Senior Project/Programme Manager

This role will be working across various stakeholders to design, implement and run simple yet effective project / program governance processes.

This role will require management of multiple timelines, dependencies and resource across a variety of marketing and media transformation projects and work streams.

This role will require you to build strong relationships across stakeholders and partners to ensure visibility, clarity, collaboration and strategic alignment.

You will be a strategic problem solver as well as an effective business operator. You will work across teams to ensure strategic alignment of priorities.

You will work across concurrent workstreams and teams, identifying and solving unexpected issues, and facilitating collaboration to stay on track. A can-do, roll-up your sleeves attitude to problem solving is essential -- making sure you work across all stakeholders to find solutions in a timely manner is key.

You should be passionate about driving change, organisational agility and continuous improvement. When needed you’ll help coach others on project management, process design and change management fundamentals.

You’re comfortable wearing multiple hats including project manager, strategic thinker, process designer, change agent and consultative problem solver with a proven track record of driving results.

You are comfortable creating order from ambiguity and driving results across a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Ideal candidate:

• Advanced experience in Business Analysis, Project Management or Management Consulting preferably within a global consulting firm – working knowledge of Media Agency and Holding Company capabilities, solutions and operating models a plus

• Expert at translating strategic vision and priorities into operational reality. Seamlessly moves between big picture and tactical details.

• Adept at building efficient and highly effective teams with well-defined ways of working and collaboration

• Fosters communication and knowledge sharing within and outside of the team

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priotities will shift

• Excels at driving results and expected outcomes

Essential criteria:

• Firm understanding of project, program and portfolio management. Able to assess and correct established plans, governance processes and tools. Adept at coaching and mentoring others on project management fundamentals

• Excels at process analysis, documentation and design – able to break down silos, identify hidden interlocks and dependencies

• Excels at driving adoption, building enthusiasm and embracing change through effective change strategies and tactics

• Expert planner who can plot the course from start to finish, identify and mitigate risks, and can seamlessly shift between the strategic and tactical

• Strong collaborator comfortable fostering relationships and working across all levels across internal team, other partners, and client

• Excels at through and honest analysis - challenger of status quo and change agent

• Embraces ambiguity and expertly breaks down complex problems into simple solutions

• Proficient at designing and implementing efficient, effective ways of working that leveraging technology and automation where possible to work smarter not harder