Senior Vice President, Group Program Manager

Assembly Media, Inc., a subsidiary of Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc. is seeking a savvy Senior Vice President, Group Program Director to scale and mentor the project management team charged serving one of our largest clients, Microsoft. A significant role, candidates should be prepared to provide structure and rigor for the team, while managing a portfolio of multi-disciplinary work ranging in scope from five to eight figures. Successful candidates will be willing to roll up sleeves and lead from the front.

Overall, project management at Assembly endeavors to ensure that the agency best serves our clients through work that is on brief, meets time specifications and quality goals, and preserves business integrity. The team may support workstreams spanning:

Communications – employee engagement, thought-leadership, product launches

Influencer – celebrity engagements, social media influencers, micro influencers

Content Production – social media, web content, branded content, print collateral

Digital – site builds, online advertising, application development, social content, community management and online editorial

Experiential – digital OOH, PR events, event signage

Paid Media Campaigns – Magnifying Microsoft work through Paid Campaigns on social platforms

Analytics – Support Analytics Specialists as they develop automated reporting capabilities

Managing well through change is one of our core values. We are curious – we ask questions, and we endeavor to be truly agile in our approach to both the work and our relationships. We recognize the importance of the systems that have gotten us to where we are, yet we are always looking for ways to improve and grow.

Responsibilities

• Support Assembly’s Head of Client Delivery and partner with leadership to design and communicate organizational best practices and standards.
• Take a growth mindset towards management of project management professionals.
• Ensure project managers can support work based on a defined assignment and prioritization model.
• Instill a culture of continuous improvement, efficiently bringing together diverse teams and skillsets, and supporting change management.
• Manage and mentor team members, including resolving project escalations, setting and managing performance goals, and coaching team in career growth path.
• Oversee timelines and project plans, including controlling project scope and the change control process.
• Ability to run day-to-day projects to support program scale, growth, and team bandwidth coverage as needed.
• Interest and ability to work directly with clients and to build and support IAT program management.
• Plan and coordinate internal and external resources throughout all stages of the project lifecycle, including across global markets.
• Direct the development and delivery of project vision, proactively handling dependency, risk/issue management, and problem resolution.
• Provide updated status reporting to senior management and business units.
• Partner with Resource Management to appropriately allocate staff or external resources for work-type and scope.
• Serve as a partner to the Business Management (Finance) team to ensure KPIs are set, projects stay on budget, fees are appropriate, and SOWs are approved.
• Create budget and deliverable status and planning materials to assist in creating and updating programs with clients.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• This role requires 10 years of experience in an agency environment managing a team and a portfolio of multiple, complex and cross-functional projects.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Expert understanding of the Delivery function within an advertising, marketing or communications agency setting.
• Excellent organizing, time management, and oral & written communication skills.
• Ability to balance a sense of urgency with calm and confident leadership, especially in stressful or pressured situation.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, negotiating, influencing, facilitation, prioritization, decision making, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate others, inspire teamwork and take a leadership role.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies, including the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk, develop detailed work plans and specifications, perform resource allocations and run team meetings.
• Ability to solve problems with keen instincts and organizational experience.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet or similar project management software
• Experience in strategic planning and execution.
• Ideal candidates will have hands-on integrated marketing experience.
  
  
  

$150,000 - $230,000 a year

An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

Edelman offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.

Assembly is an integrated agency providing purpose-built communications to Microsoft – bringing strategy, creative, research, social and digital, and influencer marketing together to drive tangible business results and advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

We advocate for ideas based on real audience insights and sound strategic opportunities and bring them to life with creative executions that earn attention. We are the team behind some of Microsoft’s most exciting work across Surface, Xbox, M365, and Windows to name a few. We are the lead agency for the Microsoft brand across social; the global PR agency of record for Xbox; and the influencer agency of record for Xbox, Surface, M365 and Windows. Assembly is also a strategic partner for executive communications across Microsoft Store and several executives across the company.

Our results are a direct reflection of our culture and people – we believe that bringing together diverse perspectives enhance creativity and innovation, and we embrace and celebrate differences both in our organization and through our work. We’ve partnered with Microsoft for 27 years, across 17 countries around the world. Come be a part of our collective story as we partner with Microsoft to enable each other to achieve more.

Assembly Media was founded in 2014 under DJE Holdings to exclusively service Microsoft. In 2019 our parent agency, Edelman, was recognized by AdAge as one of the top 10 creative companies in the U.S. and recognized as a 2019 Best Place to Work.

Assembly is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.