Senior Project Manager

BarkleyOKRP; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

BarkleyOKRP in Chicago is seeking a Senior Project Manager to plan, manage, and drive multi-brand project deliverables across the agency. You will allocate resources, own project plans, and lead status meetings with clients and internal teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

The role emphasizes process excellence, risk management, and clear communication. You will mentor teammates, uphold standards, and help scale best practices across the agency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, from a four-year college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience assembling and managing schedules with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
• Passion for empowering partners and clients with a seamless experience through process improvement and standardization.
• Professional presentation skills and strong personal presence are required.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, strong work ethic, and a positive, energetic attitude.
• Ability to establish productive relationships quickly with diverse personalities to meet project demands.
• Excellent analytics mindset - telling stories with data and facts.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and drive project deliverables across multiple projects and brands, simultaneously.
• Work collaboratively to allocate and manage resources by project and account, including freelancing with Resource Planning.
• Own, maintain and report on project plans, status, and hot lists for each project and account.
• Schedule and lead weekly internal, and client-facing status meetings.
• Track key decisions and prioritization impacting budgets, cadence, scope, and timelines.
• Contribute to fiscal responsibility including scope creation, amendments, financial reporting and estimations.
• Provide transparency to stakeholders to mitigate budget, scope and timeline risks.
• Ensure all objectives and deliverables are clearly documented, approved, and delivered.
• Support teams to define and measure project success using metrics, tools and resources.
• Assist with training and onboarding new Brand Operations partners.
• Guide adoption of new/existing processes and standards agency-wide.

Education

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university

Job description

BarkleyOKRPSenior Project Manager

The hub of the agency wheels. Master ofprocess. Champion of problem-solving. The driver of meaningful solutions to businessproblems andis an enthusiastic enabler of creativity. Facilitator of the when, how, where, and who.This is aBarkleyOKRPSenior Project Manager. And the best part about all of it? They get to work with some of the most talented, driven, engaging, and creative folks in the industry. Win/win/win, ifyou ask us.

*This is a hybrid role based out of our Chicago office.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and drive project deliverables across multiple projects and brands, simultaneously
• Work collaboratively toallocateand manage resources by project and account, including any freelancing needs with the Resource Planning team
• Own,maintainand report on project plans, status, andhot listsfor every project and account assigned with the agency approved tool
• Schedule and lead weekly internal, and at times, external (client facing) status meetings
• Track key decisions and prioritization thatimpactsproject budgets, cadence, scope, and/or timelines
• Contribute to the fiscal responsibility of assigned brands including: the process that encompasses the creation of new scopes and scope amendments, financial reporting and estimations as needed
• Continuously provide transparency with key stakeholders (internal and external) to mitigate risk to budget,scopeand timelines
• Ensure all projectobjectivesand deliverables are clearly documented, approved, and delivered to meet clients’ needs and expectations
• Support teams to define and measure project success using metrics,toolsand resources
• Assistwith training and onboarding new Brand Operations partners
• Guide the adoption and adherence of new/existing processes and standards agency wide

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or universityrequired
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experiencerequired
• Experience assembling and managing schedules with multiple dependencies and stakeholders simultaneously
• Passion for empowering partners and clients with a seamless experience through process improvement and standardization
• Professional presentation skills and strong personal presence arerequired
• Mustpossessoutstanding interpersonal skills as well as an articulate, friendly, “whatever it takes” service-minded attitude, along with a strong work ethic
• Mustpossesspositivity, high energy, and a high-level of confidence in your capabilities
• Ability toestablishand build productive relationships quickly with diverse personalitiesin order tomeet adapting project demands
• Excellent analytics mentality - telling stories with data and facts

BarkleyOKRP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging

• At BarkleyOKRP, DEI+B drives work that matters. We believe people and creativity are made of the same substance, and when every perspective is valued, the impact is stronger. We build belonging as a business strategy, power inclusive creativity that delivers measurable results, and hold ourselves accountable as a B Corp committed to progress over performative intent. When people are valued, the work carries greater impact.