Sr Project Manager

Boncom; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health insurance

401K with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Remote work days

Job summary

Boncom is seeking a Project Manager to oversee major client projects, ensuring schedules, budgets, and deadlines are met while optimizing agency resources. You’ll collaborate with Brand Directors and teams across the agency to execute large, complex campaigns often with global scope.

The role requires prioritizing tasks, maintaining thorough reporting, and ensuring deliverables stay within scope and budget, with opportunities to lead cross-functional efforts across creative, strategy, and media

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in project management or account management in a full-service agency environment.
• Strong sense of urgency, initiative, and drive to deliver within scope and budget.

Responsibilities

• Estimate new projects or client scopes and manage these estimates.
• Identify, onboard and manage third‑party contractors through the agency process.
• Maintain up-to-date project schedules and status reports (e.g., Monday.com).
• Ensure all team members have necessary information and assets at project initiation.
• Oversee daily activity of all assigned jobs to meet priorities and deadlines.
• Collaborate with discipline leaders to assign campaigns and projects.
• Advise senior leadership when client requests exceed scope.
• Lead QA to ensure accuracy and completeness of materials.

Skills

Project management

Account management

Team collaboration

Budget management

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising

Tools

Monday.com

Job description

We use our craft to inspire action and create measurable good in the world, bridging the gap between belief and behavior. Project Manager needed. About Boncom: Boncom is a strategic marketing and consulting agency that exists to solve noble problems, promote positive behavior change, and build relevance for good causes. We develop innovative and strategic campaigns, both traditional and digital, and are fortunate to work for great organizations that are cause-oriented and who strive to do good in the world. Our staff comprises exceptionally talented team members who bring these clients’ meaningful messages to life.

Position Overview

As our Project Manager, you’ll control the activities of major client projects, ensuring schedules are set, budgets are maintained, deadlines are met, agency hours are properly utilized, and appropriate resources are engaged. This position is responsible for the status of assigned jobs at all times, creates reporting structures to keep the agency team and client informed, and ensures all work has been appropriately reviewed before client delivery. You’ll work closely with Brand Directors and teams across the agency to execute large, complex, and often global projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in project management or account management in a full-service agency environment preferred.
• A strong sense of urgency, initiative, and drive to get things done correctly, with an emphasis on collaborating with all agency teams/resources to ensure client deliverables are done within scope and budget and are produced on time.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience managing projects with global scope, across multiple channels, countries, and languages.
• Track record of on-time, on-scope delivery of projects.
• Experience working with all different departments and teams in an agency, including creative, strategy, media, and others.
• Ability to pull and analyze your own metrics, including budget, burn rate, and hours allocations.
• Experience managing both internal and external (freelance) resources on the same projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Estimate new projects or client scopes along with the management of these estimates.
• Help identify, onboard and manage third‑party contractors through the agency process.
• Keep up-to-date project schedules, status reports, creative grids, Monday.com boards, etc.
• Ensure all team members are included and appropriately engaged with all needed information and assets upon project initiation, including external resources.
• Manage the daily activity of all assigned jobs, ensuring priorities are set and deadlines are met.
• Work with discipline leaders to make team assignments for campaigns, initiatives, and projects.
• Advise Account Director/Creative Director when a client request is outside of the existing scope.
• Lead QA, checking all materials for accuracy and completeness.

Other Responsibilities

• Ensure all work has been appropriately reviewed internally before presentation to client.
• Meet/communicate with client on a regular basis and serve as client contact as appropriate; develop trust.
• Foster collaboration and positive conflict resolution among team members.
• Understand project objective and strategy; set meetings and lead the team in identifying, communicating, and developing solutions for any potential problems or opportunities related to tactical executions.

Expectations

• Leadership behavior exhibited throughout the office agency, inspiring and motivating the team.
• Be a champion and student of the client’s business and goals to achieve the best possible outcome for client deliverables.
• Manage unrealistic project expectations by offering solutions for adjustments.
• Partner with all departments to ensure all work is done within scope and budget and delivered on time.
• Display calm under pressure; help the team stay grounded and focused during periods of intense pressure or uncertainty.
• Feel at home in a fast‑paced environment.
• As new client contracts are awarded, seek a thorough understanding of all specifications and requirements to ensure success for the client and agency profitability.
• Maintain accurate daily time sheets and reports to share with Director.

Benefits

• Boncom is a fantastic place to work, with aggressive compensation, and a great benefits package, cool perks, a progressive culture, awesome work environment with the chance to work on really great projects.
• Medical, Dental, AD&D, Life, and Vision Insurance.
• 401K (with a company match) plus employer‑funded retirement contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Charitable donation matching.
• 3 weeks paid time off and 12 paid holidays.
• Fully stocked kitchen and catering.
• Standing/lift desks.
• Work in the office Tuesdays and Wednesdays, remote other days of the work week.

Boncom is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Minority/female/disability PWDNET/veteran are encouraged to apply.