Project Manager

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MAP, a MAP | WPP Enterprise Solutions unit, seeks a Project Manager to oversee multiple projects for international clients. You will be the central contact from brief to delivery, ensuring on-time, on-budget results with high quality.

Collaboration with diverse experts across the organization is essential. You will translate client needs into defined projects, develop plans, and manage budgets while maintaining strong relationships and proactive communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in a marketing/agency setting.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of marketing principles including CRM strategy and marketing technology.

Responsibilities

• Understand client requirements and translate to well-defined projects.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Scope and estimate new projects and explore opportunities.
• Understand technical requirements and project implications (risk, possibilities).
• Track expenses, manage budgets, and forecast projects.
• Provide regular project status updates to Account Lead.
• Identify opportunities to optimize project management processes.
• Identify and scope new opportunities with existing clients.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships with proactive communication.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless project execution.

Skills

Project management

Client relationships

Budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder comms

Agile

Jira

Smartsheet

PowerBI

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Experience Cloud

Salesforce

Braze

Job description

Who We Are

MAP | WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses.

About WPP

MAP is part ofWPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.

Are you skilled in project management, and do you want to leverage your expertise to deliver high-profile marketing projects for major brands? Do you have an interest in digital solutions and the skills needed to cultivate strong client relationships? Then join MAP as a Project Manager, where you'll enter a fast-paced environment that values innovation and professional growth!

What will your day look like?

As a Project Manager, you will manage several projects for one of our international clients, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and with high quality. You will be a central point of contact for client stakeholders, taking ownership from initial client brief to final delivery. Your work will ensure a high level of service, and you will be continually cultivating a relationship based on trust and close collaboration with the client. What makes this role particularly exciting is the variation of projects, offering a dynamic and engaging experience. You will be working independently yet collaboratively with a diverse team of experts from our entire organization. Your responsibilities will include:

• Understanding client requirements and translating those to well-defined projects
• Developing detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets
• Scoping and estimating new projects, exploring innovative solutions and new opportunities.
• Understanding technical requirements and how these impacts a project (risk, possibilities etc.)
• Tracking project expenses, managing budgets, and contributing to accurate project forecasting.
• Providing regular project status updates to the Account Lead and relevant stakeholders, maintaining clear documentation.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to optimize project management processes.
• Proactively Identifying and scoping new project opportunities with existing clients.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, proactively managing expectations, and providing regular communication.
• Collaborating effectively with internal teams to ensure seamless project execution.

Who are you going to work with?

You will be collaborating with a network of Project Managers, Designers, User Experience Architects, and Developers. You'll report to the Account Lead, who will provide guidance and support through regular meetings to discuss projects and explore new opportunities. Our flat organizational structure promotes a collaborative and innovative environment, nurturing the talents of our diverse team, many of whom have been with us for over a decade.

You're an easy-going individual with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset, skilled at achieving excellent outcomes even when navigating complex technical requirements. You excel at managing multiple projects independently while staying collaboratively oriented, ready to embrace new challenges and learn along the way. You're sociable, clear in your communication, and eager to contribute to a pleasant work environment while fostering strong relationships with colleagues and clients alike.

What do you bring to the table?

You're an easy-going individual with a proactive and positive mindset, skilled at achieving excellent outcomes even in the face of challenges. You excel at managing multiple projects independently while being collaboratively oriented, ready to embrace new challenges and learn along the way. You're sociable and eager to contribute to maintaining a pleasant and engaging work environment, fostering strong relationships with colleagues and clients alike. Additionally, you bring:

• Proven project management experience, preferably in a marketing or agency setting.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• An understanding of marketing principles, including CRM strategy and marketing technology.
• Experience working with various marketing platforms, such as Adobe Experience Cloud, Salesforce or Braze
• Ability to speak “tech language” and experience working alongside developers and architects to translate vision into buildable solutions.
• Ideally some experience with Agentic AI, Digital Coworkers and modern automated workflow environments
• Comfort with ambiguity and adaptability to changing priorities.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with project management tools (Jira, Smartsheet) and PowerBI is a plus.
• Strong skills in the Microsoft office package, especially PowerPoint.

A leader in personalized customer experiences

VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities.

A global network

We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.

#LI-NAMER

WPP (MAP/VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.