Company Description

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR0000130577] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe’s tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One.”

Overview

Our Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Manager in Project Management – a digital producer with a passion for using collaboration, the creative process, and emerging technologies to produce world-class interactive experiences for our clients. You’ll help create dynamic digital experiences and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. Our project work includes experience design and development, digital and social media campaigns, digital partnership activations and promotions, eCommerce and CMS implementations, CRM programs, and branded content. As a Manager, you will not only help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work, but will also supervise junior project managers and oversee large programs of work. To succeed, you will need to be a creative advocate, strive to be proactive, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit, and exercise excellent communication skills. Sound like you? Read on.

Responsibilities

Day to day, your role will include:

• Collaborate and lead complex cross-capability projects and integrated program management
• Lead client discussions on project plans to ensure the client understands project flow and due dates needed to meet end goals
• Produce top-down and bottom-up scopes, project schedules, resource plans, and risk & change management plans, utilizing appropriate tools
• Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
• Begin management, leadership, and effective communication trainings
• Contribute to proper training and onboarding processes for new team members
• Demonstrate strong written and oral presentation skills
• Sets goals for yourself and may manage multiple direct reports to set goals and conduct regular reviews
• Setting up projects and programs for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
• Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
• Effectively handling risk, escalating when needed, and assisting the team in resolution
• Contributing to the development of methodologies, standards, and best practices to streamline processes and create efficiencies for the Project Management capability and train team members when applicable
• Experiencing something new every day