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# Project Manager at Inizio Evoke

- **Company:** Inizio Evoke
- **Location:** San Diego, CA
- **Compensation:** $60k–$85k
- **Posted:** 2026-03-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://www.inizioevoke.com/vacancy/inizioevoke/7739757?gh_jid=7739757

## Job description

This role is remote working PST or hybrid out of our San Francisco office.

In the journey of life, your career should make a difference.

At Inizio Evoke, we come together—to do the best work, in the best possible place. We're all in. Because it's everyone's role to make health more human™.

About the role:

Project managers are the driving force at Inizio Evoke. As the internal contact for all projects, project managers serve as operational partners with the account team and are the liaisons for the entire development team (strategic services, creative services, technology services, operations, accounting, and administration). You will manage the end-to-end development of projects, according to established business processes. You will report to the Associate Director, Project Management. This is a remote role.

As a Project Manager, you:

- Play an integral role in all decisions regarding process, project resources, budgets, and schedules
- Lead cross-functional teams in delivering marketing programs from brainstorming to execution
- Present agency's capabilities and process internally and externally based on knowledge of who does what, when, and how long execution takes
- Lead the team, ensuring processes are being followed and that projects comply with regulatory requirements
- Understand the nature of the work performed by each department
- Identify the need for internal and external resources for existing projects, work with the resourcing manager to secure project resources and with other PMs to prioritize resources' work
- Interact with the internal team to determine project feasibility based on scope and training
- Identify and prevent possible risks that may affect projects
- Find solutions to course-correct to get project back on track
- Craft project milestones for agency, clients, and vendor/agency partners
- Build detailed project schedules and ensure that all deadlines are met according to the schedule
- Monitor the project scope, details, and status and provide status updates to both internal and external teams
- Develop estimates for hours and out-of-pocket expenses for new projects
- Partner with account services and finance to find budgetary solutions if projects get off track
- Build rapport and manage the vendor/agency partner relationship
- As the operational expert, co-lead client status calls along with account services, including updating status agendas, speaking to project status, budget and timelines

You Will:

- Be dynamic, thoughtful, and motivating
- Be passionate about our people and the work we do
- Collaborate positively in a collaborative work environment
- Have experience managing budgets, developing timelines, creating status agendas
- Motivate teams to make decisions and commit to deadlines and deliverables
- Manage their time efficiently to complete project on-time and on-budget
- Bring 2+ years of project management experience working with creative teams
- Bring experience in a marketing agency or pharmaceutical marketing setting
- Experience working with cross-functional team size of 10 to 15 including, but not limited to strategic services, creative services, technology services, event planning, print production, and finance

Inizio Evoke provides an exciting and flexible work environment, great compensation packages and outstanding company paid benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. This range may differ based on your experience and skill set, geographic location, and cost of living considerations. We consider compensation more than just a base salary – that’s why we also offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.

## Compensation

$60,000—$85,000 USD

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

## About Inizio Evoke

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Inizio Evoke is a global health marketing, communications, and transformation platform that helps life sciences organizations unlock growth through data-driven insight and human centricity.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Inizio)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the agency was built through multiple acquisitions under the Evoke group)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Healthcare marketing, pharmaceutical advertising, health communications, life sciences commercialization
- Target customers: B2B, primarily large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (Enterprise/Big Pharma)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Make health more human™" — using technology, data, and "applied empathy" to better understand behavior and deliver messaging in a more human way

## Products & Services
Inizio Evoke operates across five key service areas:

- **Brand & Creative**: Full-service creative development for healthcare brands, connecting data and creativity to deliver seamless experiences.
- **Comms (Communications)**: Strategic communications and public relations for health and life sciences organizations.
- **Transformation**: Consulting and organizational change to help healthcare brands navigate market complexities and build more intuitive, empathetic businesses.
- **Access**: Patient support and market access solutions, including patient services programs and reimbursement support.
- **Media**: Full-service media capabilities across all audiences, including omnichannel engagement, field force strategy, and automation.
- **Cognitev™ (Commercial Intelligence Platform)**: A proprietary platform that translates behavioral data into activation, fueling omnichannel engagement and optimizing field force strategy. Built on over 40 million hours of proprietary behavioral data from physicians and patients.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Private subsidiary of Inizio)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$347 million** (2025 North American revenue, per MM+M Agency 100 2026 report). LinkedIn estimates $60 million, but the industry trade publication figure is more authoritative.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company is **Inizio** (a market-leading commercialization partner for health and life sciences). Key clients include **Gilead Sciences** (Michelle Kelly, Director of Patient and Consumer Marketing, Oncology, is a cited client).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Revenue rose **4%** in 2025 to $347 million.
  - Headcount of **1,117** full-time employees in 2025 (per MM+M), though LinkedIn shows 891 (likely due to different counting methods or timing).
  - Active job postings: **51** (up 75.9% year-over-year).
  - Operates in 11 offices across 4 countries (US, UK, Ireland, UAE, Singapore).
  - Has acquired multiple agencies: Giant Creative Strategy ($72.2M, 2018), Navience Healthcare Solutions ($24M, 2018), AboveNationMedia ($1.8M, 2018), KYNE ($19.4M, 2019), Diffusion Group (2022).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Data Moat**: Cognitev™ platform is built on 40+ million hours of proprietary behavioral data from physicians and patients — a unique asset that competitors cannot easily replicate.
- **Digital-First DNA**: Founded during the digital revolution of the early 2000s, the agency was structurally digital from the beginning, avoiding the "bolt-on" digital capabilities that plagued legacy networks.
- **AI Integration**: Aggressively embracing AI not as a standalone capability but as a structural transformation of how work is made and managed, reducing administrative friction for creative teams.
- **Full-Service Platform**: Offers end-to-end services from brand strategy to media buying to patient access, making it a comprehensive partner for pharma clients.
- **Parent Backing**: As part of Inizio, has access to a broader ecosystem of life sciences commercialization services.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-First Transformation**: CEO Reid Connolly is betting heavily on AI to give clients a competitive advantage, focusing on process simplification rather than flashy announcements. The goal is preparing for an "agentic future" where AI systems support work creation and management.
- **Data-Driven Personalization**: Using Cognitev™ to personalize strategy and messaging in real-time based on behavioral signals.
- **Omnichannel Excellence**: Unifying content, channels, and journeys to optimize engagement across all touchpoints.
- **Growth Through Acquisition**: History of strategic acquisitions to expand capabilities (creative, media, patient access).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Employee rating of **3.9/5.0** on LinkedIn, with Work-Life Balance scoring highest at **4.3/5.0**.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the agency has 11 offices globally (including major US hubs: New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, San Diego, Cary, Tempe).
- **Notable Perks/Engineering Culture**:
  - Focus on "applied empathy" and making work "the best possible place."
  - Strong emphasis on reducing administrative burden for creative teams through AI, allowing more focus on high-concept strategy.
  - Rapidly growing: job postings up 75.9% year-over-year.
  - Tech stack includes modern tools: React, Power BI, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Google Sheets, martech platforms.
- **Talent Flows**: Major talent sources include Digitas Health, FCB Health, AbelsonTaylor, Klick, and CDM — indicating a competitive, agency-experienced workforce.
- **Career Development**: Open roles span from Associate Director to Senior Director levels, with opportunities in strategy, analytics, creative, project management, and media.

## Sources
1. [inizioevoke.com](https://www.inizioevoke.com/)
2. [inizioevoke.com/careers](https://www.inizioevoke.com/careers)
3. [inizio.com](https://inizio.com/our-businesses/evoke/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/inizioevoke](https://www.linkedin.com/company/inizioevoke)
5. [mmm-online.com (Agency 100 2026)](https://www.mmm-online.com/companydetail/inizio-evoke-agency-100-2026/)

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