Senior Project Manager

Company Description

A global creative constellation built for what’s next—uniting the human vision of the Leo Burnett network with the innovation of Publicis Worldwide.

Leo is HI × AI: Human Insight, Human Ideas, Human Impact—supercharged by the data and technology to move faster, go further, and deliver everywhere.

Leo brings together 15,000+ people across 90 countries, combining global scale with creative firepower to drive outsized impact for brands.

Overview

We are currently seeking a full-time Project Manager to join our team in our NY office.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the proactive management, within the agency account management and creative departments, of the internal process through all stages of agency projects; forward planning, strategic development, creative development and production. The Project Manager must ensure that each project is delivered according to the agreed timelines, to the highest possible standard and for the agreed budget.

• The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the health and quality of large-scale client projects, focusing on maintaining margin, delivery efficiency and quality, and risk mitigation and resolution
• The ideal candidate should have experience structuring and leading marketing and advertising projects consisting of multidisciplinary resources and parallel lines of business, with demonstrated success in collaborating with key agency stakeholders, including but not limited to Creative, Client Services, Finance, Strategy, Data and Analytics, Media, and Technology. Experience with managing multi-channel engagements (video, TVC, print, digital, experiential, activation, etc.) is required.
• They will also possess a proven ability to represent the Project Management discipline with internal and client stakeholders, and be deft at building and maintaining strong relationships with agency, client and third-party partners. They will work with these entities to proactively solve challenges and contribute to the development of processes that adapt to evolving business challenges, best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Work with account and client stakeholders to instill and enforce processes, workflows and tools that support the profitable delivery of client work.
• Contribute to a culture of delivery efficiency and excellence with direct reports and larger Project Management department.
• Responsible for the scoping and management of multiple concurrent large scale-projects and client engagements totaling over $1-5MM annually.
• Partner with Client Service and Finance leads to actively manage business challenges, client relationships, developing annual scopes and contracts, estimates and staffing plans against scoped work, and maintaining profit margin.
• Partner with Creative to effectively shepherd and manage the evolution of creative work, ensuring quality at all points from concept through delivery. Active partnership with Resource Management, Production, and Technology departments to ensure connections and collaborations happen where they should, in support of innovative and award-winning creative ideas.
• Maintain and enforce high standards of communications and documentation, including status and financial reports, timelines, scopes, change orders, burn reports and forecasting, best practices and asset management.
• Manage large projects independently from initiation through completion
• Maintain departmental values, vision, direction and responsibilities with team stakeholders.
• Partner with internal teams to continuously optimize existing operational processes and systems, ensuring buy-in and compliance with directs.
• Provide solutions-oriented management with a strong ability to creatively solve problems with a positive, professional demeanor and a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Work with Senior level stakeholders to manage client relationships and actively provide ideas to upsell work.
• Proactively manage, provide guidance, and develop clear communications around program and business-related risks, including mitigation planning and crisis management.
• Actively participate in agency new business opportunities/initiatives.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years project management experience in a creative services organization working with cross-functional stakeholders including strategy, data and planning, creative, editorial, experience design, production, technology, operations and resourcing.
• Demonstrated understanding of project management methodologies, process and tools, including staffing, scoping, estimating, burn management.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects at once.
• A self-starter who is curious.
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Cool, calm, collected and collaborative.
• Strong understanding of print, digital and broadcast production.
• Strong sense of design and experience with industry leading creative output.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Google Apps
• Basic understanding of Adobe Creative Suite

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $120,159.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/26/2026.