Engagement Manager

CDS Global•New York, NY

5h•$119,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engagement Manager is a role that will join a team focused on driving digital marketing transformation at the enterprise-level for an account. This individual will have a proven record of accomplishment in leading, delivering, and managing complex digital solutions for our clients. Candidate should have the ability to manage projects through scope/discovery, estimation, UX, Creative, and Technical development/deployment. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in adapting Iterative and Agile methodologies, especially the management of parallel workstreams and coordination with multiple technical and creative partners. They will also possess experience identifying opportunities to grow and improve clients' digital capabilities and will be tasked with building trusted, long-term relationships with key stakeholders across the client’s organization. Candidates with relevant experience in management consulting, digital transformation, and digital business strategy will be strongly considered. This full-time role requires 2 days per week in the office.

Requirements

8+ years of related work experience, major strategic consulting firm background preferred
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Experience leading complex, client-facing digital programs from discovery and scope through execution, launch, and ongoing optimization.
Experience managing cross-functional delivery across UX, creative, technology/development, QA, and deployment teams.
Hands-on experience working in Agile or iterative delivery environments, including sprint tracking, backlog management, prioritization, and dependency management.
Experience serving as a primary client or partner contact for program status, risks, decisions, tradeoffs, and escalations.
Experience managing multiple parallel workstreams while aligning delivery plans to client business goals and measurable outcomes.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree
Experience with Adobe AEM and Adobe Cloud Services is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end the direction and day-to-day execution of client digital program, including directing engagement team members on the account.
Manage project workstreams through the full development lifecycle while serving as the primary communication point with client’s other creative and technology partners.
Responsible for tracking sprint progress and managing program backlogs. Work in a dynamic environment with onshore and offshore development teams.
Maintain project plans, resource assignments, and other project related documents and publish to appropriate stakeholders, including regular updates to iCrossing’s resource planning system.
Ensure resources are allocated and staffed to facilitate delivery, including collaboration with Discipline Leads to ensure alignment to delivery plans and commercial targets.
Maintain an operational model that drives business outcomes and improve engagement leadership practices across the team through methodology and clear, repeatable processes. Monitor and enhance operational model over time to meet and exceed client expectations in the context of business goals/outcomes, client org structure, and program trajectory.
Provide leadership to develop custom approaches and solutions to client’s program challenges. Drive development of appropriate staffing plans to deliver against new initiatives and client annual renewals.
Build strong and lasting relationships with multiple client contacts. Develop relationships with key client partners to help evangelize iCrossing's expertise as a strategic and pragmatic delivery partner, with guidance and partnership from executive sponsors.
Develop a detailed knowledge of iCrossing services, capabilities, and differentiators.
Cultivate client relationships through content, communication, reliability and relatability
Collaborate, develop and strategize account plans to meet growth targets.
Maintain the client partnership, including greater incorporation of insights into plans and vision for the client, and deliver goals.
Track progress toward goals and commitments for the program, and report on them to decision-makers both purely to inform them and to drive progress toward greater advancement
Own service quality and partner with competency leaders on problem mitigation and risk management communications