Senior Digital Project Manager

About the job

We have an exciting role of Senior Digital Project Manager to drive and translate creative and contemporary ideas to solid design and impact. You will have a key role in design and deployment of creative campaigns with our global clients, including many Fortune 50 companies. The Role Reporting to the Project Director, you will be managing several clients across the business. You will have responsibility for working with the agency designers, developers, strategists, and client services to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget and to the best possible quality. Ideally, you will have a strong background of project delivery and should be confident in project managing complex web builds utilising both waterfall and agile methodologies. This is a great opportunity for you if you are striving to take your career to the next level working for a dynamic agency. We all work closely together and take pride in producing top-quality work. Day to day you must create, maintain and track project plans, schedules and risk/issue logs throughout the life of the project. Specific duties include: • Project Coordination across a multitude of global client accounts • Liaising with clients at a senior level on a day-to-day basis • Driving project activities to ensure project success following an Agile Process, ensuring it is implemented and followed • Completing projects to a specific schedule and within an agreed budget • Managing the project team across different geographical locations • Making appropriate and necessary decisions on the project relating to administration, scope and control • Review risk/issue logs with project team - taking ownership of solutions • Advise on Project Management Standards, processes and procedures - challenging any that become a constraint • Proficiency in using a project management and bug tracking system i.e. Jira • Ensuring that project issues, conflicts and disagreements are identified and quickly resolved • Supporting the Project Team in all quality related activities Your Skills • Expertise in managing professional client relationships • Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as proficient knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices, and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment • Knowledge and understanding of web and mobile technologies (what is possible vs. limitations) with the ability to run projects independently including website builds, system architecture and mobile applications • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Effective team management capabilities • A keen attention to detail and budgetary restraints • Willing to take ownership of solutions and confident in resolving all project issues • Good understanding and knowledge of bug tracking tool, Jira • Ability to work comfortably in a fast paced, busy agency environment • A strong presenter and communicator who is comfortable leading from the front with clients and internal teams Yrs of exp - 4 to 8 yrs Shift - UK & US Location - Chennai, Bangalore & Hyderabad Hybrid model Note - Knowledge of CMS like Wordpress, Sitecore and Umbraco are added advantage

Requirements

• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Web Development
• Communication Skills
• Team Management
• Jira

Preferred Technologies

• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Web Development
• Communication Skills
• Team Management
• Jira

About the company

We are an integral part of Annalect Global and Omnicom Group, one of the largest media and advertising agency holding companies in the world. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations, and other specialty communications services. Our agency brands are consistently recognized as being among the world’s creative best. Annalect India plays a key role for our group companies by providing stellar products and services in areas of Creative Services, Technology, Marketing Science (data & analytics), Market Research, Business Support Services, Media Services, Consulting & Advisory Services.