Project Manager

DC Thomson; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

DC Thomson in Aberdeen is seeking a Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of client projects and campaigns, owning scope, planning, resourcing, budgets, quality and risk while partnering with the Account Manager.

You will apply Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methodologies, coordinate creative and delivery teams, safeguard deadlines, manage changes to protect margins, and drive continuous process improvement while communicating clearly with stakeholders and supporting junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Established expertise in project management, ideally within an agency.
• Strong command of project management methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, hybrid).
• Proven financial and commercial management of projects.
• Strong resource and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of client projects end-to-end: define scope, build plans and schedules, and manage execution to completion.
• Select and apply the appropriate delivery methodology (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) for each project.
• Plan and secure resource across creative and delivery teams, balancing priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Manage trafficking and workflow to optimise utilisation and protect deadlines.
• Manage scope and change control to protect margin, and provide timely financial updates to Finance and Client Services.
• Own quality assurance, risk and issue management and change management across projects.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery processes.
• Act as the delivery partner to the Account Manager, ensuring client requirements are met.
• Communicate clearly with all stakeholders and support more junior project colleagues.
• Uphold and improve agency delivery standards and defend the agency’s commercial interests.
• The role is accountable for delivering work on time, on budget and to the required standard.

Skills

Project management

Agile/Scrum/Hybrid

Budget & finance

Stakeholder management

Communication

English fluent

Tools

Kantata

Job description

The Project Manager leads the end-to-end delivery of client projects and campaigns; scope, planning, resourcing, budget, quality and risk, acting as the delivery counterpart to the Account Manager. The role owns job financials and is accountable for delivering work on time, on budget and to the required standard.

Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Delivery

• Lead delivery of client projects end-to-end: define scope, build plans and schedules, and manage execution to completion.
• Select and apply the appropriate delivery methodology (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) for each project.

Resource & Traffic Management

• Plan and secure resource across creative and delivery teams, balancing priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Manage trafficking and workflow to optimise utilisation and protect deadlines.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Manage scope and change control to protect margin, and provide timely financial updates to Finance and Client Services.

Quality, Process & Risk

• Own quality assurance, risk and issue management and change management across projects.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery processes.

Collaboration & Communication

• Act as the delivery partner to the Account Manager, ensuring client requirements are met.
• Communicate clearly with all stakeholders and support more junior project colleagues.

Company

• Uphold and improve agency delivery standards and defend the agency’s commercial interests.
• The role is accountable for delivering work on time, on budget and to the required standard.

Essential

• Established expertise in project management, ideally within an agency
• Strong command of project management methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, hybrid)
• Proven financial and commercial management of projects
• Strong resource and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Fluent in English

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, AgilePM or PMI-ACP certification
• Experience with Kantata or similar professional-services automation tools
• B2B and/or energy-sector experience

Closing date for applications:

7th September at 12:00noon