Project Manager, Business Systems (Mexico City)

Overview

Rise Interactive, a Quad Company, is an award-winning, full-service digital agency that helps marketers leverage data to make smarter marketing decisions.  We create digital experiences highlighting the unique value propositions of brands today.  By specializing in digital media, customer experience, and analytics - empowered by people and technology - Rise is ready to move your business forward, faster.  

Rise uses a proprietary approach to multi-channel digital marketing and is the only performance marketing agency fueled by Connex, a cross-channel and real-time insights and media optimization platform that enables our analytical marketers to invest each dollar where it will drive the greatest return.  

Rise is a wholly owned subsidiary of  Quad, a global Marketing Experience company, to redefine the future of integrated marketing, together.  With extensive experience helping many of the world’s largest brands, Rise and Quad understand the challenges marketers face to reduce complexity and increase efficiency with their marketing spend. 

Summary and Scope

This member is a key player in supporting the business and works on initiatives to define business processes and requirements and to lead the organization in identifying, selecting, implementing, and administering business technologies.

The Business Systems team is responsible for  implementing and managing corporate business technologies and Optimize enterprise business processes with technology in collaboration with business leaders.  We are looking to hire a Project Manager, Business Systems who will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing technology projects efficiently and effectively.  This role involves coordinating cross-functional teams, managing budgets,resources, forecasting, while ensuring that projects are completed on time and within scope. 

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day project planning for technology projects at Rise for new or existing enterprise systems at Rise.
• Assemble and lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed project teams through delegating tasks/responsibilities; fostering collaboration and communication amongst team members.  
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation to help manage project trade-offs across scope, timing, and resources; adjust priorities as needed.
• Communicate project progress to stakeholders including project status, issues, and risks; manage stakeholder expectations and feedback
• Generate regular project status reports for management and stakeholders; identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans; document lessons learned for future projects.
• Procure necessary resources: people, and software while managing project budgets and ensuring cost effectiveness; monitor resource allocation and utilization.
• Handle changes to project scope or objectives and evaluate the impact of changes and adjust project plans accordingly; identify ways to create continuous efficiencies and process improvements/enhancements with media technology and reporting projects.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in business or a computer related discipline required
• Minimum 4 years experience in project management
• Proven experience in project management, specifically in technology projects
• Experience working in an agile/scrum environment
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is a plus
• English communication (verbal and written) skills; ability to communicate in Spanish is a plus
• Proficiency in project management software and tools; Jira and Smartsheets is a plus
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities
• Proven ability to enhance a company’s processes and procedures through documentation and reporting
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities 
• Willingness to work with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds and levels