Freelance Senior Project Manager
Added 13 Oct · still live
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£56,500
Going rate
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2440 (89% 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.
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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 |
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 recognized 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
As a Freelance Senior Project Manager, this role manages integrated client projects from planning through delivery, partnering closely with Client Services and cross-functional discipline leads. The position provides hands-on ownership of scope, timelines, budgets, resourcing, and project reporting across concurrent work streams. The role contributes immediately to active healthcare and pharmaceutical client work while helping teams maintain clear, consistent delivery standards.
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
As a Freelance Senior Project Manager, this role manages integrated client projects from planning through delivery, partnering closely with Client Services and cross-functional discipline leads. The position provides hands-on ownership of scope, timelines, budgets, resourcing, and project reporting across concurrent work streams. The role contributes immediately to active healthcare and pharmaceutical client work while helping teams maintain clear, consistent delivery standards.
What You’ll Do
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- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, concurrent client projects using tools such as Smartsheet, JIRA, or Microsoft Project, maintaining clear schedules, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Partner with Client Services and cross-functional discipline leads to translate client requirements into defined scopes, timelines, responsibilities, and delivery plans.
- Manage project scope, budgets, forecasts, timelines, and resource plans, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions throughout delivery.
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and delivery issues early, escalating clearly and providing actionable status reporting to client and internal stakeholders.
- Coordinate distributed project teams across disciplines and locations, maintaining delivery standards and supporting projects through both waterfall and agile workflows.
Required:
- 7+ years of project management experience, including hands-on ownership of complex, concurrent projects or integrated work streams within an agency or consulting environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing project scope, budgets, forecasts, timelines, and resource plans across multiple simultaneous client deliverables.
- Experience delivering work for healthcare or pharmaceutical clients within an agency environment, with direct exposure to client-facing project delivery.
- Experience partnering with Client Services and cross-functional teams, with evidence of managing dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations through project completion.
- Hands-on proficiency with project management platforms such as Smartsheet, JIRA, or Microsoft Project, demonstrated through ownership of schedules, reporting, resource plans, or delivery workflows.
- Experience applying both waterfall and agile approaches across multidisciplinary project teams and adapting delivery methods to project requirements.
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Desired:
Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analysing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us.
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 colour, 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.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
- Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
- Experience coordinating project teams operating across multiple locations or time zones.
- Experience presenting project status, risks, budget considerations, and recommended actions to senior internal stakeholders or clients.
- Experience supporting organisational change or evolving delivery processes within agency, consulting, or client-service environments.
- Working knowledge of SCRUM practices demonstrated through participation in or coordination of agile delivery teams.
- Experience producing portfolio, project, or financial reporting to support delivery and operational decision-making.
Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analysing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us.
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 colour, 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.
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.
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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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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.