Associate Director, Program Management

Publicis Groupe•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Associate Director, Program Management position is responsible for steering increasingly larger and more complex programs for a client, or portfolio of projects across multiple clients. They help direct the PM team to ensure that assignments are completed according to schedule and budget. They actively identify organic growth opportunities, heavily involved in estimation and contract reviews to ensure accuracy of effort and commitment. Consult with the leadership team on decisions and work together to persuasively align the project team to a greater goal.

Requirements

Minimum 8+ years experience managing medium-large size, complex digital media programs; approx. $10M in revenue
Content Production experience and Brand Strategy Knowledge
Experience with creative production and production teams preferred
Experience with strategy, creative, data, media etc. disciplines required
Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment for end-to-end engagements
Program management experience in scaled digital media implementation leading high performing teams within Creative, UX and Digital implementation teams
Effective systems thinking skills and ability to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work
Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data
Comfortable with relationships and presenting to senior creative leaders, marketing leaders, and digital leaders
Strong project management experience. Process oriented with understanding of SAFe Agile ways of working. Experience with one or more of methodologies like scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, etc.), waterfall, and hybrid.
Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills
Effective conflict resolution skills

Nice To Haves

Quick Restaurant Service experience preferred

Responsibilities

Effectively estimate engagements and perform a top-down and bottom-up analysis for various types of projects (campaign to .com/app to strategy engagements)
Support Staffing negotiations between programs/portfolios
Work on full 360 campaigns - i.e.- TV production, video production, social display, etc.
Shape approaches and create meaningful views of scope across different services and capabilities.
Support scope escalation and risk mitigation strategies.
Drive and manage the approval and review process for MSA/SOW (high complexity)
Collaborate with internal Stakeholders and external Clients to creatively resolve challenges with the contract
Assist end-to-end scope change management process
Assess the effectiveness of team dynamics/communications and diagnose/implement corrective actions where challenges may occur
Responsible for delivering a work stream or collection of projects within sold margins with the ability to identify and propose solutions for changes in margin
Deal with challenging situations/interactions and drive the collaboration process in large group sessions to get key Clients to make difficult decisions

Benefits

Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
‘Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
medical coverage
dental
vision
disability
401k
paid time off