Edelman

Project Director

Edelman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • District of Columbia • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $75,000 - $130,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Edelman Project Directors lead complex, integrated projects.
  • Serving as the common thread on projects, they manage schedules, deliverables, priorities and teams towards flawless execution.
  • They are a strategic partner to Account and Specialty leads in project setup and ensure that project deliverables connect with creative intent, while meeting time specifications and budget parameters.
  • Own the intake of new work, cutting through the fog to provide counsel on a delivery approach that results in the definition scopes and staff plans with account leads and specialty teams, producing top-down and bottom-up estimates that match final deliverables and work effort.
  • Lead the development and approval workflow of Statements of Work with Finance, Contracts and Account teams.
  • Leverage project management tools and best practices to author and maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates and project financial management (OOP & fee) and other relevant project documentation.
  • Own the delivery of large, complex initiatives independently and with minimal oversight.
  • Independently manage risks and provide solutions-oriented consultation to integrated team leads, proactively looking around corners, raising scope creep and collaborating with leads to strategically identify and implement win-win solutions; manage SOW change order procedures as warranted.
  • Partner with Finance and Account teams to ensure projects are profitable, fees are appropriate, forecasts are accurate and SOWs are approved.
  • Drive client discussions related to project plans, setting expectations on due dates needed in order to meet project goals, scope and budgets.
  • Partner with Resource Management to establish staff plans, providing clarity that aligns specialty team needs with project future staffing requirements in order to identify the best talent for the work.
  • Drive workflow among integrated teams, communicating status, next steps and ownership on a regular basis to ensure successful delivery against client assignment and scoped deliverables.
  • Ensure the quality and consistency across all projects is consistent with brand guidelines.
  • Contributes to project operations and "the work behind the work" – owning intake, definition and prioritization of new project opportunities, establishing ways of working frameworks/best practices with new teams, and providing input on PM team assignments.
  • Directly manage more junior project managers in project-based and/or career growth capacities.
  • Balance a sense of urgency with a calm and confident leadership at all times.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of project management experience in an integrated marketing/PR agency or related industry.
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
  • A self-reliant multi-tasker, with the ability to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
  • A strategic mindset, with a knack for critical thinking and creative, head-on problem solving.
  • A bias for action and the unshakeable ability to confidently lead projects and teams through ambiguity.
  • A people leader with a 'get things done' and positive mentality.
  • A passion for the art and the science of creative problem solving and operational excellence.
  • A strong and fearless communicator, with the ability to navigate conflict resolution and influence teams to a desired end goal.
  • A positive role model for fostering individual career development and an inclusive team culture.
  • Mastery of mid to large-level sized project delivery, from planning through execution.
  • Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Smartsheet (or other similar project management tool) is required.
Benefits
  • medical and dental insurance
  • vision
  • 401K
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • paid time off
  • travel assistance
  • wellness programing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementproject deliverycost estimatesfinancial managementrisk managementscope managementcritical thinkingproblem solvingstaff planningworkflow management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationconflict resolutionstrategic mindsetmulti-taskingcalm under pressurepositive mentalityinfluenceteam culture developmentcreative problem solving