Senior Project Manager - New York, United States - adam&eveDDB New York

Description

adam&eveDDB is a creative communications agency dedicated to making creative work that works.

We believe in the power of creativity to create the change we want to happen in the world and develop audacious, unexpected, and famous ideas for our clients that help to grow their businesses and shape culture by driving behavior change at scale.

We're a start-up at scale, with the energy & agility of a start-up, and power & resources of a global network.

We are an agency that believes firmly in respect, kindness, openness, self-expression, and creativity, making space for the lived and learned experiences of all our people, and helping them to be the best they can be.

We are intellectually curious about difference, embracing change for the better, and are committed to opposing injustice and constantly challenging the status quo.

We whole-heartedly believe great ideas can come from anywhere and that the best ideas come from everyone. We are a place packed with the energy and passion to make things happen.
We are currently seeking a Sr. Project Manager. At DDB, our Sr.

Project Managers are the lead of flight control for getting our work completed on time, on budget, and within scope.

Our Sr. Project Managers are the hub that drives all work through our processes.

The Project Management team sets the bar for problem solving and decisiveness across the agency team and functional groups to effectively lead the team to the best outcome for our clients.

Responsibilities
Project Integration Management
Keen understanding of integrating multi-agency and -discipline team across a project.
Responsible for project communications and process adherence across multi-agency and -discipline teams.
Project Scope Management
Responsible for understanding project scope and preventing scope creep.
Identify

shifts in timing, deliverables, budgets, and resources while communicating potential impacts.
Project Schedule Management
Develop and manage project timelines based on hour needed to complete the deliverables required.
Able to break project down into small pieces (stages) and understand the deliverables at each stage.
Project Cost Management

Determine and manage project burn reporting with finance team including tracking, mitigating, and reporting on a weekly and monthly basis.

Partner with finance, account, creative, and production teams to ensure weekly and monthly tracking of budget and hours is accurate and within scope.

Ensure client billing is accurate by tracking, reporting, evaluating, and controlling projects.
Project Quality Management

Working with Account Management lead, ensure process, documentation, reporting, and other enhancements are enacted as needed in order to ensure client satisfaction and optimal product delivery.

Capture lessons learned throughout a project and apply lessons to future projects, as well as develop and implement plans for best practice enhancements and improvements.

Develop metrics and operational process to ensure quality control.
Project Resource Management
Engage and manage appropriate talent and resource allocation at all project stages.
Demonstrate strategic thinking for resourcing all projects.
Manage and communicate with risk management tools on a daily basis.
Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative risk management with skill and confidence. Ability to accurately articulate risk management/mitigation plans and escalate high risk issues with management.

Define, manage, and mitigate risks, including taking a proactive, approach to solve issues before they arise or manage as they come up.

Project Communication Management
Ensure involvement of the appropriate teams during each project phase.
Drive open and honest communications across all teams to ensure no roadblocks in projects.
Qualifications
Ability to maintain focus under pressure, be thorough, and keep a positive attitude. Ability to think outside the box and understand the outcome, not just the process.
Extremely high standards for work and behavior; accountable, reliable, and dependable. Acute attention to detail and accuracy.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to break down complex information.
Proficient in project scoping, project planning, resource management, timeline creation, budget management and risk management. Becomfortable managing and influencing people who are not direct reports, as well as director-level and management personnel.

Ability to interact with and represent the team to a range of people, from entry-level to upper management and Leadership, including clients.

Able to establish leadership on project with internal stakeholders and clients.

Easily recognized as the person who can answer questions on projects, process, and everyday activities around the team and client.

Gains trust to build productive and constructive relationships. Encourage an environment of teamwork and excellence.
Ability to work independently to tackle problems and direct to solutions.

Be highly adaptable, able to anticipate issues and needs before they arise and take the necessary steps to alleviate and/or mitigate.

Leverage project management tools (Smartsheets, Workfront, etc.) to manage day-to-day operations, automate tasks, ensure quality, and promote process efficiencies.
Knowledge and experience with Smartsheets, Workfront, JIRA Microsoft Suite.
5+years of project management experience within an advertising agency or with multi-agency teams across disciplines.

Solid track record of successfully leading projects from initiation to completion on time, on budget, and within scope, including resource management across disciplines.

Complete understanding of principles of marketing and communications planning, including strategy, creative, and production practices.
Experience managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously with various disciplines and stakeholders, including multi-agency teams.
What We Offer
Competitive Salary Range of $115,000-130,000, commensurate with experience
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
Stock Discounts
Employee Assistance Programs

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$130,000 USD
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