VP, Group Project Manager

Adelphi Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom in New York is seeking a Vice President, Group Project Manager to lead complex brand projects and drive performance improvements. The role requires guiding multi-disciplinary teams, aligning client goals with agency operations, and shaping PM best practices across the agency.

You will mentor junior staff, oversight key briefs, and ensure strategic launches are coordinated across platforms. This senior position emphasizes strong leadership, process mastery, and proactive problem solving

Responsibilities

• Provide solutions to brand roadblocks and present solutions to the larger team and clients when necessary.
• Proactively partner with other disciplines and provide suggestions that impact agency policy and operations; improve processes; maintain agency-wide best practices.
• Partner with other department heads and lead agency-wide trainings.
• Continually improve processes and relationships with all departments.
• Support the VP in developing, vetting, and implementing process and training initiatives for department staff.
• Actively and continuously connect agency initiatives and processes to your teams and brands.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and presence across the PM department, brand, and agency.
• Think beyond the individual brands you support and consider how agency initiatives impact day-to-day operations.
• Ensure agency processes are accurately and consistently followed.
• Understand when to make decisions independently and when to escalate issues/decisions to the manager.
• Anticipate problems and obstacles on the team, brand, or with the client and lead people to solutions.
• Review and approve brand project briefs.
• Ensure new business wins are effectively set up across platforms and systems
• Manage coverage calendar.
• Maintain agency launch calendar.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Agency:

Biolumina

Job Function:

Projects and Performance Improvement

Job Subfunction:

Project and Program Management

Job Description:

Title: VP, Group Project Manager

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide solutions to brand roadblocks and present solutions to the larger team and clients when necessary.
• Proactively partner with other disciplines and provide suggestions that impact agency policy and operations; improve processes; maintain agency-wide best practices.
• Partner with other department heads and lead agency-wide trainings.
• Continually improve processes and relationships with all departments.
• Support the VP in developing, vetting, and implementing process and training initiatives for department staff.
• Actively and continuously connect agency initiatives and processes to your teams and brands.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and presence across the PM department, brand, and agency.
• Think beyond the individual brands you support and consider how agency initiatives impact day-to-day operations.
• Ensure agency processes are accurately and consistently followed.
• Understand when to make decisions independently and when to escalate issues/decisions to the manager.
• Anticipate problems and obstacles on the team, brand, or with the client and lead people to solutions.
• Review and approve brand project briefs.
• Ensure new business wins are effectively set up across platforms and systems
• Manage coverage calendar.
• Maintain agency launch calendar.
• Other duties as assigned.

Financial Responsibilities:

• Populate yearly Scopes of Work

Management Responsibilities:

• May directly manage 2-4 project management team members, including:
  • Train, coach, and manage direct reports to ensure consistent, positive growth through clear, actionable, and direct training, feedback, and reinforcement.
  • Conduct timely Culture Amp conversations

Role Competencies:

• Be solutions-oriented to your team, department, and manager when discussing obstacles or challenges.
• Consolidate, organize, and communicate accurate, timely, and contextually appropriate information.

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• Communicate effectively and professionally
• Demonstrate the ability to set priorities while handling multiple projects
• Remain calm despite high pressure situations
• Project a professional, positive attitude toward peers and clients
• Foster a positive team atmosphere and establish credibility

Company Values:

• Open minded
  • Always ask why—of your teammates, your clients, and yourself. And don’t stop there—keep asking questions
  • Be respectful of others’ ideas, opinions, and diverse perspectivesDon’t do things the same way just because that’s the way they’ve been done before
• Brave heart
  • Speak your mind… and your heart
  • Courageously step forward to try something new and help others to do the same
  • Be brave enough to defend your opinions—and brave enough to change hem
• Ready hands
  • Take the time to teach and learn everyday
  • Reach out to offer help and put your hand up to ask for help
  • Go out of your way to show gratitude and kindnes

$140,00-$155,000

To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.

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