Project Management Operations Team Lead - Montréal, Canada - The Ogilvy Group, LLC

Description

• Join one of Canada's best Pharmaceutical Advertising Agencies, growing rapidly and working hard to transform health communications in Canada.
• Be part of a dynamic team of youthful yet seasoned professionals all enjoying an opportunity for career and personal growth.
• Participate in sophisticated and groundbreaking professional, patient and directtoconsumer (DTC) campaigns.
• Work with Tier 1 Pharma Clients in both the Canadian and global markets.
• Flexible work environment remote with Toronto or Montreal office locations.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all projectrelated matters, including but not limited to scope, schedule, budget, risks/issues, and quality based on Agency Standards/historical
• Lead a team of Project managers and ensure they are set up for success
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with Accounts, Strategy, Creative, Medical and project team members throughout the project lifecycle
• Define project objectives, success criteria, and deliverables in collaboration with the Strategy, creative and medical departments
• Develop and execute detailed project plans, ensuring that all project activities are properly sequenced and resourced
• Monitor and report on project progress, performance, and health against established metrics, thresholds, and baselines
• Identify, track, and resolve issues and risks proactively, escalating as necessary to ensure timely resolution
• Manage and control changes to the project baseline in accordance with established change management processes
• Facilitate regular project status meetings and other communications forums as needed
• Prepare and distribute accurate and timely project reports, presentations, and other artifacts as required
• Conduct postproject reviews to document lessons learned and identify opportunities for process improvement
• Maintain uptodate knowledge of relevant project management methodologies, tools, and techniques
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Lead all project management activities for assigned brands, from project scoping to final delivery and key checkpoints in between
• Orchestrate Client Service to manage project scope, build timelines, update status reports, track financial performance and followup with various teams for ongoing deliverables
• Ensure client needs are being met by negotiating deadlines, reprioritizing jobs and flagging any risk on delivery
• Ensure Agency standard pricing grids are being updated
• Think outside the box and collaborate with key team members to find solutions
• Work closely with Resource Management function
• Ensure package artwork files are completed for publications

• 7+ years experience in project management with progressive responsibility with 23 years of Agency experience in a similar role
• Proven ability to lead and manage large, complex projects from initiation through closeout
• Demonstrated success developing and managing project budgets
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills