Senior Vice President, Project Management

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Overview

Our Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible.  We are passionate about transforming ideas into results, as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Senior Vice President, Group Director in Project Management – a digital producer with a passion for using collaboration, the creative process, and emerging technologies to produce world-class interactive experiences for our clients. You’ll help create dynamic digital experiences and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. Our project work includes experience design and development, digital and social media campaigns, digital partnership activations and promotions, eCommerce and CMS implementations, CRM programs, and branded content. As a Senior Vice President, Group Director, you will not only help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work – you’ll also supervise a team of project managers and oversee large programs of work across multiple accounts and offices. To succeed, you will need to be a creative advocate, strive to be proactive, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit, and exercise excellent leadership skills. Sound like you? Read on.

Job Responsibilities

Requirements:

As a Senior Vice President, Group Director on the Project Management Team, you will:

• Lead efforts across our national cross-disciplinary team to deliver the estimated business value of an approved program
• Collaborate with other national discipline leads to help define our capability offering and our best practices
• Facilitate, track, and monitor programs, activities, roadmaps, and scope
• Lead integrated account planning sessions
• Ensure internal stakeholders are kept apprised of program status
• Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
• Demonstrate strong written and oral presentation skills
• Develop and articulate compelling decks and lead trainings
• Manage multiple direct reports and set career and capability goals with them
• Enforce team compliance with high company standards and professionalism
• Participate in team and cross-capability recruiting, interviewing, and staffing
• Attend training seminars and continuing education as offered

Day-to-day, your role includes:

• Being responsible for the direction, oversight, and outcome of multiple accounts, programs, or processes across our North American offices
• Problem-solving program and project issues; assisting teams in resolution and successfully leading large teams to develop risk mitigation plans
• Working with capability leads to understand business needs and helping identify and solving staffing-mix issues to meet business goals
• Working with clients to establish best practice processes that meet client business needs
• Demonstrating the ability to deliver constructive feedback while outlining and facilitating development plans where needed
• Experiencing something new every day

Qualifications

Qualifications:

We’re looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:

• A four-year degree
• 15-20 years of Project Management, Marketing, or related experience
• Mastery of large-level projects and programs
• PMP and/or CSM Certification (or desire to get this)
• Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Trello)
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation

You are the right person if you:

• Demonstrate grit and extreme ownership
• Exude positivity
• Aren’t afraid to share your ideas
• Meet problems head-on and view them as opportunities
• Are self-reliant and motivated
• Communicate fearlessly

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Additional Information

Digitas is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Information