Responsibilities

• Responsible for a portfolio of projects (or programs) acting as a delivery lead
• Effectively planning, problem solving and delivering to drive excellence
• Drive the delivery team and partner with leaders in all departments to achieve business objectives
• Expertly perform all aspects of project delivery from project scoping and definition to successful execution, and lessons learned
• Interact and collaborate knowledgably with clients, partners, vendors and across the MRM network
• Enhance/create processes and procedures, based on business objectives and opportunities to improve, streamline and/or automate
• Steward and enforce project standards and business management systems
• Lead/mentor APMs, PMs, SPMs and Program Managers; Likely will have direct reports
• Foster client relationships and build inroads for new opportunities

Requirements

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills, including those with clients and senior agency team
• Able to consistently demonstrate key leadership skills in leading the immediate and broader team and multiple direct reports to meet project and agency goals
• Able to work expertly under pressure and very comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments
• Able to shift readily between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details, knowing when to concentrate on each
• Able to work expertly with clients, partners and vendors to deliver an overall solution
• Understands, provides input to and gauges the quality of the project requirements and ensures alignment of the solutions
• Able to expertly lead and motivate multi-disciplinary project teams
• Able to expertly lead meetings with clients and agency team, and create/deliver persuasive presentations
• Able to expertly manage multiple projects as one cohesive program
• Able to sell and negotiate solutions