Responsibilities

• Lead project management in partnership with Client Service Lead, collaborating cross functionally with our account, practice, finance and operations teams
• Oversee wholistic workflow with a mix of individual client and portfolio management
• Own the intake of new work (new clients and existing core clients) and the evaluation of new briefs, devising delivery approaches for each assignment drawing on PM best practices
• Own and manage project definition in scopes and staff plans with account leads and specialty teams, producing indicative pricing and detailed budgets that match a description of deliverables and actual work effort.
• Champion project management tools and best practices that standardize how to author and maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates, financial management (OOP & fee) and other relevant project documentation.
• Independently own the delivery of large, complex programs independently and with support from more junior project managers.
• Serve as an escalation point to manage risks and provides solutions-oriented consultation to integrated team leads, proactively looking around corners, controlling project scope and the change control process, and collaborating with leads to strategically identify and implement win-win solutions.
• Partner with Finance and Account teams to ensure clients are profitable, fees are appropriate, forecasts are accurate and SOWs are approved.
• Drive client discussions related to project plans, financial health, UEG capabilities and approach to delivery.
• Partner with specialty leads to forecast current and future staffing requirements in order to identify the best talent for the work.
• Establish workflow and best practices on integrated businesses that enable teams to efficiently deliver against program goals.
• Ensure quality checks and consistency of all outputs across all project deliverables
• Ensure flexibility in approaches to fit client, creative, and business needs, while managing change and the exploration of various budget/time scenarios to elevate work.
• Contribute to project operations and “the work behind the work” – prioritizing of new project opportunities establishing flexible frameworks and best practices with new teams and providing input on PM team assignments.
• Balance a sense of urgency with a calm and confident leadership at all times.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• At least 13+ years of project management experience in an integrated marketing agency or related industry 
• Mastery of large, complex project delivery on integrated programs, from planning through execution
• Demonstrated ability to motivate teams, foster career development and oversee performance of junior team members
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and/or Smartsheet (or other similar project management tool) is required.