OverviewPublicis Sapient is seeking a
Manager, Program Management to join the PMO supporting a large-scale business and technology transformation.
This is a highly hands-on role for someone who excels at creating structure, maintaining detailed plans, coordinating multiple stakeholders and ensuring that actions and commitments move forward.
The Manager will own the day-to-day management of an assigned program or workstream and work closely with senior program leadership, client stakeholders, third parties and globally distributed teams.
Your Impact:- Own the day-to-day program management of an assigned transformation workstream.
- Build, maintain and actively manage detailed bottom-up project and program plans.
- Track milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies and actions.
- Ensure commitments have clear owners and proactively follow up through completion.
- Coordinate activities across internal teams, client stakeholders, third parties and globally distributed delivery teams.
- Identify program risks and dependencies early and escalate issues appropriately.
- Prepare accurate, concise status reporting for program leadership and client stakeholders.
- Support governance meetings, working sessions and executive reviews.
- Create clear, polished PowerPoint presentations that translate detailed program information into effective client communications.
- Work across multiple program areas while maintaining visibility into interconnected dependencies.
- Help establish and continuously improve PMO processes, tools and working practices.
- Support program leadership with planning, resource coordination and execution.
- Take ownership of assigned work rather than relying on senior leadership to drive routine follow-up.
- Maintain the level of execution rigor required for a complex, high-visibility transformation.
QualificationsYour Skills & Experience:- Strong hands-on project or program management experience.
- Experience managing complex projects or individual workstreams within larger transformation programs.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain detailed delivery plans.
- Strong organization and follow-through with close attention to detail.
- Experience tracking risks, dependencies, decisions, deliverables and actions.
- Strong client-facing written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience coordinating across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-moving environment.
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation-development capabilities.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.
- Ability to operate effectively when requirements or program structures are still evolving.
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort escalating issues when necessary.
Set Yourself Apart With:- Experience supporting AI or Generative AI programs.
- Marketing, advertising, media or consumer-products experience.
- Understanding of marketing processes, including research and insights, strategy development, campaign planning, content development or measurement.
- Experience with large-scale business or digital transformation initiatives.
- Experience coordinating offshore or India-based delivery teams.
- Experience managing external partners or third-party dependencies.
- Experience in complex consulting environments.
Additional informationSalary Range: $120,000 - $155,000
The range shown represents a grouping of ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work.
