Senior Technical Project Manager

Rise Interactive (http:www.riseinteractive.com) is a full-service digital marketing agency based in downtown Chicago (1 S. Wacker Drive) with global offices in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and New Delhi.  We at Rise drive better business outcomes for consumer products, consumer services, and B2B brands with our proven approach to cross-channel media management and customer experience. Rise is the only performance marketing agency powered by Connex®, a cross-channel media optimization platform that enables our analytical marketers to invest each dollar where it will drive the greatest return. We combine media expertise with our award-winning customer experience practice to drive, engage, and convert customers better than our clients’ competition. Rise is fueled by the most data-driven marketing minds around the globe, helping leading brands in the retail, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, insurance, and financial services space make smarter marketing investments and create more relevant experiences for their customers. 

The Media Technology, Reporting, and Insights team is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the media technologies and data infrastructure necessary to deliver custom media performance reports and insights, using a Connex first approach.  We are looking to hire a Senior Project Manager, Media Technology & Reporting who will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing digital media technology projects efficiently and effectively.  This role involves coordinating cross-functional teams (i.e. Media Tech and Media Reporting), managing budgets,resources, forecasting, while ensuring that projects are completed on time and within scope.  This is a hybrid position based out of our global headquarters in the Chicago Loop.  

• Provide day-to-day project planning for client onboarding/maintenance, application/general technology configuration, custom data integration projects, and ongoing requests for all digital media platforms.  
• Stay up-to-date with digital media technologies and trends.  Evolve, evangelize, and ensure the media technology and reporting team executes Rise’s agile methodology consistently while embracing agile values and principles.
• 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. 

• Proven experience in project management, specifically in digital media or technology implementation 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