Creative Agency Sr. Project Manager

the LEGO Group • Boston, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a creative thinker with a knack for managing complex projects across diverse channels? Our team at the LEGO Agency (OLA) is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead and execute integrated communication projects with excellence. In this pivotal role, you'll blend your expertise in social, digital, and video content with strong organizational skills to keep projects on track and within budget. You'll manage workflows, oversee teams, and ensure seamless communication with stakeholders, all while fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. If you're adaptable, detail-oriented, and passionate about delivering exceptional results, we want you to be the backbone of our exciting projects. Are you ready to make an impact? Let's build something amazing together! Core responsibilities This role requires a strategic mix of creative thinking, and strong expertise in social, digital, and video content, strong time management, and organizational skills. Most importantly, it demands the ability to keep projects on track, within budget, and at the highest level of creative excellence. Manage workflows across multiple campaigns and channels, including digital, print, video, experiential, and more, optimizing efficiency and collaboration. Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of highly complex integrated communication projects, ensuring alignment with scope, quality, timeline, and budget. Oversee internal teams and external partners, fostering accountability and a cohesive working environment. Maintain clear, proactive communication with project teams, stakeholders, and clients, providing regular updates and managing expectations. Facilitate an effective creative process by setting clear objectives, supporting creative teams, and ensuring schedules and budgets are met. Navigate fast-changing environments, managing multiple stakeholders and adapting to evolving project scopes. Identify, triage, and resolve project challenges, proactively addressing risks and dependencies. Assess project feasibility, allocate resources, and develop strategic plans to achieve optimal outcomes. Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships at all levels, ensuring satisfaction with project deliverables and identifying opportunities for improvement. Act as change manager and mentor to PM and Project team members. Play your part in our team succeeding Our LEGO Agency (OLA) is a full-service agency servicing the internal customers in the LEGO Group with all sorts of communication solutions. Our work spans broadly from communication strategies and concepts to development of Design and visual identity, product and campaign related assets of all kinds. The Project Manager is the internal backbone of the OLA project team in charge of planning and estimating and driving the projects from end-to end. Do you have what it takes? Extensive experience as a senior project manager in an external agency setting. Managing integrated agency teams, a plus. Strong creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and innovatively. Adaptable and change-ready, thriving in dynamic and fast-paced environments. Proficient in risk management, with the ability to identify and mitigate project risks effectively. Highly driven, energetic, and goal-oriented, with a passion for delivering exceptional results. Ability to perform under pressure, maintaining focus and composure in high-stakes situations. Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and quality across all aspects of project execution. Proactive and resourceful, demonstrating initiative, ownership, and an entrepreneurial mindset. Commitment to creative excellence, setting and maintaining exceptionally high standards. Comfortable navigating ambiguity, embracing complexity and thinking beyond black-and-white solutions. Ability to be agile both in ways of working and driving a project. Highly agile in both approach and execution, adapting to evolving project needs while maintaining momentum and efficiency. #LI-LA1 • Work independently, recognized subject matter expert, able to coach others, tasks are independently identified and defined • Communicate directly with senior management, independently handling conflicts in negotiation • May manage large projects or processes independently

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a senior project manager in an external agency setting.
• Strong creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and innovatively.
• Adaptable and change-ready, thriving in dynamic and fast-paced environments.
• Proficient in risk management, with the ability to identify and mitigate project risks effectively.
• Highly driven, energetic, and goal-oriented, with a passion for delivering exceptional results.
• Ability to perform under pressure, maintaining focus and composure in high-stakes situations.
• Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and quality across all aspects of project execution.
• Proactive and resourceful, demonstrating initiative, ownership, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Commitment to creative excellence, setting and maintaining exceptionally high standards.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, embracing complexity and thinking beyond black-and-white solutions.
• Ability to be agile both in ways of working and driving a project.
• Highly agile in both approach and execution, adapting to evolving project needs while maintaining momentum and efficiency.
• Work independently, recognized subject matter expert, able to coach others, tasks are independently identified and defined
• Communicate directly with senior management, independently handling conflicts in negotiation
• May manage large projects or processes independently

Nice To Haves

• Managing integrated agency teams, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage workflows across multiple campaigns and channels, including digital, print, video, experiential, and more, optimizing efficiency and collaboration.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of highly complex integrated communication projects, ensuring alignment with scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Oversee internal teams and external partners, fostering accountability and a cohesive working environment.
• Maintain clear, proactive communication with project teams, stakeholders, and clients, providing regular updates and managing expectations.
• Facilitate an effective creative process by setting clear objectives, supporting creative teams, and ensuring schedules and budgets are met.
• Navigate fast-changing environments, managing multiple stakeholders and adapting to evolving project scopes.
• Identify, triage, and resolve project challenges, proactively addressing risks and dependencies.
• Assess project feasibility, allocate resources, and develop strategic plans to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships at all levels, ensuring satisfaction with project deliverables and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Act as change manager and mentor to PM and Project team members.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed