Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director, Program Management

Saatchi & Saatchi$112K — $179K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of project management experience in marketing technology, CRM, or digital agencies.
  • Expertise in email development methodologies and best practices.
  • Strong ability to create detailed project plans requiring complex scenario planning.
  • Advanced experience with project management tools like Smartsheet and Workfront.
  • Excellent communication skills for updating clients on project status.
  • Effective systems thinking with conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work on PST time.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate requirements across marketing, creative, and analytics teams for email campaigns.
  • Oversee development, QA, testing, and deployment of email communications.
  • Collaborate with analytics teams for A/B testing and optimization strategies.
  • Act as primary contact for clients, translating marketing goals into project plans and email experiences.
  • Manage workflow for segmentation, targeting, and personalization in campaigns.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more.
  • Monetary assistance for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility support.
  • Financial support for pet adoption initiatives.
  • Employee Assistance Programs and wellness reimbursements.
  • Tuition Assistance for continuous learning and development.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off policy including holidays and volunteer days.
  • Work Your World program allowing remote work from any Publicis office for up to 6 weeks annually.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking an Associate Director of Program Management to join our team! This role acts as an operational leader for our CRM and email marketing initiatives, bridging the gap between Customer Engagement, Business Strategy, Technology, Big Data, and Content. You will lead small-to-medium engagements with growing complexity across multiple client teams. You will be deeply involved in both day-to-day execution and high-level coordination, ensuring that email campaigns are delivered flawlessly while optimizing for performance.

An Associate Director of Program Management at Razorfish is equal parts planning guru, problem solver, strategic thinker, and client relationship builder. You know how to balance client drivers with the realities of time, scope, quality, and risk. You are key to building a positive team environment, fostering collaboration, and maintaining high performance standards

PLEASE NOTE: Preference will be given to candidates who are local to the San Fran, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, or metros and willing to commit to a hybrid schedule of 4 days/week on average. Highly qualified candidates living in other markets may also be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate requirements across Product Marketing, Creative, Data and Analytics teams to ensure a clear campaign vision and seamless execution.
  • Oversee the development, QA, testing, and deployment of email campaigns. This includes managing the workflow for segmentation, targeting, personalization, and journey orchestration.
  • Collaborate with analytics teams to conduct A/B and multivariate testing, ensuring we are constantly troubleshooting issues and implementing optimization strategies to drive conversion.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for the client on day-to-day execution, translating complex marketing goals into clear project plans and compelling email experiences.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of project management experience, specifically within marketing technology, CRM, or digital agencies.
  • Demonstrated expertise in email development methodologies and best practices.
  • Ability to craft and define a project plan based on assumptions, requiring complex scenario planning ahead of project kickoff.
  • Advanced experience with project management tools (Smartsheet and Workfront preferred)
  • Excellent communication skills with proven comfort and experience delivering daily project updates directly to clients.
  • Effective systems thinking, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills. You must be able to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work and lead teams through ambiguity.
    • Ability to work on PST time.

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 $179,712.00/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 1/1/2028.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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