Project Director
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or Los Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Act as a hands-on senior project manager for select high-priority accounts, taking ownership from concept to execution. Oversee and mentor Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, fostering growth while ensuring high standards. Partner with the Head of Department to forecast agency-wide project needs and ensure proper staffing and resourcing. Create, install, and optimize best-in-class project management processes and tools across all teams. Manage portfolio-level profitability by tracking burn rates and budgets, guiding the team to course-correct as needed. Proactively identify agency-wide resourcing or project issues and propose solutions before they impact delivery schedules. Ensure all work is signed off at the right stages by the right people, including internal and external partners. Leverage AI features within Google Workspace to automate documentation and supercharge team productivity.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in project management with a strong focus on agency operations, team management, resourcing, and process development
- Proven track record of managing, mentoring, and developing junior project management staff (Project Managers, Senior Project Managers)
- Deeply familiar with agency turn-around times, resourcing, and ways of working, with a strong understanding of the dynamics of agency processes
- Demonstrated experience creating and rolling out new workflows, processes, and tool guidelines across teams
- Highly proficient with Google Suite and Slack
- Strong understanding and experience in forecasting and managing complex project financials and portfolio budgets
- Knowledgeable on social platforms formats and guidelines
- Confident, collaborative and positive with a 'can-do' attitude
- Proactive in providing solutions when challenges are identified
- Detail-oriented and takes responsibility for fulfilling all components of team deliverables
- Working knowledge of A.I. tools and functions and previously implemented AI into your daily work
Desired Qualifications
- Agency experience is highly preferred for this role given the operational and resourcing focus
- Knowledge of Asana and/or Workbook is strongly preferred
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