Senior Project Manager

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead multiple projects on concurrent timelines. If you like variety and tailoring process to project, this is the job for you. The Senior Project Manager is process-oriented, unafraid to ask questions, and has the experience to lead the day-to-day work on integrated projects. You believe in flawless execution and can influence teams to achieve great work within the boundaries of time, scope, and budget. 

Who are you? 

You can drive, estimate, schedule, and juggle deliverables across multiple projects at one time. You serve as the common thread on projects, managing schedules, priorities, and cross-functional teams so that nothing falls through the cracks. You are a detail-oriented communicator with an energetic presence and a belief in following through. Your teams and clients never have to ask what the next steps are because you always keep them informed. You create and connect workflows by communicating, tracking, timing, and problem-solving to achieve project delivery goals. 

Assembly, an Agency Built for Microsoft 

Part of the Edelman family of global companies, Assembly is a marketing and communications agency built to serve Microsoft in advancing its mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. From media relations and social media to data & analytics and influencer collaborations, we seamlessly integrate various capabilities to develop stories that earn attention. We’re proud to be Microsoft's agency partner across its Brand social channels; the global PR agency for Xbox; and the influencer agency of Xbox, Surface, Microsoft 365, and Windows; we also help several executives engage critical stakeholders and raise their visibility. Our success comes from our smart, passionate, and curious people, who tell great stories and solve complex business problems day in and day out. 

The job 

As the Senior Project Manager across multiple concurrent projects, you’ll work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver for our clients. You collaborate with Account and Specialty peers to ensure that project deliverables connect with strategic intent, while meeting time and budget specifications. Our projects can span organic and paid social media, creator, strategy, earned media, data and analytics, activations, and more.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of workstreams within large, complex initiatives and/or own mid-size projects independently and with minimal oversight. 
• Proficient in developing and implementing adaptable processes and communication workflows tailored to the specific requirements of each project or workstream. 
• Work with the Account and Specialty leads to resolve project-related issues, escalating project blockers and risk to the Project Lead. 
• Demonstrate business acumen by producing top-down and bottom-up estimates, and leading definition of scopes and staff plans with account leads and specialty teams, utilizing appropriate tools. 
• Lead the development and approval workflow of Statements of Work with Finance, Contracts and Account teams. 
• Author and maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates and project financial management (OOP & fee) and other relevant project documentation with input from cross-discipline teams. 
• Partner with Finance and Account teams to manage and communicate project burn, raise scope creep, share budget reporting, and participate in the monthly forecasting process. 
• Participate in client discussions related to project plans and set expectations on due dates needed to meet project goals. 
• Partner with Resource Management to establish staff plans, providing clarity that aligns specialty team needs with project future staffing requirements to identify the best talent for the work. 
• Ensure the quality and consistency across all projects is consistent with brand guidelines. 
• Balance a sense of urgency with a calm and confident leadership. 

Basic Qualifications

• 5 – 7 years of project management, integrated marketing/PR agency, or related experience. 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expert in core project management skills of scoping, budgeting, and building detailed timelines for a variety of deliverables and size of projects.
• Proven ability to generate effective cross team communications in a collaborative, hybrid environment to drive workflows.
• Skilled in troubleshooting issues and proactively addressing blockers and prioritizing needs across multiple programs at once. 
• Understanding of trade-offs and management of risks to delivery timelines and budget.
• Working knowledge and confidence using SmartSheet and Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

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Assembly is an integrated agency providing purpose-built communications to Microsoft – bringing strategy, creative, research, social and digital, and influencer marketing together to drive tangible business results and advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

We advocate for ideas based on real audience insights and sound strategic opportunities and bring them to life with creative executions that earn attention. We are the team behind some of Microsoft’s most exciting work across Surface, Xbox, M365, and Windows to name a few. We are the lead agency for the Microsoft brand across social; the global PR agency of record for Xbox; and the influencer agency of record for Xbox, Surface, M365 and Windows. Assembly is also a strategic partner for executive communications across Microsoft Store and several executives across the company.

Our results are a direct reflection of our culture and people – we believe that bringing together diverse perspectives enhance creativity and innovation, and we embrace and celebrate differences both in our organization and through our work. We’ve partnered with Microsoft for 27 years, across 17 countries around the world. Come be a part of our collective story as we partner with Microsoft to enable each other to achieve more.

Assembly Media was founded in 2014 under DJE Holdings to exclusively service Microsoft. In 2019 our parent agency, Edelman, was recognized by AdAge as one of the top 10 creative companies in the U.S. and recognized as a 2019 Best Place to Work.

Assembly is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.