Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at M&C Saatchi Group

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $90,000 - $115,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Senior Project Manager ensuring successful project delivery from start to finish in a creative agency. Overseeing multiple projects, timelines, and team collaboration for effective outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously from inception to completion.
• Projects can range from one-off tactics to integrated campaigns spanning over 6+ months.
• Create and manage project schedules, clearly defining project dependencies, critical tasks/activities and project deliverables
• Lead project timelines, time allocation across projects, and ensure that each team member has what they need to execute the project.
• Build strong relationships to partner with Account Service, Strategy, Creative,and Production, ensure a deep understanding of each team's skills and team members.
• Stay abreast of relevant day-to-day project communication and report on any issues impacting campaign/project schedules, budgets, or deliverables.
• Keep Account Services team informed of issues or delays that may impact project deliverables; provide timely updates on project schedules or budgets with proactive recommendations on how to advance/improve.
• Proactively manage project risks and issues to ensure minimize impact to the project’s success
• Monitor and report on resource constraints during weekly resource meetings
• Facilitate project retrospectives to capture learnings
• Continually monitor and make recommendations to improve departmental or agency processes

Requirements

• 5+ years Project Management experience in a creative agency setting is preferred.
• Experience with mid-large integrated campaigns spanning across different creative formats is preferred
• Understanding of agency deliverables and what is needed to complete them
• Experience with project management software, Smartsheets is preferred
• Strong & effective communication skills
• Self-motivated, proactive, and entrepreneurial; demonstrated ability to work independently; figure-it-out mentality
• Proven record of success in maintaining strong relationships and working collaboratively and effectively with team members in multiple departments; proven ability to manage ahead and bring others along
• Skilled in developing work breakdown structures, creating timelines, and driving successful execution of projects on-schedule.

Benefits

• group medical, dental and vision coverage
• Health Savings Account
• 401k retirement plan with annual company match
• employee wellness
• commuter benefits
• cellular phone allowance
• generous paid time off
• employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility