Company Description

　　With a history that dates back over 80 years, Starcom is a global communications planning and media leader. We are an agency still grounded in our founding principle that people are at center of all we do. Each day, we apply this belief to harness the transformative power of data and technology to inspire and move people and business forward. With more than 7,000 employees in over 100 offices around the world, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and brands, including Bank of America, Best Buy, Kellogg Company, McDonald's, Novartis, Samsung, Visa and more.

　　Job Description

　　Starcom is a world-renowned media agency that delivers meaningful brand experiences. Starcom helps get the right consumers’ attention and creates brand-building results for many of the world's leading companies. Our people are transformational, dynamic, relentless, and fearless experts. We seek out and develop these attributes in our talent and put these qualities to work for our clients.

　　PMO: The Starcom PMO (Project Management Office) partners closely with stakeholders within and outside of Starcom to drive the development of key initiatives. The team develops and owns governance around project management to ensure a standard, effective process to deliver our products and services.

　　The Project Management Associate Director is a leader who applies project management best practices to key product and service delivery initiatives. The Associate Director possesses knowledge of various project management methodologies, including waterfall and agile, to drive projects related to the measurement of client initiatives and product development. In addition, the Associate Director partners closely with internal and client capability leads to ensure the team works cohesively to deliver on agreed scope.

　　Key Responsibilities:

　　• Drive complex cross-capability projects and integrated program management.

　　• Provide project management subject matter expertise and support for large and/or complex programs.

　　• Produce project scopes, project work plans, resource plans and risk and change management plans.

　　• Ensure that an effective risk escalation process is established and that barriers to effective project execution are identified and addressed.

　　• Provide accountability for the evaluation and approval process for change requests.

　　• Lead internal and client discussions to ensure alignment to project plans and identify any escalations/resolutions needed.

　　• Engage with various stakeholders and work collaboratively across functions, regions and organizational teams to develop effective strategies and secure necessary resources to deliver project results.

　　• Lead/participate in scrum ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, backlog refinement).

　　• Provide regular status updates to Starcom Leadership and clients as appropriate.

　　• Provide financial oversight of project to ensure team is working within budget and resource constraints.

　　• Contribute to proper training and onboarding processes for new team members.

　　• Apply project learnings to improve the project management process.

　　• Participate in management, leadership and effective communication trainings.

　　Qualifications

　　• 5-8 years of progressive Project Management experience

　　• Strong written and oral presentation skills; client-facing experience required • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

　　• Excellent organizational skills

　　• Relationship management to foster a collaborative environment

　　• Technical project management to drive the development of analytics and products

　　• Project performance tracking to assess the successful completion of short- and long-term goals

　　• Experience managing projects with global scope/participation; ability to accommodate various time zones

　　• Working knowledge of enterprise tools (Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, MS Visio, Zoom)

　　• Working knowledge of dashboarding using Smartsheet, PowerBI and Tableau

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　• 3-5 years of agile project management

　　• 3-5 years within a Marketing organization

　　• Mastery of waterfall and agile methodologies in various types of projects (e.g., product development, data integration, process improvement)

　　• Understanding of change and release management

　　• Experience working with offshore Engineers

　　• PMP and/or CSM Certification

　　• Working knowledge of enterprise tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, MS Teams, MS Visio, MS SharePoint)

　　• Proficiency using Smartsheet

　　Additional Information

　　All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

　　Starcom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

　　The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

　　Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more

　　Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility

　　Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption

　　Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

　　Tuition Assistance

　　Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more

　　Matching Gifts programs

　　Flexible working arrangements

　　'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)

　　Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

　　The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.