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McCANN New York · 4 hours ago

Freelance Senior Project Manager

New York, NY

Contract

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

McCann New York is seeking a Freelance Senior Project Manager to manage key projects for significant businesses. The role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure projects are effectively scoped, resourced, and managed, while driving growth and efficiency in client engagements.

AdvertisingAnalyticsB2B

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Business Leadership and discipline leads to manage the overall program(s) for the year, across multiple channels, managing multiple agency partners

Act as client facing partner to Business Leadership and discipline leads, driving growth and profit goals and advocating the importance of healthy and measurable ways of working

Responsible for all internal communications and day to day deliverable management for account(s)

Be a partner to the broader agency team, delivering growth and profit goals on project by project basis

In partnership with the Business Leads and Finance, ensure ongoing monitoring of agreed upon client scope of work, projecting burn rates by client, and regular reviews of scope tracking and progress

Identifying incremental scope opportunities, developing proposals in partnership with ADPM and tracking scope progress

Lead annual scope development process, in partnership with business leadership, finance, resourcing and department leadership

Work to define resource needs across account with the individual resource management teams in each department

Oversee account workflow and establish client specific processes to ensure efficiencies and highest quality of deliverables

Identify best practices and develop new systems, processes and tools for complex integrated client work

Ensuring consistent use of tools across all clients and functional teams, supporting the deployment and adoption of enabling tools approved by McCann New York and McCann Worldgroup

Leader, mentor to mid and junior level team members

Qualification

Scope managementIntegrated project experienceProject managementDigital deliverablesNegotiation skillsAnalytical mindsetTeam leadershipConflict managementEffective communicationAdaptability

Required

Project management, production, product management, or operations experience within an applicable environment; demonstrated experience directing a variety of integrated projects

Possess an expert knowledge of all mediums, including social activations and digital deliverables, capabilities and processes

Advanced experience with scope management and staff plan creation; Ability to spearhead and confidently lead strategic conversations with senior agency leadership pertaining to staffing and scoping recommendations

Partner to Account Leadership team members with ability to solve strategic, account level opportunities

Strong team leader with a motivating work ethic and analytical mindset

Ability to work directly with clients and inform on business process and health

Experience in negotiation and conflict management skills

Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

Ability to communicate effectively in high-pressure situations

3-5 years of experience managing large scale, integrated projects

A strong ability to mobilize teams to meet common goals