Senior Vice President, Program Management.

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Job description

Job Description

Publicis Health CoLab is seeking a Fulltime SVP, Program Management to join a robust team who is leading our clients to new innovations. The ideal candidate is a project and program management expert, mentor and advocate. He/She is a trusted partner able to lead internal and external teams to align on a mutual understanding of all deliverables and drive them to successful completion. The VP of Program Management will understand agency work products to oversee a team delivering work for at least one significant client book of business. He/She will partner with other departments to resolve operational issues, champion continuous optimization of processes and advocate for the overall PM team. The Director will be responsible for, but not limited to:

The SVP is the program lead responsible for the delivery of high-quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics.

This role defines delivery structure and overall vision on projects and is responsible for overseeing and directing multiple projects within a given client relationship.

Structure and lead multi-million dollar marketing programs comprised of multi-disciplinary resources and parallel lines of business

Lead a team in management of multiple, concurrent, large-scale projects

Ensure profitability through monitoring of multi-brand roadmap, resource management, expense control and risk mitigation

Partner with Group Account Director and Account Directors to manage overall client relationship, and actively promote new ideas to enhance client's business and grow revenue

Partner with Creative to effectively shepherd and manage the evolution of creative work, ensuring the highest quality at all points from concept through delivery

Build strong partnerships across teams and internal agencies with Integrated Media, Data and Analytics, Commerce, Public Relations, Brand Strategy, Social Media, Production, Finance, and Resource Management departments to ensure connections and collaborations happen where they should and always in support of client's business goals

Provide solutions-oriented leadership with an expert ability to creatively solve complex problems with a positive, professional demeanor and a high degree of emotional intelligence

Manage multiple direct reports, set career and capability goals with them and mentor them into Project Management leaders

Enforce team compliance to high organizational standards and professionalism

Represent and advocate for the Project Management discipline with organization, agency, client and third-party leadership

Participate in team and cross-capability recruiting, interviewing and staffing

Attend training seminars and continuing education as offered

Day-to-day, your role includes:

Manage multi-channel engagements

Work with key organizational and client leadership to develop and instill processes, workflows and tools that support the profitable delivery of client work.

Be the go-to business partner for operational process development and implementation, organizational structure and design, and risk identification and mitigation

Maintain and enforce high standards of communications and documentation, including status and financial reports, timelines, scopes, change orders, burn reports and forecasting, best practices and asset management

Proactively manage, provide guidance, and develop clear communication standards around program and business-related risks, including mitigation planning and crisis management.

Engage and lead cross-functional teams though the FY planning process while merging it with overall creative and production timelines

Actively manage a portfolio of campaigns with interdependencies, in partnership with capability leads and Project Management team

Work with capability leads to understand business needs and helping identify and solve issues to meet business goals

Demonstrate the ability to deliver constructive feedback while outlining and facilitating development plans where needed

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