Program Manager

Omnicom Precision Marketing; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Precision Marketing’s MRM unit seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead a client’s digital website program, driving enhancements, campaigns, and ongoing site operations. You will provide program leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring planning, prioritization, and execution align with client goals in a fast-paced environment.

The role demands strong organizational skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage timelines, budgets, and risks while building

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 4–7+ years of digital project management, program management, or account/program delivery.
• Experience in an agency environment, or equivalent client-side experience.
• Excellent knowledge of the web and related technologies including UX, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting.
• Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency with MS Project or alternatives (Workfront, Smartsheet).
• Strong production tools & software (SharePoint, JIRA, Outlook).
• CMS knowledge.
• PM certification is a plus (CSM, PMP, SAFe).
• Willingness to travel to/from client, partner or vendor facilities within the US.

Responsibilities

• Manage intake, planning, prioritization, and execution of website enhancements, maintenance requests, and digital campaign launches.
• Establish workflows, governance, and operational processes for a newer client engagement while driving continuous process improvements.
• Lead project kickoffs, define project plans, and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage creative routing and review cycles, coordinate authoring requests and provide direction to content authors and production teams.
• Review creative assets and content for quality, completeness, and accuracy before client delivery.
• Track project timelines, identify risks, and provide status reports to ensure on-schedule delivery and clear progress.
• Handle multiple priorities with high organization and attention to detail.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Risk management

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PM/PMI certification preferred

Tools

SharePoint

JIRA

Outlook

MS Project

Workfront

Smartsheet

CMS

MS Office

Job description

MRM is part of the Omnicom Precision Marketing activation practice. This practice integrates CRM platform expertise, journey management, and first-party data capabilities with creative excellence and performance capabilities, enabling Omnicom to deliver intelligent activation across the full funnel with data-driven decisioning at scale to help clients move faster and deliver more connected customer experiences.

Agency

Omnicom Precision Marketing

Job Function

Projects and Performance Improvement

Job Subfunction

Project and Program Management

Job Description

MRM is seeking an experienced and highly organized Program Manager to lead and oversee a client's digital website program, driving the successful delivery of website enhancements, digital campaigns, and ongoing site creative enhancements. This role is responsible for providing program leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring work is planned, prioritized, and executed efficiently while aligning with client objectives and business priorities. The Program Manager will establish scalable processes and governance for a growing account, creating the operational framework needed to support both strategic initiatives and ongoing website operations. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who excels at managing multiple workstreams, fostering collaboration, mitigating risks, and providing visibility into timelines, budgets, and overall program health. Success in this role requires exceptional organizational skills, strong communication, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the intake, planning, prioritization, and execution of website enhancements, maintenance requests, and digital campaign launches.
• Establish and refine workflows, governance, and operational processes for a newer client engagement while driving continuous process improvements.
• Manage the day-to-day activities such as leading project kickoffs, define project plans, and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage creative routing and review cycles, coordinate authoring requests and provide clear direction to content authors and production teams.
• Review creative assets and authored content for quality, completeness, and accuracy before client delivery.
• Track project timelines, identify risks, manage project status reports to ensure projects are delivered on schedule while proactively communicating progress or issues.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining a high level of organization and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Excellent ability to shift approach between the big picture and critical details; then possess strong judgement to know when to focus on each.
• Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrated with clients, agency teams and individuals.
• Problem/solution thinker with an ability to lead collaboration, persuasion and negotiation toward solutions.
• Demonstrates leader-level resiliency while working under pressure, in a dynamic environment, with shifting deadlines and deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, text, etc.
• Excellent project management skills and experience including:
• Schedule development, management, monitoring and oversight
• Resource management and forecasting
• Task and delivery management
• Risk identification and management
• Issue identification and management
• Delegation to support teams

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience desired.
• 4–7+ years of experience in digital project management, program management, or account/program delivery.
• Experience in an agency environment, or equivalent client-side experience.
• Excellent knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting).
• Advanced skills in MS Office including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Advanced skills in MS Project or other project plan software (i.e. Workfront, Smartsheet).
• Strong capability with production tools and proprietary software (SharePoint, JIRA, Outlook).
• Strong knowledge of content management systems (i.e. CMS).
• PM or other operational/organizational certification is a plus (CSM, PMP, SAFe).
• Infrequent, travel to/from client, partner or vendor facilities – local or within the US.

About MRM

MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency dedicated to building enduring brand relationships. MRM's specialized capabilities drive relationship lifetime value and span CRM, Customer Experience, and Commerce with data and martech at the core. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way to enable greater collaboration, creativity, and true speed to market. For more information, please visit www.mrm.com. At MRM, we value a culture in which all people are treated with dignity, fairness and respect. We’re committed to fostering a positive environment free from harassment and discrimination. We empower individuals to take action and be creative when solving problems. And we expect self-awareness and accountability from team members at all levels of the organization. This is much more than a statement – it’s in the act of living our daily lives. MRM is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.

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