Project Manager

MRM McCann; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MRM McCann, part of Omnicom Precision Marketing, seeks an experienced Project/Program Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage multiple launches in a deadline-driven setting. You will collaborate with Creative, Technology, QA, UX, Production, and Analytics teams, ensuring clear deliverables and strong client communication.

Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years of PM experience in agencies or related fields, familiarity with web tech and CMS, and proficiency in MS Office and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, relevant experience desired.
• 2-5 years of project management experience in operations, digital technology or web development, IT consulting, or strategy consulting.
• Experience in an agency environment or equivalent client-side experience.
• Knowledge of web technologies including UX, web development, web services, integration, and hosting.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• MS Project or Smartsheet proficiency.
• Familiarity with content management systems (CMS) and tools like Egnyte, JIRA, Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects with cross-functional teams including Creative, Technology, QA, UX/IA, Production, and Performance & Analytics.
• Oversee multiple medium-sized launches/programs in a deadline-driven environment.
• Lead effective client and team meetings with clear deliverables and expectations.
• Develop and manage scope documents, schedules, resource requirements, and staffing.
• Collaborate with agency partners and vendors; mentor Associate Project Managers.
• Leverage communication skills to strengthen client-agency relationships.

Job description

Agency:

Omnicom Precision Marketing

Job Function:

Projects and Performance Improvement

Job Subfunction:

Project and Program Management

Job Description:

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

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.

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects with cross-functional teams including: Creative, Technology, QA, User Experience/Information Architecture, Production, and Performance & Analytics
• Responsible for project managing multiple medium size, medium-complexity, launches/programs simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.
• Manage effective meetings with clients, senior personnel and team members, providing accurate information, concise deliverables and clear expectations.
• Develop/manage project scope documents, related schedules/project plans, project resource requirements and staffing assignments.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional team members, agency partners and vendors.
• Coach and mentor other team members; specifically Associate Project Managers.
• Leverage strong verbal and written communication skills to further develop the relationship between the client, agency, and team.

Qualifications:

• Solid ability to shift approach between the big picture and critical details; then possess strong judgement to know when to focus on each.
• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated with clients, agency teams and individuals.
• Problem/solution thinker with a strong ability to collaborate, persuade and negotiate toward solutions.
• Displays resiliency while working under pressure, in a dynamic environment, with shifting deadlines and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal, text, etc.
• Developed 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

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, relevant experience desired.
• 2-5 years of project management experience in one or more of the following fields: operations, digital technology or web development firm, IT consulting firm or strategy consulting firm.
• Experience in an agency environment, or equivalent client-side experience.
• Solid knowledge of the web and related technologies including (user experience, web development, web services, integration, application management and hosting).
• Intermediate skills in MS Office including: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Intermediate skills in MS Project or other project plan software (i.e. Smartsheet).
• Awareness of production tools and proprietary software (Egnyte, JIRA, Outlook).
• Familiarity with content management systems (i.e. CMS).

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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