Barkley

Senior Project Manager

Barkley • $90K — $110K *
Media
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; or equivalent combination of education and experience required
  • Experience managing schedules with multiple dependencies and stakeholders
  • Passion for process improvement and standardization in client relations
  • Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Cross-media experience preferred
  • Certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma, or ScrumMaster desirable

Responsibilities

  • Plan, manage, and drive project deliverables across multiple projects simultaneously
  • Collaborate to allocate resources by project and account, including managing freelancers
  • Maintain and report on project plans, status, and hot lists
  • Schedule and lead weekly status meetings with both internal teams and clients
  • Track key decisions influencing project budgets, timelines, and scope
  • Contribute to the financial management of project scopes and budgeting
  • Ensure all project objectives and deliverables meet client expectations

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity to empower partners through process improvement
  • Training and onboarding support for new partners
  • Emphasis on building productive relationships
  • Exposure to diverse and cross-media projects
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Plan, manage and drive project deliverables across multiple projects and brands, simultaneously
  • Must have media experience
  • 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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