Executive Director, Project Management

1 week ago


New York County New York, United States Digitas Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director, Project Management to join our team at Digitas. As a key member of our Project Management team, you will be responsible for leading multi-million dollar marketing programs and ensuring the profitable delivery of client work.

Key Responsibilities
  • Structure and lead multi-million dollar marketing programs comprised of multi-disciplinary resources and parallel lines of business
  • Lead a team in management of multiple, concurrent, large-scale projects
  • Ensure profitability through monitoring of multi-brand roadmap, resource management, expense control and risk mitigation
  • Partner with Group Account Director and Account Directors to manage overall client relationship, and actively promote new ideas to enhance client's business and grow revenue
  • Partner with Creative to effectively shepherd and manage the evolution of creative work, ensuring the highest quality at all points from concept through delivery
  • Build strong partnerships across teams and internal agencies with Integrated Media, Data and Analytics, Commerce, Public Relations, Brand Strategy, Social Media, Production, Finance, and Resource Management departments to ensure connections and collaborations happen where they should and always in support of client's business goals
  • Provide solutions-oriented leadership with an expert ability to creatively solve complex problems with a positive, professional demeanor and a high degree of emotional intelligence
  • Manage multiple direct reports, set career and capability goals with them and mentor them into Project Management leaders
  • Enforce team compliance to high organizational standards and professionalism
  • Represent and advocate for the Project Management discipline with organization, agency, client and third-party leadership
  • Participate in team and cross-capability recruiting, interviewing and staffing
  • Attend training seminars and continuing education as offered
  • Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
  • Manage multi-channel engagements (TVC/OLV, digital, social, content partnerships, earned PR, online/offline activations, in-store/e-commerce, etc.)
  • Work with key organizational and client leadership to develop and instill processes, workflows and tools that support the profitable delivery of client work.
  • Be the go-to business partner for operational process development and implementation, organizational structure and design, and risk identification and mitigation
  • Maintain and enforce high standards of communications and documentation, including status and financial reports, timelines, scopes, change orders, burn reports and forecasting, best practices and asset management
  • Proactively manage, provide guidance, and develop clear communication standards around program and business-related risks, including mitigation planning and crisis management.
  • Engage and lead cross-functional teams though the FY planning process while merging it with overall creative and production timelines
  • Actively manage a portfolio of campaigns with interdependencies, in partnership with capability leads and Project Management team
  • Work with capability leads to understand business needs and helping identify and solve issues to meet business goals
  • Demonstrate the ability to deliver constructive feedback while outlining and facilitating development plans where needed


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