Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Weber Shandwick is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for the Project Management team who will work closely with team members in account, creative, public relations and strategy, as well as report to a VP of Project Management, across a portfolio of brands and/or projects.

Responsibilities:

• Leads development of social, content creation and digital efforts; collaborates with internal stakeholders and manages vendor
• Professionally manages engagements with account team partners focusing on balancing quality, cost and schedule while managing client expectation
• Develops clear and consistent SOWs and Staff Plans and routinely monitors financial performance of accounts including scopes, burn report summaries and forecasting
• Leads internal team members on day to day projects, and deliverables
• Leads client-facing meetings and communications, relative to project road maps/timelines (project plans)
• Identifies needs on business for project support and appropriately aligns resources against those needs
• Supports in educating the team on roles and responsibilities, process and templates
• Partners with cross-practice leads to identify and manage resource needs
• Demonstrates strong, professional work ethic and financial acumen

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of project management experience, preferably in public relations, or advertising agency setting
• Strong financial management skills. Exposure to scoping, burn report tracking, and understanding of relationship when scheduling projects
• Fluency and/or familiarity with different types of programs and deliverables, such as creative ideation, social and digital
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Proficient in Microsoft Project/Smartsheet, Excel, and PowerPoint

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $90,000 - $110,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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