Job Title: Senior Project Manager

About this role: MRM is seeking a Senior Project Manager. We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills, who strives to excel professionally in the field of Project Management.

Our ideal candidate will contribute to a positive and collaborative working environment to build and enhance working relationships with clients, external partners and within the agency. This role requires the candidate to have a strong ability to work independently while identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems. This role also requires strong decision-making skills and the ability to communicate confidently and efficiently with managers and team members across all areas of the agency.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the successful development and implementation of multiple, complex solutions
Effectively planning, problem solving and delivering quality with little supervision
Manage multiple large-scale projects (launches, programs) simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment
Facilitate project kickoff meetings
Create and manage project scope documents and schedules/project plans
Lead projects with cross-functional teams including creative, technology, QA, User Experience/Information Architecture, production, performance/analytics
Interact and collaborate knowledgably with clients and partners
Identify project resource requirements and facilitate staffing
Coordinate asset deliveries with partners and perform asset quality reviews
Manage workflow tickets and online collaboration
Function as a client liaison
May mentor APMs and PMs

Qualifications:

Excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills, including those with clients
Able to consistently demonstrate key leadership skills in leading the immediate and broader team and an immediate report to meet project and agency goals
Able to work expertly under pressure and very comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments
Able to shift readily between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details, knowing when to concentrate on each
Able to work effectively with clients, partners and vendors to deliver an overall solution
Understands and provides input for the project requirements and ensures alignment of the solutions
Able to expertly lead and motivate multi-disciplinary project teams
Able to expertly lead meetings with clients and agency team, and create/deliver persuasive presentations
Able to manage multiple, concurrent projects
Able to sell and negotiate solutions
Strong ability to apply concepts in strategy, marketing and brand management

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree preferred
5-8 years’ experience in project management or service management within a professional services company
Pharmaceutical experience a must; launch experience a plus
Strong skill level with MS Office experience, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook preferred
Strong skill level with MS Project or other project plan software (Smartsheet) preferred
Strong skill level with production tools and proprietary software (Egnyte, JIRA, Content Management Systems, online routing, etc.) preferred
Strong knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting) preferred
Strong experience with digital campaigns, including web site builds, digital experiences, email and OLA projects preferred
Experience with Print, Photo, and/or Video Production a plus (may be required for specific roles.)
Strong experience with project methodologies, including agile, hybrid, or waterfall
Excellent project management skills and experience including:

Schedule development, management, monitoring and oversight
Resource management and forecasting
Task and delivery management
Risk identification and management
Issue identification and management
Estimate development, tracking and forecasting project fees and costs without supervision
Contribute to Project Scope of Work documents and audit to identify risks
Reconciling project fees and costs for client review
Delegation to support teams

About MRM

MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency that delivers transformative creative solutions at the intersection of business, culture, and technology. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way, to allow for greater collaboration and velocity—all to the service of helping businesses grow meaningful relationships with people. MRM is part of McCann Worldgroup and the Interpublic Group of companies (NYSE: IPG), and spans 35 offices across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.mrm.com.

We love our diverse workplace! MRM is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.

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