Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

The role

We're looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team and make some excellent work. You'll help us deliver a Global Brand Advocacy initiative for one of the best-known technology brands in the world.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead projects from scoping to execution. You will ensure the work is of the highest standard, fulfilling the brief, delivered on time and within budget. To do this, you will work collaboratively with a Project Director, Business Leadership, Strategy, Creative and other Dentsu departments, external agencies, and clients.

In addition to this you will own the project finances, resource planning and capacity management - helping to ensure that your projects are resourced effectively, and capacity is managed for the varied roles within the agency team.

Employee engagement, training and Brand Advocacy is our heartland, enabling staff retention, product knowledge and growth of our clients' key services. In any one day we deliver training experiences, partner staff events and drive innovation that matches the ambition of our client's business on a global scale. Along with being a reliable team player, a love of technology and creativity is a must for this role. At any one time we're working on multiple fast paced projects as part of wider programme, so being able to deliver at scale is key.

You will be a creative thinker who also gets a kick out of being organised - making things run smoothly and efficiently comes as second nature to you. A natural love of process and documentation, a keen eye for detail and a great communicator.

Life as a Senior Project Manager at Dentsu Creative

• From brief to delivery, Senior Project Managers are the glue that keeps the agency moving. You'll be the go-to point for Strategy, Creative, Design, Business Leadership and Finance
• Liaising with clients and other Dentsu teams to lead on project scope and deliverables
• You'll always have your eye on project finances, flagging commercial risk and resource issues before they happen, to ensure that profitability and rigorous management of the client's budgets is maintained
• Own project-based documentation such as SOWs, cost estimates, timing plans and production schedules ensuring they follow agency process
• You'll be instrumental in driving efficiency on your projects, implementing process change nimbly to ensure the quality of work is always exceptional and delivered on time and to budget
• Work closely with the other PMs and resource management within the project management team, to ensure the smooth running of the team's schedule
• Provide support and guidance to the wider team, with the ability to get stuck into adhoc tasks needed across multiple projects to fulfill client needs

Skills required

• 5 - 10 years' experience in a similar role, you'll have a proven track record of delivering similar types of work in an agency or client environment
• Team management - a real team player who loves working collaboratively and has an instinct for liaising across departments; someone who knows what great looks like!
• Time management - High levels of organisation and brilliant at working in parallel, driving multiple projects with a view to how their success impacts the wider global programme
• Experience of line managing other project managers would be advantageous but not essential
• Incredible attention to detail on project finances, you'll be able to speak confidently and accuratey on the commercial picture at all time
• A diplomatic problem solver with a creative and strategic approach to managing issues and risks
• Great client management skills, establishing trust and confidence as one of the client's key agency partners
• Confident and able to represent the client at key internal agency meetings with senior leadership
• Experience of using project management tools such as Adobe Workfront and Monday,com would be beneficial
• Experience of full Adobe creative suite and Figma is desirable but not required

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Location:
London

Brand:
Dentsu Creative

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent