switch gears. By working with them and establishing a foundation of collaboration, we were able to implement improvements that had a lasting effect.

Managed daily operations on multiple accounts for both digital & collateral projects Responsible for submissions to clients (MLR) and the FDA (2253) Coordinated functions of creative services (art buying, retouching, proofing, video editing, etc) as well as outside production(printers, fulfillment, production houses, etc) Mentored junior project managersI led marketing projects for key accounts and managed creative and production services for all printed and digital assets. I covered pharmaceutical accounts Micardis, Twynsta, and Pfizer.A key improvement we made was increasing efficiency by establishing standards processes and bringing in new tracking tools to provide better oversight of the project timeline.

Melville, New York

I oversaw projects for clients from retail and finance in this position, overseeing account and creative teams as well as staff meetings.Highlights of this role include improving processes (which significantly improved our productivity and clarity throughout project activities) and capturing new businesses with clients by upping our performance and re-establishing confidence in our abilities.

Supervised 5 project managers in both digital & collateral projects. Pro-actively identified project issues and assisted in their resolution Provided concise and appropriate feedback on project inputs, outputs, internal processes, and quality assurance measures Tracked and revised ongoing costs and estimates throughout project lifecycle ensuring that resource allocations were accurateand in line with each project’s estimated budget

I covered major accounts including Boston Globe, Bank of America, and AARP, for whom I led the launch of a new brand.

Oversaw a team of 10-15 project managers, supervising the assessment and improvement of each team’s performance Built cohesive, effective work teams and provided them with professional expertise, interpersonal skills, and creative thinking Developed, implemented and facilitated an 8-week training program for traffic members

Master Certificate, Project Mgmt

Villanova University – Villanova, PA Master’s Certificate in Applied Project Management

Business Administration