MINDGRUVE
Director of Project Management
MINDGRUVE, San Diego, California, United States, 92189
We are a global digital agency comprised of strategists, creatives, media experts, data scientists, and engineers driven by one common purpose — accelerate business growth through marketing and digital transformation. Named a top 3% Google Premier Partner and recognized by Inc. 5000 and Adweek’s 75 Fastest Growing Companies, we’re constantly looking for “A” players to join our team.The rapid growth is attributed to our strongest asset — our people. Our teams are highly collaborative and work closely with each client to set clear goals and objectives so that we can deliver exceptional results. Mindgruve is a place where every opinion is valued. Not only will you be empowered to contribute ideas, but you will also play a key role in the execution and driving success for brands across a variety of industries. Sound fun? Perfect — you’ll fit right in.MindgruveMacarta is seeking a Director of Project Management with a proven track record of leading project and program managers at a major ad or digital agency. This role is important in promoting a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork, developing collaborative relationships across organizational levels, and being highly adaptable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.The ideal candidate will have experience overseeing teams leading multiple digital and traditional initiatives and will own accountability for delivery of creative, integrated marketing, and development programs and projects.The Director of Project Management will promote best practices in project and program management, ensuring the team of project managers deliver projects on time, on budget and on quality. The Director will define and optimize processes to drive efficient workflows within teams.What You'll Do Here:
Oversee Project Managers and Program Managers, providing strong leadership, training and guidance on delivery excellenceUphold team commitment to project management standards across all initiatives, ensuring consistency in tools usage, adherence to timelines and budgets, defining milestones and dependencies, creating risk strategies, solutioning and reporting.Foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development within the project management teamWork closely with VP, Client Experience on balance of Account staffing between AM and PM based on project needs and work streams within each accountWork closely with VP, Client Experience to establish a center of excellence for Client Experience and drive departmental efficiencyWork closely with Operations to establish and adhere to processes and best practices between project managers and traffic managers to support resourcing needsProvide regular updates (written and verbal) to stakeholders and management, preparing presentations, dashboards, and executive summaries as neededAssist in writing scopes, supplying and reviewing scope language as neededSet performance goals and provide career development opportunitiesKeep informed of the latest digital marketing trends and technologies to ensure the agency's project management practices remain relevantEnsure adherence to humility, curiosity, absolute ownership, and client advocacyWe Need a Person With:
10+ years experience managing large projects at a marketing agency5+ years people leadership and management skills, including direct experience leading, managing, and mentoring teams of project and program managersExperience in creating and optimizing processes for project management and cross-functional teamsProven track record of successfully leading complex creative and technology programs on scope, on time, on budget, on quality and an ability to train/coach others on these skillsStrong ability to create estimates and ability to train others on these skillsDeep understanding of creative and strategic process, campaign and communications planning, web development life cycles, SEO, social media, email marketing and online campaignsExperience working in agencies with media planning, buying and performance marketing including analytics and reportingCapable of gaining support for initiatives through influence and use of business rationaleExcellent communication, collaboration, team building and relationship management skillsMeticulous organization skillsProven strategic thinking and problem-solving abilitiesImpeccable documentation and admin skillsExperience of Workamajig, Asana or other project management platforms, Google Suite, Figma, HubspotKnowledge of Adobe Creative SuitePreferred certifications: PMP, CSM, Scaled AgileCompensation will be commensurate with experience. Additionally, for eligible full-time employees, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance; a flexible spending account; voluntary life and accident plans; and a 401(k) retirement plan with matching. Our headquarters is based in San Diego, California, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. We're seeking local candidates (or those open to relocation) who are able to work collaboratively with us in one of our offices; however, based on business needs and unique job functions, some roles may be eligible for remote work.MindgruveMacarta is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Oversee Project Managers and Program Managers, providing strong leadership, training and guidance on delivery excellenceUphold team commitment to project management standards across all initiatives, ensuring consistency in tools usage, adherence to timelines and budgets, defining milestones and dependencies, creating risk strategies, solutioning and reporting.Foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development within the project management teamWork closely with VP, Client Experience on balance of Account staffing between AM and PM based on project needs and work streams within each accountWork closely with VP, Client Experience to establish a center of excellence for Client Experience and drive departmental efficiencyWork closely with Operations to establish and adhere to processes and best practices between project managers and traffic managers to support resourcing needsProvide regular updates (written and verbal) to stakeholders and management, preparing presentations, dashboards, and executive summaries as neededAssist in writing scopes, supplying and reviewing scope language as neededSet performance goals and provide career development opportunitiesKeep informed of the latest digital marketing trends and technologies to ensure the agency's project management practices remain relevantEnsure adherence to humility, curiosity, absolute ownership, and client advocacyWe Need a Person With:
10+ years experience managing large projects at a marketing agency5+ years people leadership and management skills, including direct experience leading, managing, and mentoring teams of project and program managersExperience in creating and optimizing processes for project management and cross-functional teamsProven track record of successfully leading complex creative and technology programs on scope, on time, on budget, on quality and an ability to train/coach others on these skillsStrong ability to create estimates and ability to train others on these skillsDeep understanding of creative and strategic process, campaign and communications planning, web development life cycles, SEO, social media, email marketing and online campaignsExperience working in agencies with media planning, buying and performance marketing including analytics and reportingCapable of gaining support for initiatives through influence and use of business rationaleExcellent communication, collaboration, team building and relationship management skillsMeticulous organization skillsProven strategic thinking and problem-solving abilitiesImpeccable documentation and admin skillsExperience of Workamajig, Asana or other project management platforms, Google Suite, Figma, HubspotKnowledge of Adobe Creative SuitePreferred certifications: PMP, CSM, Scaled AgileCompensation will be commensurate with experience. Additionally, for eligible full-time employees, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance; a flexible spending account; voluntary life and accident plans; and a 401(k) retirement plan with matching. Our headquarters is based in San Diego, California, with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. We're seeking local candidates (or those open to relocation) who are able to work collaboratively with us in one of our offices; however, based on business needs and unique job functions, some roles may be eligible for remote work.MindgruveMacarta is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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