Project Manager

Omnicom Precision Marketing; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Precision Marketing seeks a Project Manager within MRM to lead cross-functional launches for diverse clients. You will coordinate creative, tech, QA, UX, and production, driving on-time delivery and aligned expectations.

You will manage scopes, schedules and staffing, collaborate with partners, mentor junior staff, and maintain strong client relationships in a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, relevant experience desired.
• 2–5 years of project management experience in operations, digital tech or web development/IT consulting/strategy consulting.
• Agency environment experience or client-side equivalent.
• Understanding of web tech: UX, web development, hosting, integrations.
• Intermediate MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with MS Project or Smartsheet.
• Familiarity with production tools: Egnyte, JIRA, Outlook.
• CMS familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams including creative, technology, QA, UX/IA, production, and analytics.
• Manage multiple medium-size launches or programs with strict deadlines.
• Run effective client and internal meetings with clear deliverables.
• Develop and manage scope, schedules, staffing and resource plans.
• Collaborate with partners and vendors to deliver on project goals.
• Mentor Associate Project Managers and share best practices.
• Communicate clearly to strengthen client-agency relationships.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project coordination

Problem solving

Time management

Risk management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

2–5 years PM experience

Agency/consulting experience

Web technologies knowledge

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

MS Project or Smartsheet

CMS familiarity

Tools

JIRA

Egnyte

Outlook

MS Project

Smartsheet

CMS

MS Office

Job description

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

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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