Senior Project & Program Manager

Groupeconnect; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in New York is seeking a Manager to translate ideas into results across digital marketing and technology, focusing on high-volume, quick-turnaround projects such as direct mail, email, landing pages, and OOH. You will lead and develop project plans, supervise junior PMs, and drive proactive communication, risk management, and process improvements to streamline delivery.

The role requires a four-year degree, 4–5 years PM/marketing experience, and proficiency with JIRA, MS Project,

Qualifications

• A four-year degree.
• 4-5 years of Project Management, Marketing, or related experience.
• Mastery of small to mid-level projects (OOH, direct mail and/or email channel experience preferred).
• Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Trello).
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and lead complex cross-capability projects and integrated program management
• Lead client discussions on project plans to ensure the client understands project flow and due dates needed to meet end goals
• Produce top-down and bottom-up scopes, project schedules, resource plans, and risk & change management plans, utilizing appropriate tools
• Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
• Begin management, leadership, and effective communication trainings
• Contribute to proper training and onboarding processes for new team members
• Demonstrate strong written and oral presentation skills
• Sets goals for yourself and may manage multiple direct reports to set goals and conduct regular reviews
• Setting up projects and programs for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
• Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
• Effectively handling risk, escalating when needed, and assisting the team in resolution
• Contributing to the development of methodologies, standards, and best practices to streamline processes and create efficiencies for the Project Management capability and train team members when applicable
• Experiencing something new every day

Skills

Project management

Client communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Slack

Trello

Job description

Publicis Groupe in New York is seeking a Manager to translate ideas into results across digital marketing and technology, focusing on high-volume, quick-turnaround projects such as direct mail, email, landing pages, and OOH. You will lead and develop project plans, supervise junior PMs, and drive proactive communication, risk management, and process improvements to streamline delivery.

The role requires a four-year degree, 4–5 years PM/marketing experience, and proficiency with JIRA, MS Project,