Agency: Initiative
Job Function: Project Management
Location: New York, United States
Job Ref#: 15078
Descripción y requisitos
Position Summary
The Director of Project Management will motivate and manage a direct team of project managers and will be responsible for the successful conclusion of projects by providing leadership, strategically managing risk, monitoring finance and making sure that each phase of the project starts and ends on schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Steer strategic approach across projects, project management as a discipline and our project management tool
- Manage communication of senior leadership
- Motivate and manage a direct team of project managers
- Manage indirect team of cross functional resources
- Manage a portfolio of projects, both internal and external
- Develop and maintain program and project plans
- Develop and maintain project charters, SOWs and requirements
- End to end analysis and assessment of project scope to align resources
- Develop and maintain project milestones, preceding tasks and dependencies
- Mitigate risk associated with project delivery
- Escalate tasks or projects that are at risk
Desired Skills & Experience
- 10-12 Years experience in project management
- Deep knowledge of Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall and JAD methodologies
- Experience implementing enterprise wide project management tools
- Experience in scaling workflow technology
- Experience in marketing, media or technology
- Six Sigma Green through Black belt preferred
Wage and Benefits
We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.
We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.
The salary range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee’s/applicant’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.
Minimum Salary
140,000
Maximum Salary
160,000
Employment Transparency
It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with Mediabrands, please email accommodation@mbww.com.
Sobre nosotros
Initiative is different to other media agencies.
We are not trapped by a legacy structure primarily centered on paid advertising. Instead, we are liberated by a new world structure designed to deliver highly differentiated and highly effective communications strategies for our clients.
We are the world’s fastest growing media agency built upon the strongest strategic capability of any agency in the market. Core to this strategic proposition is the belief that the faster a brand can move through culture the more relevant it can become.
We call this Cultural Velocity ™.
Our process is designed to create ideas that move through culture through unique insight, market leading analytics and strategic media brilliance.
Our new world model is comprised of “craft centers” – Client Advice and Management, Strategy, Communications Design, Partnership and Culture, Insights & Analytics.