Senior Project Manager, Project Management

Company Description

Dentsu Creative US is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States who blend local knowledge with global expertise.

Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future. We do it daily for .

Our borderless approach allows us to assemble the best talent around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000+ people in dentsu international’s global creative network.

This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the breadth of career possibilities within Dentsu Creative.

Job Description

This is a remote opportunity

As a part of the project management team you will be responsible for maintaining cross capability relationships, team management and development of PM resources and operational best practices.

You will lead the execution of mid and high-level complexity projects, and participate in new business pitches. You will ensure all assigned tasks are delivered on time and budget, and according to internal processes and industry best practices.

You will report to the Director, Project Management.

Key Accountabilities :

• Prepare and own timelines, budgets and scopes for full breadth of products and complexity
• Uphold quality control standards, to ensure milestone approval from cross-agency departments and general circulation of approval from team members during routing cycle
• Manage staffing and resourcing for brands, including Annual SOW
• Work with the client, finance, account management and production departments to ensure the weekly tracking and management of budgets
• Manage tactical and new business work
• Lead cross-functional teams in the execution of integrated tactics, solving for issues within the project parameters
• Define, manage, and mitigate risks on projects
• Develop appropriate financial structure for new or existing mid to high-level complexity project or campaigns (for both project and retainer models)
• Determine financial forecasts and resource plans that map to based on the agreed upon scope of work
• Prepare an engagement model that tracks online and offline activities
• Prepare financial rollups
• Attend monthly financial meetings and participate in the reviews of annual / project staffing plans, with focus on assessment of current and projected resources
• Partner with resource management and department leads to determine the appropriate resource structure for different types of projects
• Help prepare new business deliverables
• Train and manage junior team of 3-6 on PM workflow, tools, templates and agency processes
• Manage $5-10MM in business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4-8 years PM experience in an integrated agency or relevant environment
• Expertise in managing integrated tactics
• Demonstrate capacity to understand dynamics of multi-discipline teams and resolve team-related issues that could affect deliverables
• Manage multiple concurrent tasks / projects
• Demonstrate core Project Management skills in organization, facilitation, negotiation, and communication to keep team members up to date on status of projects

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $68,000-$110,400. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

The company's incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and / o r other benefits also are available.

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About dentsu

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients.

Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

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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.

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