Senior Agile Program Leader for AI Transformation

Publicis Sapient; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Manager, Program Management to lead complex transformation programs focused on marketing, advertising, insights, campaign orchestration, product innovation, and AI-enabled initiatives. The role requires senior-level program leadership, governance, and the ability to translate intricate program details into concise updates for clients and leadership.

This position sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and delivery, coordinating globally distributed

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex programs, transformations or large-scale consulting engagements.
• Strong hands-on program management capability at strategic and execution levels.
• Demonstrated ability to create and manage integrated bottom-up plans across multiple workstreams.
• Strong experience managing risks, dependencies, milestones, decisions and executive-level reporting.
• Experience leading programs involving internal teams, client stakeholders, third parties and globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management activities across one or more complex transformation workstreams.
• Establish and maintain rigorous, detailed bottom-up program plans covering milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, owners and deliverables.
• Take accountability for assigned workstreams and proactively drive activities to completion.
• Coordinate across strategy, change management, technology, marketing, media and other transformation teams.
• Manage dependencies across Publicis Sapient teams, client stakeholders, third parties and globally distributed delivery teams.
• Establish effective governance, reporting and operating cadences as the broader PMO structure evolves.
• Translate complex program information into concise, senior-level communications and presentations.
• Develop polished PowerPoint presentations and program updates for senior client and internal leadership.
• Partner with the Program Director while independently owning significant portions of day-to-day program leadership.
• Support transformation initiatives involving marketing strategy and insights, campaign orchestration, content and asset development, media, and product innovation.

Skills

Program leadership

Executive communication

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Global delivery teams

PowerPoint skills

Ambiguity handling

Strategic planning

Storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Manager, Program Management to lead complex transformation programs focused on marketing, advertising, insights, campaign orchestration, product innovation, and AI-enabled initiatives. The role requires senior-level program leadership, governance, and the ability to translate intricate program details into concise updates for clients and leadership.

This position sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and delivery, coordinating globally distributed