Senior Project Manager

Company Description

dentsu creative is a collective of agencies at the forefront of culture and innovation. Formed in January of 2021, we are one of the most globally awarded teams across the Dentsu network. Composed of dentsuMB, 360i, and Isobar, amongst other notable agencies, we work with clients to provide solutions that meet people at every single point of their brand journey and are committed to upholding a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.

We are champions for meaningful progress, and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Job Description

As an integral part of the project management team, you will be a leader on the Project Management team, responsible for maintaining cross-capability relationships, team management and development of PM resources in PM and Operational best practices. You will specifically lead the execution of mid and high-level complexity and social-first projects, and participate in new business pitches. The SPM ensures all assigned tasks are delivered on time and budget, and according to internal processes and industry best practices. You will report to VP, Project Management. This is a remote position.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage multiple work streams at once, in varying sizes and inclusive of multiple creative and strategy teams
• Stay organized and steady during all high-volume and workstreams and be the single source of truth for internal teams on project status
• Develop timelines, budgets and scopes for full scope of products and complexity across the social landscape include social content production and social-first big swings
• Manage staffing and resourcing for your accounts, including flagging when resources are needed, at capacity, underutilized and know who to go to for these escalations
• Work closely with the Client Finance, Account Management and Production departments to ensure the weekly tracking and management of budgets, pacing and deliverables, flagging any necessary changes in scope to the Account team
• Lead cross-functional teams in the execution of social-first tactics, solving for issues within the project parameters using creative solutions
• Develop appropriate financial structure for new or existing mid to high-level complexity social project or campaigns (for both project and retainer models)
• Determine % completes for project work – and be able to determine best course of action and recovery plans for at-risk projects
• Prepare financial rollups for monthly meetings with attention to project activity by account
• Attend monthly financial meetings and participate in the reviews of annual/project staffing plans, with focus on assessment of current and projected resources
• Manage resource needs by driving conversations on current and upcoming needs with resource management and discipline leads
• Partner with resource management and department leads to determine the appropriate resource structure for different types of projects ultimately driving toward efficient teams
• Motivate and influences cross-functional teams to achieve the highest standards of execution and quality
• Bring new ideas and industry best practices recommendations for PM leadership consideration
• Manage multiple social first work streams within an account totaling up to $10-12MM in annual revenue
• Must be client-facing

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree

Experience: 4 - 8 years PM exp­erience in an integrated agency or relevant environment

• Experience within an agency setting
• Experience with social and/or entertainment
• Demonstrate capacity to understand the dynamics of multi-discipline teams within an agency setting and resolve team-related issues that could impact deliverables
• Prioritize and manage multiple concurrent tasks/projects in a fast-paced deadline driven environment and deliver quality results
• Demonstrate core Project Management skills in organization, facilitation, attention to detail, negotiation, great interpersonal skills, and communication in keeping team members up to date on status of projects, and scheduling meetings
• Understand low, mid and high-level complexity project management and production process specifically as it pertains to social, and apply this when leading junior resources, and assisting PM leadership, with the management of concurren