Project Manager

About the role

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com . Sobre WPP WPP es el socio de crecimiento de confianza para las marcas líderes del mundo. Unimos inteligencia de medios de vanguardia y soluciones de datos, creatividad de clase mundial, producción de próxima generación, soluciones empresariales transformadoras y asesoramiento estratégico experto en una única empresa, impulsada por talento excepcional y nuestra plataforma de marketing agencial, WPP Open, para ayudar a nuestros clientes a navegar el cambio, capturar oportunidades y generar un crecimiento transformador. Para más información, visite WPP.com . Who we are looking for: VML, part of WPP, is seeking a Mid Project Manager for our Costa Rica office. We are looking for enthusiastic critical thinkers and problem solvers that thrive on being engaged at all levels of the project. The Mid Project Manager acutely understands the opportunities and constraints of a given project and takes responsibility for setting and managing expectations internally and with clients. They understand how to manage and negotiate trade-offs to deliver on time, within budget and against agreed objectives. Mid Project Managers have full lifecycle experience from scoping through delivery and can confidently navigate and prioritize business needs, resource management, schedules, and financials to successfully deliver all aspects of the assignment.

Responsibilities

• Process | Establish and manage project/program communication and process. Leverage existing tools and processes to monitor people and progress. Collaborate with Project and Program needs to ensure the right resources are in place to deliver the work.

Requirements

• A Leader | Influence without authority and foster an environment of shared accountability. Partner with department leads, tailoring communications based on audience and level (technology, creative, finance, client, vendor).
• A Builder | Navigate strong collaboration between people, processes and systems. Drive projects and resource management from ambiguity to clarity.
• Detail-Oriented | Sharp attention to detail and a drive for perfection.
• A Strong Communicator | Excellent communicator with exceptional analytical skills.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience managing projects in a professional environment - agency or consulting environment preferred.
• Experience working with common project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Slack/MS Teams.
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