Senior Project Manager, Digital, Data & Business Transformation

American-Association-of-Advertising-Agencies,-In; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 152 000 - 182 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

The 4As in New York is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager for a 3-6 month freelance/independent contractor engagement. You will lead cross-functional initiatives across data, content, digital and web platforms, and manage technical requirements and process optimization.

You will partner with senior leadership, translate priorities into plans, drive execution, and ensure measurable outcomes with minimal oversight.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in project management, digital transformation, or related consulting.
• Proven success delivering complex cross-functional initiatives involving data, content, digital platforms, technology, and process optimization.
• Strong technical fluency including website, CRM, and systems integration projects.
• Experience engaging senior executives, influencing stakeholders, and driving results independently.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies and tools like Asana, Jira, Smartsheet.

Responsabilités

• Provide end-to-end project management for cross-functional initiatives with defined outcomes.
• Oversee data projects involving integration, migration, reporting, and optimization across platforms.
• Coordinate content projects with timelines, workflows, and deliverables.
• Manage website and digital platform initiatives including testing and implementation.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and optimize workflows.
• Partner with senior stakeholders, identify dependencies, and maintain momentum.

Connaissances

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Outils

Asana

Monday.com

Jira

Smartsheet

Description du poste

• Location 25 West 45th Street,16th Floor,New York, NY, 10036,United States
• Base Pay $15,000.00 / Month
• Job Category Freelance / Independent Contractor , 3-6 months engagement
• Employee Type Consultant

Description

position overview

This is a 3 to 6 months freelance/independent contractor opportunity

The 4As is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives spanning data, content, digital and web platforms, technical solutions, and business process optimization as we continue transforming how we operate and deliver value to our members.

Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, the consultant will translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, drive execution, and ensure alignment on deliverables and measurable outcomes.

The ideal consultant is strategic, technically fluent, proactive, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. We’re looking for someone who anticipates challenges, builds strong relationships with senior stakeholders, identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes ownership of driving projects forward with minimal oversight.

scope of work

The final scope, priorities, deliverables, and milestones will be established in a mutually agreed statement of work. Anticipated services include:

• 1. Project Management & Delivery: Provide end-to-end project management services for agreed-upon cross-functional initiatives, including project planning, milestone tracking, risk assessment, and delivery of defined outcomes.
• 2. Data & Systems: Oversee agreed-upon data projects involving integration, migration, reporting, and optimization across CRM, digital platforms, and related systems.
• 3. Content Management: Manage defined content projects involving development, migration, publishing, and digital distribution, including coordination of workflows, timelines, and deliverables.
• 4. Digital & Web Platforms: Provide project management expertise for website and digital platform initiatives, including enhancements, integrations, testing, and implementation.
• 5. Technical Specifications & Process Optimization: Translate business needs into technical requirements, project specifications, and implementation plans while identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, improve processes, and increase operational efficiency.
• 6. Proactive Senior Stakeholder Management: Serve as a strategic project partner to senior stakeholders, proactively identifying dependencies, anticipating risks, facilitating decisions, and providing clear recommendations to maintain project alignment and momentum.

Anticipated Deliverables

The engagement may include a combination of:

• Integrated project plans and implementation roadmaps for assigned initiatives.
• Project charters, scopes, milestones, and clearly defined success measures.
• Business requirements documents, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Data and systems integration project plans.
• Content and digital platform implementation plans.
• Current-state process assessments and future-state workflow recommendations.
• Risk, issue, dependency, and decision logs.
• Executive-level project dashboards and progress reports.
• Stakeholder engagement and communication plans.
• Process optimization recommendations and implementation documentation.
• Quality assurance, testing, and launch-readiness coordination.
• Final project documentation, transition materials, and knowledge-transfer sessions.

The specific deliverables, acceptance criteria, and delivery dates will be agreed upon before work begins.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in project management, technical project management, digital transformation, or related consulting engagements.
• Proven success delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives involving data, content, digital platforms, technology, and process optimization.
• Strong technical fluency, including translating business needs into technical specifications and managing website, CRM, and systems integration projects.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior executives, influence stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and drive results independently.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies and project management tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or Smartsheet.
• Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
• Experience in consulting, digital agencies, or organizations undergoing transformation preferred. PMP, Agile, Scrum, or Lean Six Sigma certifications are a plus.

Summary

about the 4As

A 501(c )(6) non-profit association

We focus on core values of Passion, Agility, Curiosity and Collaboration as we partner together to support and champion 4As members to help their business thrive as we also strive to move the industry forward.

What We Do:

Our mission is to empower and equip our members to confidently navigate the ever-changing ecosystem of the agency world. We ensure they remain relevant, are positioned to compete, and have the resources to thrive and grow. Our promise to our members? We aim to be an indispensable resource that is as accessible as their own agency team.

We are dedicated to, and vested in, our members’ success, just as they are dedicated to helping brands create, distribute, and measure effective and insightful advertising and marketing. And we champion the infinite power of creativity and value agencies bring in driving business growth and powerful cultural change. The 4As drives business.

With a focus on advocacy, talent, and impact, we provide community, thought leadership, research, guidance and best-in-class training that enable agencies to innovate, evolve and grow.

The 4As was established in 1917 to promote, advance, and defend the interests of our member agencies, employees and the advertising and marketing industries overall. We empower and equip our members to confidently navigate the ever-changing ecosystem of the agency world. We ensure they remain relevant, are positioned to compete, and have the resources to thrive and grow. With a focus on advocacy, talent and creating impact, the organization serves 600+ member agencies across 1,200 offices, which help direct more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend. The 4As includes the 4As Benefits division, which insures more than 160,000 employees; the government relations team, who advocate for policies to support the industry; and the 4As Foundation, which advocates for and connects rising talent to the marketing industry by fostering a culture of curiosity, creativity and craft to fuel a more equitable future for the industry.

The 4As is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires and respects all individuals and in which personnel policies are applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship or other protected characteristic.