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Objectives of This Role

As an associate director of program management you will manage training, strategic business planning for book of business, and staff road map development

 Duties and Responsibilities:

Communication

• Drive difficult or complex project discussions with client and teams, facilitate resolution
• Can speak to technical solutions, usability, and data integration fulfillment
• Skilled at influencing and persuading internal teams and external clients

 Project Management

• Proficient and innovative problem-solver
• Collaborative business partner to team capability leads
• Seeks to optimize team services and internal resources
• Identifies potential improvements and efficiencies, ensuring teams use flexible project planning designed to support the strategic, creative, and executional process
• Collaborates on key operational tools and process development/implementation
• Responsible for the quality and consistency of work across brands

 Financial

• Partners with account and finance leads to ensure accurate, complete, reliable brand forecasting, pressure-testing against known variables and trends
• Responsible for financial health of book of business, including monitoring run rate, and collaborates with resourcing/department leads to ensure the team is staffed to hit forecast o Evaluates and acts on utilization trends for direct reports
• QCs brand SOWs before sending to finance for review; ensures a) assumptions are reasonable and all assumed costs are included/excluded; b) appropriate staffing allocations by department

 Training/Tool Set

• Mastery of Ziflow, Workamajig; MS Office Suite (advanced-level Excel)
• Collaboration in assessment of department tools, best practice guidance, SOP development

 Client Management/Interaction

• Subject matter expert in client interactions (strategic, complex, or rare project types)

 Teamwork

• Collaborates with PM department lead on agency initiatives
• Collaborates with interagency resource managers
• Partners with creative and account leads to ensure success and financial health of brands o Collaborates with PM department lead to assess, align, and optimize processes within agency

 Leadership

• Provides mentorship, training, and skill development to direct reports
• Collaborates on content and delivery for PM meetings
• Shares knowledge and provides learning opportunities across brands
• Collaborates with PM department lead on departmental career development
• Conducts biannual reviews and goal road-mapping; mentors direct reports through the process o Fosters good team culture, reinforcing and encouraging tenets of the agency

 Business Development

• Participates in new business pitches, whether creating content or developing budgets or timelines Attends Q&A sessions with potential new clients

 Channel Expertise

• Mentor for multichannel best practice development o Mentor for requirements assessment, co-creation cross-channel

 Job Requirements:

• Proven experience as program manager or other managerial position
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
• Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation techniques and key metrics
• Outstanding knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and budgeting
• Working knowledge of MS Office and program management software
• Business acumen with a strategic ability
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• An analytical mind-set with great problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous stakeholder management skills

• Strong working knowledge of Salesforce CRM software

• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Team management and leadership skills
• Documentation management and ability to use project management tools
• Attention to details even under pressure
• Time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines

Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.