Saatchi & Saatchi

Manager, Project Management

Saatchi & Saatchi • $75K — $115K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree required
  • 4-5 years of experience in Project Management, Marketing, or related fields
  • Experience managing small to mid-level projects, especially in OOH and direct mail/email
  • Proficient with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project)
  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for ideation and content generation is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex, cross-departmental projects and integrated program management
  • Facilitate client discussions on project timelines and deliverables
  • Create comprehensive project scopes, schedules, and risk management plans
  • Participate in new business proposals when required
  • Conduct training for management and effective communication
  • Oversee onboarding and training processes for new hires
  • Strive to set projects up for success with proper planning and team alignment

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
  • Diverse and inclusive organizational culture
  • Programs supporting varied talent needs
Full Job Description
Overview

Our Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

This particular role will focus on high volume, quick turnaround projects to include direct mail, email, landing page revisions and out-of-home (OOH) advertising.

As a Manager, you will not only help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work, but will also supervise junior project managers and oversee large programs of work. To succeed, you will need to be a creative advocate, strive to be proactive, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit, and exercise excellent communication skills. Sound like you? Read on.

Responsibilities

Day to day, your role will include:
  • Collaborate and lead complex cross-capability projects and integrated program management
  • Lead client discussions on project plans to ensure the client understands project flow and due dates needed to meet end goals
  • Produce top-down and bottom-up scopes, project schedules, resource plans, and risk & change management plans, utilizing appropriate tools
  • Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
  • Begin management, leadership, and effective communication trainings
  • Contribute to proper training and onboarding processes for new team members
  • Demonstrate strong written and oral presentation skills
  • Sets goals for yourself and may manage multiple direct reports to set goals and conduct regular reviews
  • Setting up projects and programs for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
  • Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
  • Effectively handling risk, escalating when needed, and assisting the team in resolution
  • Contributing to the development of methodologies, standards, and best practices to streamline processes and create efficiencies for the Project Management capability and train team members when applicable
  • Experiencing something new every day

Qualifications

We're looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:
  • A four-year degree
  • 4-5 years of Project Management, Marketing, or related experience
  • Mastery of small to mid-level projects (OOH, direct mail and/or email channel experience preferred)
  • Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Trello)
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL• E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation

You are the right person if you:
  • Demonstrate grit and extreme ownership
  • Exude positivity
  • Aren't afraid to share your ideas
  • Meet problems head-on and view them as opportunities
  • Are self-reliant and motivated
  • Communicate fearlessly

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $115,024.00/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. 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 10/15/2026.

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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