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Director of Project Management
MRM//McCann
New York, NY, United States
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Director Project Management
New York City, NY
The Role
We are looking for a Project Management Director to join our growing team here in NYC. This person will lead operations and project management for one of the largest accounts in the agency. The ability to manage several agency partners across multiple channels and financial management is required, with client relationship experience a plus.
We are in need of someone who has an operational background, as well as experience managing traditional, broadcast, digital and social campaigns. This person is a natural leader with a passion for the creative process and emerging technologies, who can lead the production of world-class campaigns and experiences for large-scale client engagements. As a Director, you will oversee a team of project managers, empower and aid them in the creation of plans that allow teams to create exciting work. You are responsible for fostering team growth and development, partnering with your account peers to build and maintain strong client relationships, overcoming obstacles by presenting solutions, and always endeavoring to make the work better. To succeed, you will need to be an advocate for the work, and have strong project management, interpersonal and communication skills.
The Team
The project management team at McCann plays a critical role in everything we do. From refining process, project communications, and defining resource needs to ensuring financial success for the agency, the Project Manager is the backbone of every project. Our project managers are the the client operations expert on every account.
What you will do…
• Lead account operations across McCann Worldgroup agencies, including scope management and reporting
• Partner with Business Leadership and discipline leads to manage programs for the year across multiple channels for a Fortune 500 client
• Develop annual and incremental staff plans and scopes (in partnership with Business Leadership and Finance)
• Manage client/account budgets through proper scope definition, risk management and change management protocols
• Manage quarterly client business review process
• Lead a team of associate project managers, project managers and senior project managers
• Define development plans and goals for PM team
• Develop and implement executional strategies for client projects
• Lead relationship with client agency relations team
• Identify opportunities and implement solutions for improving client and team delivery processes
• Identify best practices and develop new systems, processes and tools for complex integrated client work
• Work with creative leads and individual resource management teams to define resource needs across the agency
• Monitor all projects on the account, analyze work against client approved scope of work, project burn rates by business unit, and track incremental scope opportunities.
• Oversee the agency workflow and establish client specific processes to ensure efficiencies and highest quality of deliverables
Who you will be…
• 7+ years of project management, production, product management, or operations experience within agency environments
• Demonstrated experience directing a variety of integrated projects for Fortune 500 clients or the equivalent
• Possess an expert knowledge of traditional creative, social activations and digital deliverables, capabilities and processes
• Leader, mentor to mid and junior level team members
• Partner to integrated advertising and production teams
• Partner to Business Leadership team members with ability to solve strategic, account level opportunities
• Strong team leader with a motivating work ethic and analytical mindset
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
• A strong ability to mobilize teams to meet common goals
• Creative or technical agency experience desired
• Ablity to work directly with clients and inform on business process and health
• Ability to communicate effectively in high-pressure situations
• 2+ years of experience managing large, multi-disciplinary teams of 20+ people
• Telecom experience a plus
• Candidate must be open to travel as needed
• Bachelor’s degree in related field required
The Company
McCann New York is the headquarters of McCann Worldwide, one of the world's largest advertising agency networks with operations in over 120 countries. The agency opened in 1912 with Truth Well Told as its founding -- and enduring -- creative philosophy. As we have enhanced this strategy-based creative approach to keep it relevant in today’s multichannel brand communications world, we have strengthened our ability to unearth consumer insights, highlight behavioral brand truths, and create innovative multiplatform experiences that help our clients’ brands play a meaningful role in consumers’ lives.
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