Freelance Project Director
Added 13 Oct · still live
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
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Salary
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£56,500
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2440 (74% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £56,500, and Klick is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts) or SOC 1139 (Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2440 Business and financial project management professionals Most likely code | £39,500 | £45,200 | £50,800 | £56,500 |
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Also possible | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
1139 Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified Also possible | £52,300 | £59,700 | £67,200 | £74,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting—is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting — powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognised for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year – Health.
About Our Project Management Craft
Our Project Management Craft brings structure and momentum to complex work. The team plans, coordinates, and tracks delivery across disciplines. They ensure projects stay on time, on scope, and on budget. Their work enables collaboration and efficiency.
Job Description
The Freelance Project Director provides senior delivery leadership across complex healthcare and pharmaceutical client engagements, overseeing integrated programmes with multiple workstreams, disciplines, and stakeholders. The role partners closely with Client Services and discipline leads to establish clear scope, delivery plans, budgets, resource requirements, governance, and risk management. This role brings strong commercial and operational oversight while helping cross-functional teams deliver high-quality work predictably and efficiently.
What You’ll Do
About Our Project Management Craft
Our Project Management Craft brings structure and momentum to complex work. The team plans, coordinates, and tracks delivery across disciplines. They ensure projects stay on time, on scope, and on budget. Their work enables collaboration and efficiency.
Job Description
The Freelance Project Director provides senior delivery leadership across complex healthcare and pharmaceutical client engagements, overseeing integrated programmes with multiple workstreams, disciplines, and stakeholders. The role partners closely with Client Services and discipline leads to establish clear scope, delivery plans, budgets, resource requirements, governance, and risk management. This role brings strong commercial and operational oversight while helping cross-functional teams deliver high-quality work predictably and efficiently.
What You’ll Do
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- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex healthcare and pharmaceutical programmes across multiple concurrent workstreams, using tools such as Smartsheet, JIRA, Microsoft Project, or TFS to manage scope, dependencies, milestones, and delivery plans.
- Direct project governance across Client Services, Strategy, Creative, Medical, Technology, Media, and other disciplines, establishing clear responsibilities, decision-making, escalation paths, and stakeholder expectations.
- Own programme-level scope, budgets, forecasting, resource plans, timelines, change control, and delivery risks, providing recommendations that protect commercial performance and successful client delivery.
- Provide senior clients and internal stakeholders with clear programme status, financial visibility, risk assessments, and mitigation plans, escalating issues early and driving decisions through resolution.
- Strengthen delivery across engagements by applying appropriate waterfall, agile, or hybrid methodologies and identifying opportunities to improve planning, resourcing, collaboration, and operational efficiency.
Required:
- 7+ years of project or programme management experience in agency, consulting, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environments, including ownership of complex client-facing engagements with multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Demonstrated experience managing scope, budgets, forecasting, timelines, resource plans, dependencies, and risks across integrated programmes, with accountability for delivery against agreed commercial and operational targets.
- Hands-on experience with project management platforms such as Smartsheet, JIRA, Microsoft Project, or TFS, with evidence of using them to manage active delivery, dependencies, reporting, and programme governance.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary delivery across Client Services and functions such as Strategy, Creative, Medical, Technology, or Media, with responsibility for coordinating deliverables across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
- Experience supporting distributed delivery teams across multiple locations, markets, or time zones on regional or global client engagements.
- Experience applying SCRUM or other agile delivery practices to multidisciplinary healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology, or integrated agency programmes.
- Experience supporting organisational change, process improvement, or transformation initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
- Experience using portfolio or programme reporting to identify resource, financial, operational, or delivery trends and recommend improvements.
This is a freelance Project Director engagement based in the UK.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Klick, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Business and financial project management professionals (SOC 2440) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~314k in sampleSOC 2440
- Middle half £45,968–76,128
- Median £58,812
- Going rate £56,500
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £39,500–50,800
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Klick holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2440 going rate of £56,500. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.