Overview

The Associate Director, Program Management position is responsible for steering increasingly larger and more complex programs for a client, or portfolio of projects across multiple clients. They help direct the PM team to ensure that assignments are completed according to schedule and budget. They actively identify organic growth opportunities, heavily involved in estimation and contract reviews to ensure accuracy of effort and commitment. Consult with the leadership team on decisions and work together to persuasively align the project team to a greater goal.

Responsibilities

• Effectively estimate engagements and perform a top-down and bottom-up analysis for various types of projects (campaign to .com/app to strategy engagements)
• Support Staffing negotiations between programs/portfolios
• Shape approaches and create meaningful views of scope across different services and capabilities. Support scope escalation and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive and manage the approval and review process for MSA/SOW (high complexity)
• Collaborate with internal Stakeholders and external Clients to creatively resolve challenges with the contract
• Assist end-to-end scope change management process
• Assess the effectiveness of team dynamics/communications and diagnose/implement corrective actions where challenges may occur
• Responsible for delivering a work stream or collection of projects within sold margins with the ability to identify and propose solutions for changes in margin
• Deal with challenging situations/interactions and drive the collaboration process in large group sessions to get key Clients to make difficult decisions

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years experience managing medium-large size, complex digital media programs; approx. $10M in revenue
• Experience with creative production and production teams preferred
• Experience with strategy, creative, data, media etc. disciplines required
• Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment for end-to-end engagements
• Program management experience in scaled digital media implementation leading high performing teams within Creative, UX and Digital implementation teams
• Effective systems thinking skills and ability to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work
• Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data
• Comfortable with relationships and presenting to senior creative leaders, marketing leaders, and digital leaders
• Strong project management experience. Process oriented with understanding of SAFe Agile ways of working. Experience with one or more of methodologies like scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, etc.), waterfall, and hybrid.
• Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills
• Effective conflict resolution skills

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.

Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Compensation Range: USD $112,290.00 - USD $153,600.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/15/2026.