Project Manager, Strategy

Job Description

Power Digital is seeking a Digital Marketing Project Manager to play an integral role in the success of their Strategy team. This role involves serving as the communications and coordinating hub between internal team members and clients. The Project Manager will report to the Head of Strategy and be supported by Power’s Project Management Office (PMO).

Role Involves:

• Managing multiple concurrent projects and cross-functional team members via web-based project management software (Asana).
• Creating and executing project plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Owning organization of provided client assets within Power’s organization structure.
• Overseeing all aspects of projects and deliverables: scope, risk, schedule, budget, quality, and communication to internal stakeholders’ fullest satisfaction.
• Supporting internal and external status meetings effectively; capture, store and distribute meeting notes and action items.
• Communicating deliverable timelines to clients, and maintain close communication with the client on feedback timelines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Providing support with final QA of deliverables to ensure requirements are delivered upon for all deliverables.
• Collecting new work requests + work with Strategy lead to prioritize and identify resources needed.
• Providing regular updates and progress reports to internal teams and/or client stakeholders.
• Conducting risk management and escalate internally within the Strategy team to proactively mitigate issues.
• Identifying areas for improvement with internal and external processes along with possible solutions.

Requirements:

• At least five (5) years of experience leading projects within an analytics team, interactive advertising or digital marketing agency environment.
• 3 years of agency experience.
• Strong proficiency with web-based project management platforms (Asana highly preferred).
• CAPM, CSM, PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, or equivalent preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Professional approach and comfort with conflict management and mediation.
• Proficient in all aspects of project management process groups (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring / controlling, closing).
• Ability to direct teams effectively in task prioritization and execution as well as facilitation of multiple projects simultaneously within a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent diplomatic, interpersonal, negotiation and communications skills with tenacity to solve internal and client problems quickly.
• Process driven, highly organized and methodical with excellent time management skills, strong business ethics, and political awareness.
• An enthusiastic and committed attitude, flexible problem-solver, open to participate and promote change within the organization.
• Self-starter with ability to think independently and work autonomously.
• Subject matter familiarity in analytics, marketing science, or digital marketing is ideal but not required (e.g.: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Display, Feeds, Paid Social, Analytics, etc.).
• Proficiency in spoken and written English at an advanced level is required for this role.

Power Digital offers:

• A dynamic, fast-paced, and forward-thinking agency environment.
• The opportunity to work with a high-performing team.
• The chance to establish operational and project management best practices.
• Maintaining ongoing communication between the client and account team regarding the status of all projects and deliverables.