Strategic Project Manager - Advertising & Client Solutions (Contract)

Advertising Production Resources (aka APR Consulting); United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

APR Consulting Co, a strategic production consultancy in the advertising industry, seeks a CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGER to join our team in the United States. You will govern accounts and portfolios, coordinate staffing, and manage scope, budget, and timelines to deliver client work with a focus on profitability and continuous improvement.

The role requires 6–8 years in advertising/marketing project management, PMP or active certification pursuit, and strong Google Workspace proficiency.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, or similar in advertising/marketing industry.
• PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) or actively working to obtain certification desired
• Proficiency in Google Workspace
• Experience with Deltek Workbook or Deltek products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Client Solutions account performance, including labor tracking, billing accuracy, risk management, and scope adherence.
• Ensure scopes, deliverables, and services remain aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct impact analyses for scope changes and recommend next steps.
• Develop understanding of client scopes of work, cost outs, contracts and billing requirements – and manage to those goals
• Facilitate retrospectives, document lessons learned, and refine portfolio management processes.
• Proactively maximize bandwidth by balancing core responsibilities with supplemental client and/or internal engagements, bridging resource gaps and support for PMO leadership.
• Offer peer coverage and assist with overflow workloads when needed.
• Contribute to the understanding of company capacity and individual capabilities through tracking what available personnel are working on now and in the future and identify any gaps
• Partner with Resource Management to resolve resource conflicts, determine workloads, and optimize utilization across accounts.
• Support Group Directors in resource allocation, tracking, and prioritization.
• Track project/retainer actuals against SOW hours, deliverables, or project counts.
• Lead effort to achieve project objectives
• Work with team to accurately scope out length and difficulty of tasks and projects
• Responsible for ensuring agreed-upon project tasks are completed within scope, time, budget and quality constraints
• Support end-to-end account workflow including time management, scope delivery, and risk prioritization.
• Risk Planning – anticipate problems and roadblocks, engage in contingency planning and recommend solutions or alternative methods to negate risks
• Maintain process documentation, operational policies, production calendars, timelines, and reports.
• Schedule internal and client meetings; maintain documentation, file structure, and naming conventions.
• Manage team schedules, deadlines, reporting workflows, and client reporting calendar
• Seek opportunities to engage others in procedural improvements
• Engage in client business to larger degree, establishing strong ties with your Client Solutions leads and attending as many client meetings as possible
• Measure performance against goals
• Partner with Group Directors and Client Services on SOWs and staffing plans.
• Create and review project/retainer cost-outs and track actuals against budget.
• Review burn reports, monitor contribution margins, and recommend adjustments to maintain financial alignment.
• Maintain detailed record of scope changes
• Manage financial milestones in APR systems and coordinate payment reconciliation with finance.
• Participate in monthly finance and billing reviews.
• Collaborate, share knowledge, and support a culture of consistency, compliance, and operational excellence across teams—including global teams.
• Support the development, improvement and use of all company collaboration, archival and financial tools and systems to improve process and get work done efficiently

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Google Workspace

Deltek Workbook

Project management certification

Organizational skills

Conflict resolution

Decision making

Relationship building

Team leadership

Adaptability

Process improvement

Technology adoption

Tools

Deltek Workbook

Deltek products

Job description

APR Consulting Co, a strategic production consultancy in the advertising industry, seeks a CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGER to join our team in the United States. You will govern accounts and portfolios, coordinate staffing, and manage scope, budget, and timelines to deliver client work with a focus on profitability and continuous improvement.

The role requires 6–8 years in advertising/marketing project management, PMP or active certification pursuit, and strong Google Workspace proficiency.