Project Manager

Company description

Publicis Global Delivery (PGD); Publicis Groupe’s industry leading globally connected capability platform. Where talent, technology & operations combine to delivery amazing solutions for our clients. Expertise across Media, Data, Technology, Commerce & Production in all regions of the world. 

PGD is comprised of the best talent, and ways-of-working, which enables global scale, innovation and transformation, each day.

Culture, growth and wellbeing underline all aspects of Publicis Global Delivery.

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Overview

Project Management is responsible for fulfilling all project scopes and comfortably meeting all deadlines without frustration or escalation. The Project Manager will be responsible for maintaining clear lines of communication between all necessary parties, making connections with new groups, and keeping easy-to-digest documentation of the ongoing project and associated processes.

Responsibilities

• Everything related to managing project deliverables including creating, updating, and monitoring of project roadmaps
• Identify project stakeholders, plan stakeholder management, and manage stakeholders’ involvement for all assigned projects.
• Conducting ongoing risk assessments and developing mitigation plans
• Coordinating data and document acquisition in cooperation with the local contacts of the Publicis Groupe network
• Lead meetings for the appropriate project/team management
• Own project scope definition: identification, documentation & identify and prioritization of requirements; scope validation; and monitor scope for the assigned projects
• Report status of the project based on planned scope
• Communications planning, creation, and management for all related to the projects assigned
• Supporting the development of solution rollout plans in conjunction with the wider Global Operations Team and Publicis Groupe contacts
• Interface with each of the different teams involved with the project including, but not limited to, the Clients, Technical Teams, Business Teams, and Finance Teams
• Management of external service providers and task prioritization of the project team
• Constant comparison of the actual and target status of the project status
• Responsible for creating and monitoring the repositories that store project assets and resources for small and medium scale projects
• Identify improvement areas for the team and project, both internally and externally
• Responsible for the management and correct distribution for assets/resources provided by the client.  

Qualifications

• Professional experience as a Project Manager, consultant, or in a comparable function (experience across industries is welcome; background in Media/Advertising is a plus)
• Creative problem-solver, capable of identifying effective and pragmatic ways to overcome roadblocks
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to remain calm in high-pressure, multi-stakeholder environments
• Committed, communicative, team-oriented, and capable of making a convincing and well-structured argument
• Confident communicating with international contacts in English (orally and in writing); familiarity with the international media landscape is advantageous
• Experienced in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile or hybrid approaches), Office tools, Project Management tools, and digital marketing environments
• Manages projects with different scopes and teams, adapting project management methodologies and process improvements as the team, project, or client requires
• Able to manage project scope, timelines, budgets, quality, resources, communications, risks, acquisitions, and stakeholders involved in each project
• Certification in PMI (CAPM, PMP), Agile (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile), or Lean Six Sigma (Yellow, Green, Black Belt) is a plus; substantial professional project management experience may substitute for formal certification
• Experience with Smartsheet is strongly preferred and candidates with advanced Smartsheet expertise will be prioritized; familiarity with Jira/Confluence or similar Project Management tools is a plus
• A bachelor’s degree in media, advertising, business administration, communications, or a comparable qualification is preferred; candidates with unrelated degrees will be considered if they hold a recognized Project Management certification and/or relevant professional project management experience