Program Director

gameseven; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Game Seven Agency in New York seeks a Program Director to provide operational leadership across a grouping of client accounts, translating objectives into scalable plans while guiding staffing, timelines, and budgets without owning daily workstreams.

You will align Creative, Production, Strategy, and Client Management teams, identify risks, and champion disciplined delivery to meet client expectations and agency standards.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in a creative agency, production, or integrated communications.
• Experience managing timelines and coordinating cross-disciplinary teams.
• Exposure to integrated campaign development across digital, social, broadcast, and experiential.
• Experience interfacing directly with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Google Suite; familiarity with project management platforms such as Asana or Monday.com.

Aufgaben

• Provide operational leadership across assigned accounts, ensuring plans and teams are aligned.
• Oversee scope, staffing, timelines, and financial frameworks for programs.
• Align Creative, Production, Strategy, and Client Management teams around priorities.
• Manage risk, dependencies, and gaps with proactive solutions.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to process improvements across accounts.

Kenntnisse

Google Suite

Client liaison

Campaign development exposure

Time management

AI productivity tools

Tools

Asana

Monday.com

Jobbeschreibung

Game Seven Agency, an Excel Sports Management Company, is a full service creative and experiential agency that lives for sport, music and culture. From the biggest moments to the smallest details, we pride ourselves on being in the know and building relationships that matter, for brands that matter.

Our team is comprised of creatives, strategists, producers, designers, project managers, influencer managers, filmmakers, volunteers, activists, ballplayers, hypebeasts, social media moguls, runners, mixologists, party promoters, hip-hop elitists, show-bingers, hot-take havers, vintage t-shirt collectors, fitness fanatics, pet parents, plant parents, human parents, and general good time havers.

Clients include Hennessey, Nike, Jordan, Spotify, Meta, Instagram, TikTok, Amazon, Timberland, Oakley, Footlocker, Chime, Fanatics, Bleacher Report, Uninterrupted, and more.

Game Seven Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

Overview: As a Program Director, you are an operational leader across a grouping of clients, responsible for ensuring programs are structured, scoped, and delivered with clarity, discipline, and consistency. You partner closely with Integrated Client Management teams to translate client objectives into scalable operational plans, supporting strong execution without owning the day-to-day management of individual workstreams.

You bring structure to complexity aligning teams, strengthening delivery approaches, and ensuring programs are set up for success from planning through execution. By overseeing scopes, staffing, timelines, and financial frameworks, you help ensure our work is delivered seamlessly and meets both client expectations and agency standards.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities

Operational Leadership & Program Oversight

• Provide operational leadership across assigned accounts, ensuring programs are set up with clear plans, aligned teams, and defined ways of working.
• Partner with Integrated Client Management to translate client goals into actionable operational frameworks.
• Oversee program structures and timelines across workstreams, ensuring alignment without owning day-to-day execution.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and gaps across programs, proactively guiding teams toward solutions.

Scope, Staffing, & Financial Management

• Lead the development of scopes of work, staffing plans, timelines, and financial frameworks for assigned accounts.
• Ensure programs are structured to balance creative ambition with operational feasibility and financial discipline.
• Monitor budget health and burn trends across programs, flagging risks and guiding course correction as needed.
• Support scope governance and change management in partnership with Client Management and Finance.

Cross-Functional Alignment

• Align Creative, Production, Strategy, and Client Management teams around clear plans, priorities, and delivery expectations.
• Ensure integrated ways of working across disciplines, minimizing friction and improving efficiency.
• Partner closely with Production to ensure executional plans are feasible and aligned to operational frameworks.

Client & Stakeholder Partnership

• Support client confidence through clear, structured operational planning and visibility into program health.
• Participate in key client conversations related to delivery, timelines, and operational approach as needed. Flag any risk early with proposed solutions.
• Ensure operational decisions align with broader client objectives and account strategy.

Team Leadership & Development

• Mentor Associate Directors, Managers, and Coordinators on operational planning, workflow discipline, and best practices.
• Reinforce strong process, accountability, and clarity across teams.
• Contribute to developing operational talent and strengthening delivery capability across accounts.

Process Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and delivery models across programs.
• Contribute to building more scalable, efficient ways of working across accounts.
• Support the evolution of operational standards in partnership with Senior Program Directors and VP, Operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a creative agency, production, or integrated communications environment.
• Experience managing timelines and coordinating cross-disciplinary teams.
• Exposure to integrated campaign development across digital, social, broadcast, and experiential.
• Experience interfacing directly with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Google Suite (Sheets and Slides); familiarity with project management platforms such as Asana, Monday.com, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with AI-powered productivity tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Notion AI, etc.) and an interest in leveraging emerging technologies to improve workflow efficiency and insight generation.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneou