Senior Project Manager- MRM

Company: McCann Worldwide
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Your user session will timeout in 5 minutes. Please click OK to continue with your application. Senior Project Manager- MRM Tracking Code 10955-094 Job Description Senior Project Manager--Position Summary:Proactive solution seeker. Remover of roadblocks, who empowers the team to produce their best work. This person needs to exhibit good emotional intelligence in all circumstances. Takes initiative to streamline processes and is always seeking ways to help the team work efficiently and collaboratively. Excel's at building relationships within all disciplines. Strong listening skills. Able to assist in the management of a large portfolio of clients. Master of estimating, sprint planning, risk averting, coaching and servant leadership of direct reports.Key Accountabilities:Team Leading, Coordinating, Managing

• Takes the leadership role in training, coaching, providing continuous feedback and conducting performance evaluations with direct reports
• Show diplomacy and sensitivity when dealing with colleagues
• Act as the team leader on all assigned projects
• Run daily stand-ups and provide next steps to the team
• Works with other project managers on managing and solving risks
• Educate team on requirements for all systems used in the company
• Drive innovation to help teams reach their full potentialProject Management
  • Proactive Solution Seeker and roadblock remover
  • Sprint planning, backlog upkeep, and project ownership in Jira
  • Maintain Daily Scrums and provide follow-up contact report
  • Ability to anticipate project issues/risks and clearly communicate resolutions to the client and internal team
  • Keep best-practices documentation updated based off lessons learned
  • Identify bottlenecks and propose solutions ahead of time; the only thing that is certain is that not one day is ever the same
  • Cross-functional team lead; provides oversight and support on all client deliverables
  • Ensure that the delivery of projects meets clients' expectations, within agreed profit margins
  • Provides feedback to internal teams and vendors and verifies all feedback has been implemented
  • Monitor appropriate archiving of projects/assets/documents during project and at completion
  • Review and approve timesheets for owned projects in Open Air
  • Communicate project status and updates and health to AS team on a daily basis
  • Work with department leads to secure resourcing needs of the account
  • Assist in the development of new processes/procedures to achieve new business objectives and/or continually improve, streamline or automate existing processes.
  • Lead or direct projects with cross-functional teams including: Creative, Technology, QA, User Experience/Information Architecture, Production, and Performance & Analytics
  • Lead the development of project scope documents, related schedules/project plans, project resource requirements and staffing assignments.
  • Schedules internal meetings, provides contact reports and next steps
  • Work with internal team on deadlines and requirements for all projects
  • Define project scope, estimate and writing scope of works; work with account team in the creation of project specifications and timelines
  • Manage all aspects of the project life cycle from concept to delivery, must be intimately familiar with the roles played by Design, Copywriting, Studio, Print Production, Editorial, User Experience, Technology, and Quality Assurance. Provide daily project updates, including risks and issues as they arise to the client service team
  • Provide content production oversight (video, photo, multimedia) for all stages of content development from creative concepting, planning, pre-pro, production, and post production
  • Make sure all projects are following agency best practices and meet all requirements
  • Facilitate project retrospectives
  • Resource management
  • Develop/manage project scope documents, related schedules/project plans, project resource requirements and staffing assignmentsFinancial and Administrative
    • Build staff plans, assumption, and schedules based off client input or agency input briefs
    • Monitor out-of-scope budgets including project actuals and retrospectives tied to budgets
    • Assist program manager in annual planning for retainers scope, budget, staffing
    • Writing and submitting write offs, purchase orders, investment forms, time transfers, change orders, and invoices
    • Opening jobs and keeping track of job numbersEducation & Experience Requirements:
      • Bachelor's degree or equivalent, relevant experience desired
      • 5-9 years of project management experience in one or more of the following fields: operations, digital technology or web development firm, IT consulting firm or strategy consulting firm
      • Experience in an agency environment, or equivalent client-side experience
      • Excellent knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting)Essential Skills
        • Experience in an agency environment, or equivalent client-side experience
        • Solid knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting)
        • Solid knowledge skills in MS Office including: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
        • Solid knowledge in MS Project or other project plan software (i.e. Smartsheet)
        • Expert with production tools and proprietary software (Egnyte and JIRA)
        • Familiarity with content management systems (i.e. CMS)
        • Proactive Solution Seeker
        • Agile, goal-oriented personality, driven to succeed and always up for a challenge
        • Comfortable being uncomfortable and thrive in participating in the strategic and creative development of work without hand holding or a road map
        • Expert with best practices for email, direct mail, social, mobile, display ads, and web development
        • Expert with all aspects of video and print production
        • Comfortable with tight timelines, creative sprints and collaboration
        • Well versed in executing campaigns across multiple platforms
        • Ability to quickly react and adapt to changing environments
        • Reliable and can establish trust with teams
        • Process oriented, always looking for new ways to streamline
        • Strong critical thinker with analytical skills and the ability to see the bigger picture
        • Excellent budget-management skills
        • Strong leadership skills help them oversee the project team's activities, as they are accountable for the overall quality of work in conjunction with functional leads, ensuring that goals are met and projects delivered on time and on budget
        • Great communicator, motivator, and project manager with an innate ability to "get things done"
        • Ability to keep the team educated on best practices and processes as well as keeping skills updated with changing digital agency
        • Experience moving projects through all internal agency departments and roles, ensuring the proper reviews and approvals at appropriate stages
        • Excellent note taking skills in order to provide detailed contact reports after each meeting Job Location Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Position Type Full-Time/Regular

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