Barkley

Senior Project Manager

Barkley$90K — $120K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university required
  • Minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training
  • Experience managing complex schedules with multiple dependencies
  • Passion for process improvement and standardization
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a service-minded attitude
  • Cross-media experience preferred
  • Desirable certifications include PMP, Six Sigma, ScrumMaster
  • Ability to build productive relationships quickly with diverse personalities

Responsibilities

  • Plan, manage and drive project deliverables across multiple projects
  • Collaborate to allocate and manage resources for projects and accounts
  • Own and maintain project plans, including status reporting
  • Schedule and lead weekly internal and client status meetings
  • Track key decisions affecting budgets and timelines
  • Contribute to financial responsibility and reporting for assigned brands
  • Ensure documentation of all project objectives and deliverables
  • Support teams in defining and measuring project success
  • Assist in training and onboarding new Brand Operations partners
  • Guide agency-wide adherence to processes and standards

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement based out of the Chicago office
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Dynamic work environment with multiple projects
  • Collaborative team culture
  • Access to resource planning support.
Full Job Description

*This is a hybrid role based out of our Chicago office.

Responsibilities
  • Plan, manage and drive project deliverables across multiple projects and brands, simultaneously
  • Work collaboratively to allocate and manage resources by project and account, including any freelancing needs with the Resource Planning team
  • Own, maintain and report on project plans, status, and hot lists for every project and account assigned with the agency approved tool
  • Schedule and lead weekly internal, and at times, external (client facing) status meetings
  • Track key decisions and prioritization that impacts project budgets, cadence, scope, and/or timelines
  • Contribute to the fiscal responsibility of assigned brands including: the process that encompasses the creation of new scopes and scope amendments, financial reporting and estimations as needed
  • Continuously provide transparency with key stakeholders (internal and external) to mitigate risk to budget, scope and timelines
  • Ensure all project objectives and deliverables are clearly documented, approved, and delivered to meet clients' needs and expectations
  • Support teams to define and measure project success using metrics, tools and resources
  • Assist with training and onboarding new Brand Operations partners
  • Guide the adoption and adherence of new/existing processes and standards agency wide

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university required
  • Minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required
  • Experience assembling and managing schedules with multiple dependencies and stakeholders simultaneously
  • Passion for empowering partners and clients with a seamless experience through process improvement and standardization
  • Professional presentation skills and strong personal presence are required
  • Must possess outstanding interpersonal skills as well as an articulate, friendly, "whatever it takes" service-minded attitude, along with a strong work ethic
  • Cross-media experience preferred
  • PMP, Six-sigma, ScrumMaster certifications are desirable
  • Must possess positivity, high energy, and a high-level of confidence in your capabilities
  • Ability to establish and build productive relationships quickly with diverse personalities in order to meet adapting project demands
  • Excellent analytics mentality - telling stories with data and facts

About Barkley

Barkley is an independent advertising agency based in Kansas City, Missouri. The company was founded in 1964 by Bill Fromm and has since grown to become one of the largest independent agencies in the United States. Barkley provides a range of services including advertising, brand strategy, digital marketing, social media, and public relations. The company has worked with a number of high-profile clients including Dairy Queen, Hershey's, and Sonic Drive-In.
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