Freelance Project Manager (Operations)

Omnicom Production; New York (NY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in advertising services is seeking a Freelance Project Manager (Operations) to oversee medium to large scale projects. The role involves managing project teams, enhancing workflows, and ensuring efficient delivery of results. Candidates should have 3-6 years of experience and strong communication skills, with a focus on project management methodologies.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience in project management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from project sponsors and propose project plans.
• Monitor project status and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Lead diverse project team to complete tasks.

Skills

Communication

Agile methods

Project management

Education

Project Management professional certification

Tools

Microsoft 365 Suite

Job description

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What We Do

We design, implement and optimize breakthrough content production models, delivering simplicity, efficiencies, and the connectivity and consistency of content that powers brand growth

What We Do

We design, implement and optimize breakthrough content production models, delivering simplicity, efficiencies, and the connectivity and consistency of content that powers brand growth

Our flexible models combine content experience, production solutions, and global delivery.

We bring ideas to life in all mediums, all channels and all stages of the production process. We multiply and lead with innovative technologies including real-time 3D, virtual production, automation and generative content.

Who We Are

Born from the leading creative and media agencies and engineered for a data-driven world, we provide scaled content solutions, industry-leading content development, production excellence and unmatched global delivery capabilities.

You won’t find a more diverse set of clients or projects. We work in every medium in every market. You’ll deepen your expertise while stretching in new directions—with support.

We believe building a community that fosters growth, belonging, and connection is as rewarding as the work itself.

Come for the work. Stay for the people.

Job Summary

The Project Manager for Delivery Operations is responsible to research, develop, and manage medium to large scale development and technical projects to assure Omnicom Production tools, services, and organizational structure meet business objectives, create efficiencies across our global network. This position is responsible for overseeing and providing direction to project teams, setting project goals, tracking project tasks in written form, ensuring the delivery of results, monitoring progress, and managing activities of the projects.

The mission of the Delivery Operations team is to create solid foundational structure to empower the entities of Omnicom Production to build upon and succeed.

This role requires a healthy understanding of interdepartmental and inter-agency project management from project planning, initiation to implementation and monitoring.

The goal of the Project Manager for Delivery Operations is to support the internal efforts to enhance workflows, implement tools and increase efficiencies across Omnicom Production.

Location: Remote, based in our office locations.

Salary: $3000 - 3500/week

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from project sponsors and propose project plans.
• Organize, facilitate, and participate in meetings of stakeholder groups to identify needs and build consensus and collaboration.
• Define project scope, milestones, level of involvement, staffing, training, and resources needed.
• Monitor and regularly communicate, verbally and in written form, project status to Delivery Operations team, Omnicom Production leadership, and other key stakeholders to ensure progress towards completion within agreed upon scope, resources, and timelines.
• Develop and monitor adherence to project plan, schedule and budget and communicates progress to stakeholders.
• Lead diverse project team to complete tasks, including technical and non-technical team members.
• Identify problems, barriers and mitigation strategies and training needs related to project; coordinates and conducts training.
• Escalate barriers, potential delays, and issue areas in a timely manner.
• Document processes, procedures, and business requirements including financial, budgetary, or operational progress in partnership with Delivery Operations.
• Thorough updates to written communication tool(s) to share project progress and needs.
• Create clear written communications for important hand off information.
• Build change management plan including communications and implementation of adherence strategies pre and post go-live.
• Facilitate project leadership with global team members
• Modify project plan as necessary in response to unforeseen changes or developments. As needed, represents Business Solutions in meetings and other venues connected to project status.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience that demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of this position.
• Ability to apply sound learning principles, agile methods, and the learning systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite
• Experience with software development
• Excellent communications skills both verbal and written
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• Project Management professional certification.
• Hands-on experience leading complex change in production, agency, operations, or business services setting.
• Managing full life-cycle software development
  
  

US Pay Range

$3,000—$3,500 USD

We are committed to fostering an environment ripe for creativity and variety of thought and it starts with you.

All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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