Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Program Manager

Saatchi & Saatchi • $88K — $127K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of project/program management in B2B digital marketing or advertising.
  • Familiarity with waterfall and hybrid methodologies; Agile experience preferred.
  • Understanding of strategy, creative, and long-form content production processes.
  • Proficient with project management tools, preferably Smartsheet or Workfront.
  • Experience in direct client communication and relationship management.
  • Proven track record in managing multiple full project lifecycles from start to finish.
  • Ability to develop complex project plans based on assumptions.

Responsibilities

  • Structure and oversee multi-track projects and programs.
  • Manage end-to-end multi-channel B2B campaigns across various platforms.
  • Provide direction and motivation to project teams, setting clear objectives.
  • Create and maintain essential project management deliverables and documentation.
  • Oversee scope and quality management throughout project execution.
  • Monitor project risks and issues, implementing necessary solutions.
  • Foster strong, peer-level client relationships, serving as their primary point of contact.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for 12 weeks or more, including adoption and surrogacy support.
  • Tuition assistance for ongoing education and development.
  • Flexible time off including vacation, sick days, and volunteer days.
  • 'Work Your World' program allowing remote work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks annually.
  • Employee Assistance Programs and wellness reimbursements for work/life balance.
  • Monetary support for pet adoption and matching gift programs.
Full Job Description
Overview

A Senior Program Manager at Razorfish is equal parts planning guru, problem solver, strategic thinker, client relationship builder, and team leader. You'll be leading cross-disciplinary teams and clients to deliver cross-channel B2B marketing solutions. You watch timelines and budgets. You're fanatical about quality. And, you know how to consider client drivers when thinking about tradeoffs between time, scope, quality and risk.

You are key to building a positive team environment. You are great at building relationships and driving team collaboration. You care deeply about individual development and high-performance standards. You're comfortable leading teams. You seamlessly bring together multiple disciplines even when we're using the same words but mean different things. You have a deep understanding of project management tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Structures and manages integrated, multi-track projects and/or programs of multiple projects
  • Manage multi-channel B2B campaigns (e.g. web, social media, webinars, events, long form video, podcasts, etc.) from client brief through strategy development, content development, hand-off to production and post-campaign reporting
  • Provides purpose, direction and motivation to team. Clarifies and communicates project objectives and success criteria.
  • Creation of project management deliverables (ex: Project plans/schedules, status reports, deliverable trackers, production hand-off documents, risks & issues logs, etc.)
  • Scope management.
  • Development and tracking of integrated project plans.
  • Project and/or program risks and issues tracking and management.
  • Sets quality and performance standards.
  • Maintains project tracking, dashboards and information systems.
  • Assesses and manages project roadblocks and risks.
  • Manages hand-offs to and cross-capability oversight and quality assurance with the production capability for any in-scope deliverables or assets through execution and launch.
  • Manages peer-level client relationships (expectations, communications, negotiations, escalation, feedback, etc.)
  • Provides day-to-day project contact for the client.
  • Leverages best practices and applies lessons learned from previous projects; develops/adapts ways of working based on client needs and processes.
  • Ensures a positive, collaborative work environment for the team.
  • Maintains awareness of the current industry environment that shapes opportunities for client solutions (i.e. news events, trends, mergers, etc.).
  • Contributes to the ongoing development of the Program Management Discipline and community.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years project/program management experience including managing multi-channel marketing projects for enterprise B2B clients in a digital or advertising agency.
  • Experience using waterfall, and hybrid methodologies; Agile experience is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Strategy, Creative and Long-form Content production workflows.
  • Experience with PMP tools - specific platform not required, Smartsheet or Workfront preferred.
  • Experience communicating directly with clients.
  • Experience managing multiple full project lifecycles from Client brief and Strategy development through final delivery or hand-off to Production and campaign reporting.
  • Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated ability to craft and define a project plan based on assumptions, requiring complex scenario planning ahead of project kickoff.

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 $88,540.00 - USD $127,155.00/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 11/15/2026.

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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