Project Manager

Position Purpose:

The Manager - Project Management is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of one or more specific projects- ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. Serves as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders and clients during the implementation phase of each project and includes day-to-day interface on project commitments and updates, leading stakeholder and client meetings, ensuring project delivery is appropriate, timely, and accurate.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget
• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes
• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks
• Structure and manage integrated, multitrack performance databases for digital, print, social, broadcast, and experiential projects
• Develop and maintain partnerships with third-party resources, including vendors and researchers
• Assign and monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to the project work plan

Attributes Attitude:

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Planning and organizing
• Decision-making
• Effective interpersonal communication skills
• Influencing and leading
• Conflict management
• Ability to work in a high-stress work environment

Knowledge:

• Experience: Minimum 5 years in Project Management
• PMP Certification required
• Project management experience preferably in application deployment; AI is a plus
• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management
• Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
• Direct work experience in a project management capacity
• Proven experience in people management
• Proven experience in strategic planning
• Proven experience in risk management