Senior Project Manager

Publicis Groupe; Bogotá; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Employee funds

Life insurance

Birthday day off

Work Your World opportunities

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Colombia busca un Senior Project Manager para liderar proyectos complejos dentro de una red global. Sere1 el punto de contacto entre clientes, socios de agencia y equipos internos, supervisando el ciclo de vida completo y asegurando entrega a tiempo y con alta calidad.

El candidato ideal contare1 con me1s de 5 af1os de experiencia, fuerte capacidad financiera y habilidades para gestionar stakeholders. Se ofrece modelo de trabajo hedbrido y oportunidades de desarrollo global.

Qualifications

• Experiencia como Project Manager, Productor o Account Manager en agencia, estudio de producción o entorno corporativo.
• Excelentes habilidades de comunicación escrita, verbal y de presentacif3n.
• Organizacif3n, atencif3n al detalle y capacidad de multitarea en ambientes demandantes.
• Conocimiento de flujos interdepartamentales y recursos.
• Soluciones de problemas y buena capacidad de juicio en entornos de produccif3n.
• Pensamiento credtico y estrate9gico.
• Capacidad de escuchar y gestionar relaciones con que9ridas partes interesadas.

Responsibilities

• Supervisar varios proyectos o uno grande y complejo (mf3dulo de $1MM+)
• Liderar flujos de produccif3n en impreso, digital y correo directo
• Coordinar con equipos globales de estudio y socios de produccif3n
• Revisar entregables para cumplir normas de calidad y expectativas del cliente
• Liderar equipos en planificacif3n estrate9gica y toma de decisiones
• Navegar incertidumbres y tomar decisiones te1cticas
• Trabajar con el liderazgo de compromiso y cuentas, gestionar relaciones con clientes y socios de agencia
• Apoyar oportunidades de crecimiento con clientes existentes y equipos de ventas
• Desarrollar planes de proyecto, cronogramas, recursos y estimaciones financieras
• Documentar requisitos, alcance y entregables y activar procesos de inicio de proyectos
• Gestionar riesgos, seguimientos de presupuesto y comunicacif3n de actualizaciones
• Tomar notas de reuniones y registrar feedback
• Generar reportes financieros y burn reports; gestionar gastos y presupuestos
• Integrar herramientas impulsadas por IA en procesos creativos y de produccif3n

Skills

Project management

Producer

Account management

Tools

Microsoft 365

Smartsheet

Job description

Descripción de la empresa

HELLO, WE ARE PUBLICIS PRODUCTION, THE FIRST INTELLIGENT CONTENT COMPANY.
Within Publicis Groupe's Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6000 experts across 52 locations of the world's biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content.
We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways.

Descripción del puesto

InBogotá - Colombia, we are looking for a Senior Project Manager with more than 5 years of experience managing complex, long-duration projects within agencies, corporate environments, or global networks. Their mission will focus on serving as the key connection point between clients, agency partners, and internal teams, leading and coordinating multiple workstreams while overseeing the full project lifecycle, from initiation through implementation to final delivery. This role will be responsible for ensuring client satisfaction, driving the successful execution of operational solutions, managing senior stakeholder communities across the Publicis Groupe ecosystem, and maintaining efficient systems, workflows, and project governance. The Senior Project Manager is expected to build strong relationships with creative, strategy, production, business affairs, and finance teams, acting as a trusted and respected partner across the organization. They will be responsible for project estimation, budget and scope management, burn tracking, invoicing coordination, risk identification, issue resolution, and status reporting, ensuring teams meet their commitments and projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with the highest quality standards. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong financial acumen, the ability to navigate complex organizational structures, proactively raise concerns, propose improvements, and investigate solutions that drive operational excellence and business impact.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee multiple projects or one large, complex project ($1MM+)
• Lead production workflows across print, digital, and direct mail projects, ensuring quality, accuracy, and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate with global studio teams and production partners throughout all stages of project execution.
• Review and monitor deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards and client expectations.
• Lead project teams in strategic planning and decision-making
• Ability to navigate uncertainty and make tactical decisions
• Partners closely with engagement/account lead, builds client relationships, and confidently engages with agency partners and end clients, navigating project discussions, stakeholder expectations, and escalations as needed.
• Supports growth opportunities, both externally with existing clients and internally with new business teams
• Develops staff plans for new opportunities and develops project Scope of Work
• Acts a leader to mid-level/junior project team members and instills confidence in project partners
• Develop project plans, including timelines, resources, estimates, utilization tracking, and project financial considerations.
• Reviews project intake and collaborates with disciplines to define project scope and deliverables
• Setup projects using department tools (i.e., Teams, LionBox)
• Leads project kick off and onboarding
• Own hot sheets and inform stakeholders with regular updates on project status
• Track project progress, manage risks, communicate escalations to discipline leads, and provide stakeholders with clear updates and mitigation plans.
• Takes meeting notes and tracks all feedback and review rounds

• Pulls burn reports from finance, communicates overages to leadership team, and manages project financials including estimates, spend monitoring, forecasting, and budget tracking.

• Works with resourcing leads to make sure projects are staffed appropriately
• Evaluate project outcomes and conduct lessons learned sessions
• Archive all deliverables, proposals and documents
• Client-facing, in tandem with client engagement lead, building trusted relationships with agency partners and end clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Reviews project intake and collaborates with disciplines to define project scope, deliverables, production requirements, and workflow approach.
• Integrate AI-driven tools into creative and production processes to boost efficiency, elevate content quality, and stay ahead of emerging trends in technology and storytelling

Cualificaciones

• Experience as a Project Manager, Producer, or Account Manager within a production company, production studio, or advertising agency with strong exposure to production workflows.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with internal teams, agency partners, and clients.
• Must be extremely organized, detail-oriented and capable of self-managing and multitasking in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Knowledge of inter-departmental workflows and resources
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions in fast-paced production environments.
• Able to apply critical and strategic thinking
• Stress-tolerant, quick-thinking and accurate
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally, effectively managing multiple stakeholders.
• Strong experience in print production, including artwork development, production timelines, color management, and reproduction processes. Digital production experience required; video post-production experience is considered a plus.
• Proven client-facing experience with the ability to engage directly with agency partners and end clients and confidently participate in project discussions.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools, Smartsheet, and other project management platforms. Ability to learn new systems quickly and understand workflow processes is essential.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing project estimates, budgets, utilization, burn reports, and production spend.
• Knowledge of print and production studio workflows and best practices.
• Strong listening skills with the ability to process information effectively and translate it into actionable project plans.

Información adicional

What we offer:

• We have an AI-based interaction and connection platform called Marcel, which includes e-learning tools such as Udemy and LinkedIn Learning, offering more than 30,000 courses on various topics where you can train according to your interests. Additionally, it connects you with more than 100,000 creative minds within Publicis Groupe.
• We offer benefits such as hybrid work, employee funds, life insurance, a day off on your birthday, and the opportunity to apply for various global vacancies within the company. There is also the possibility to work up to 6 weeks per year from another country where Publicis Groupe has a presence under the global initiative Work Your World.
• We promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where every person is valued for their talent and potential, in a respectful environment free from discrimination. All of our job opportunities are open to people with disabilities. #VivaLaDifference.

Publicis Groupe #ThePowerOfOne connects creativity and technology, celebrating #VivaLaDifference. We recognize and value individual differences as strengths that enrich our teams and community. Diversity and inclusion are key to our success!