Project Manager

Job summary

The Project Manager will lead cross-functional teams to manage multiple medium-complexity projects, including launches and programs, within a deadline-driven environment. They are responsible for developing project scope, schedules, and resource plans while maintaining strong relationships with clients and agency partners.

Job details

Agency: McCann Job Function: Projects and Performance Improvement Job Subfunction: Project and Program Management Job Description: MRM is part of the Omnicom Precision Marketing activation practice. This practice integrates CRM platform expertise, journey management, and first-party data capabilities with creative excellence and performance capabilities, enabling Omnicom to deliver intelligent activation across the full funnel with data-driven decisioning at scale to help clients move faster and deliver more connected customer experiences. MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency dedicated to building enduring brand relationships. MRM's specialized capabilities drive relationship lifetime value and span CRM, Customer Experience, and Commerce with data and martech at the core. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way to enable greater collaboration, creativity, and true speed to market. For more information, please visit www.mrm.com. MRM//McCann is seeking a Project Manager. This role requires the ability to work independently, manage client and partner relationships, as well as taking direction from other team members to support email production and additional channels. Responsibilities: Manage projects with cross-functional teams including: Creative, Technology, QA, User Experience/Information Architecture, Production, and Performance & Analytics Responsible for project managing multiple medium size, medium-complexity, launches/programs simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment. Manage effective meetings with clients, senior personnel and team members, providing accurate information, concise deliverables and clear expectations. Develop/manage project scope documents, related schedules/project plans, project resource requirements and staffing assignments. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional team members, agency partners and vendors. Coach and mentor other team members; specifically Associate Project Managers. Leverage strong verbal and written communication skills to further develop the relationship between the client, agency, and team. Assignment Specific Responsibilities: Qualifications: Solid ability to shift approach between the big picture and critical details; then possess strong judgement to know when to focus on each. Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated with clients, agency teams and individuals. Problem/solution thinker with a strong ability to collaborate, persuade and negotiate toward solutions. Displays resiliency while working under pressure, in a dynamic environment, with shifting deadlines and deliverables. Strong communication skills – written, verbal, text, etc. Developed project management skills and experience including: Schedule development, management, monitoring and oversight o Resource management and forecasting. Task and delivery management o Risk identification and management. Issue identification and management. Education & Experience Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, relevant experience desired. 2-5 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. Solid knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting). Intermediate skills in MS Office including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Intermediate skills in MS Project or other project plan software (i.e. Smartsheet). Awareness of production tools and proprietary software (Egnyte, JIRA, Outlook). Familiarity with content management systems (i.e. CMS). Physical, Travel & Other Requirements: Occasional travel as needed within 25 miles. Minimal to no national/international travel required. Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice/

What you’ll do

The Project Manager will lead cross-functional teams to manage multiple medium-complexity projects, including launches and programs, within a deadline-driven environment. They are responsible for developing project scope, schedules, and resource plans while maintaining strong relationships with clients and agency partners.

Requirements

Candidates must have 2-5 years of project management experience in operations, digital technology, or consulting, along with a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Proficiency in project management software and a solid understanding of web technologies and production tools are required.

Listed skills

• Project management · Preferred
• Client Relationship Management · Preferred
• MS-Office · Preferred
• Jira · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Negotiation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project management
• Schedule development
• Resource management
• Risk identification
• Issue management
• Cross-functional team leadership
• Client relationship management
• Digital technology
• Web development
• MS Office
• MS Project
• Smartsheet
• JIRA
• Content management systems
• Communication skills
• Negotiation
• MarTech Solutions
• Ability To Meet Deadlines
• Resilience
• Microsoft Excel
• Analytics
• Application Lifecycle Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Management Consulting
• Management
• Customer Service
• Content Management Systems
• Communication
• Consulting
• Creativity
• Project Planning
• Development Management
• Web Development
• Digital Technology
• Email Production
• Forecasting
• Information Architecture
• Interpersonal Communications
• Project Management
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Project
• Operations
• Performance Improvement
• Relationship Marketing
• Persuasive Communication
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Precision Marketing
• Program Management
• Proprietary Software

Job areas

• Marketing
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting
• Technology
• Creative & Media
• Project Manager
• Project Manager (General)
• Management and Organization Analysts
• Project Management Specialists

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