
Senior Project Manager
- Chicago, IL
- $76,000-113,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Full lifecycle delivery and management of complex, technical, strategic and creative projects
- Develops and actively manages project timelines, estimates, risk registers, communication plans, burn reports and change logs with minimal oversight
- Leads the estimation process and provides project budget and staff plan parameters with minimal supervision
- Leads the project timeline creation process in close partnership with internal and external stakeholders with minimal supervision
- Leads project kickoffs and status meetings
- Creates and/or reviews and distributes meeting recaps; oversees and evolves Project Managers (PM) and Project Coordinators (PC) in their ability to write actionable recaps
- In partnership with AD and GPD, develops financial forecasts for proactive financial management
- In partnership with AD, Finance and Account, facilitates monthly billing, analysis and action
- In partnership with Account Services, AD and GPD, assists with the development of annual and project-based SOWs
- In partnership with ADs and GPD, provides input to program Gantt Charts
- In partnership with Account Services, AD and GPD, assists with change order creation and management
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
- Three to five years of experience in a PMO role
- Pharmaceutical or advertising experience preferred (AOR or DAOR)
- Advanced understanding and applications of PMO standards and processes
- Experience leading the delivery of complex, technology, strategy, and creative based projects
- Ability to develop a creative, strategic, or technical heavy project plan
- Ability to tailor and flex process to provide solutions to proactively facilitate a project
- Experience leading a wide range of different functional groups and project teams
- Comprehension of project forecasting and reforecasting throughout lifecycle of project
- Expert project and program burn analysis and remediation
- Excellent scope and change management tracking and adherence
- Comfortable with client-facing communication
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate, assess, and mitigate risk
- Ability to build trust, negotiate, and influence decision-making with Account, SMEs, Clients, Partner Agencies, and third-party vendors
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Strong decision-making and implementation, especially when faced with uncertainty
- Experience working with Project Management Information Systems such as Workfront, Workfront Proof, Smartsheet, MS Project
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
- Launch experience a plus