Senior Project Manager

About the role

Position Summary Our Program Managers bring value to our clients by passionately and professionally serving the best interests of our clients and agency by scoping, planning and managing the effective and efficient delivery of our integrated solutions; campaigns, events, experiences, platforms, content, products and services. They are an invaluable resource to the client teams (Delivery leads in particular) in helping to define and manage overall scopes of work, annual/project-based agency resources based on client budgets and project needs, and the integration with key partners throughout the process. Program Managers add value by interrogating every client brief and assignment and striving to solve our client's more significant business problems, not just the immediate request at hand. They are the trusted partner and point of contact for senior/management level clients, partnering with account leadership to deliver operational efficiencies, delivery excellence, project governance, resource optimization to increase speed-to-market and ROI for our clients and the agency.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the brand, Category Business Leads and Project Leads within the client structures to scope, plan and manage individual projects and programs of work with maximum efficiency and impact and project delivery
• Roadmap & Demand: Management of long-term experience roadmap, quarterly demand and detailed content calendars in partnership with client digital lead.
• Draft Key Milestones and Project Plans outlining all detailed deliverables and timings per workstream
• Own/champion/enforce agency core process (Think/Create/Realise/Optimise)
• Effective scoping based on mandatory customer/business outcomes and creative ambitions, assessed against client budgets and timelines
• Effective scope management and communicating change requests, and managing scope-creep to avoid missed deadlines and cost overages
• Ensure all agency briefs are complete and clear (context, mandatory information, deliverables, timelines, budgets etc.) before engaging managed resources
• Enforce internal Quality Assurance (QA) processes and measure to avoid/minimize duplication of effort and protect agency reputation
• Co-own the project budgets to manage costs and deliverables as well as staffing resources
• Responsible or assigning responsibility for all meeting communication and preparation, i.e. Agendas, Presentations, Meeting notes, etc
• Develop and maintain clear and complete Statement of Work (SoW) and Functional/Technical documentation (tech projects)
• Effectively present and justify SoW, including timelines, budgets, resource plans and general delivery ecosystems (integrations and partnerships)
• Maintain up-to-date resource, project information and reporting in Delivery Power Tools (Workfront, JIRA, Other) for effective, data-informed project and resource management and reporting
• Scheduling of all meeting routines, i.e. regular meetings as agreed with Project Team (weekly/bi-weekly, reviews, etc) and based on the phase that the project

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Additional Information

About Ogilvy Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity - innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com , and follow us on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and Facebook. 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 . About Ogilvy Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

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