Saatchi & Saatchi

Vice President, Program Management

Saatchi & Saatchi • $168K — $230K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Program management within a digital agency environment
  • Proven end-to-end management of large, complex Media programs
  • Collaboration with marketing, product, and analytics teams, using MarTech platforms like Salesforce and Adobe
  • Expertise managing digital production with revenues exceeding $15M
  • Innovative in process and tool implementation
  • Strong analytical skills in reporting
  • Experience in strategic planning and client communication
  • Ability to create various project plans (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)

Responsibilities

  • Lead large, complex media programs from conception to execution
  • Ensure efficient delivery team organization and operational health
  • Oversee staffing and financial management to improve account margins
  • Develop and codify tailored project methodologies based on client needs
  • Establish processes for scope management and change discussions
  • Guide teams in delivering methodologies and course corrections
  • Consult on improved methodologies and tool adoption
  • Identify team challenges and implement corrective actions
  • Lead large sessions and deliver clear communications to stakeholders
  • Align client operational requirements with optimal deal structures
  • Provide consultative solutions to clients and manage expectations
  • Monitor performance against expectations and rectify misalignments
  • Protect internal interests regarding scope and dependencies

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers
  • Monetary assistance for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility
  • Support for pet adoption expenses
  • Employee Assistance Programs and health reimbursements
  • Tuition Assistance for personal development
  • Generous Paid Time Off including flexible vacation and sick days
  • Matching Gifts programs to support charitable giving
  • Flexible working arrangements to enhance work-life balance
  • 'Work Your World' program allowing work from any Publicis office for up to 6 weeks annually
  • Business Resource Groups supporting diverse communities
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a Vice President, Program Management with a focus on media - an integration expert with a passion for using collaboration to drive cohesion across media planning cycles, striving for execution of brand and performance media campaigns. We currently achieve this by establishing integrated connection points by way of campaign timelines, workflows and process documents, driving seamless execution of plans from conception to completion.

In this role, you will lead with empathy and direct focus on the broad success of the team, being accountable for the delivery team's organization, operational efficiencies, and health within your assigned account. You will collaborate across multiple stakeholders to inspire a "shared vision" for the combined Client and Razorfish project team.

Our project work includes integrated management of planning and executional phases across digital, social media, video and OOH campaigns, digital partnership activations and promotions across external creative teams and 3rd party publishers and delivering operational excellence through day-to-day task management to deliver unparalleled value for both internal and client teams.

The desired candidate will not only help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work - you'll also supervise other project managers and oversee large programs of work, if not an entire account. To succeed, you will need to be an advocate for the work, strive to be proactive, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit and exercise excellent leadership skills. You should be adept at collaborating with executive-level stakeholders and effectively communicating with clients at all levels on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities

  • Run an increasingly larger and more complex media program through the full lifecycle for a client, and partners effectively across multiple agencies as required


  • Accountable for the delivery team's organization, operational efficiencies and health within their account(s)


  • Responsible for staffing of Delivery team members and delivering accurate financial management and improved account margins


  • Define different methodologies which should be used by projects in the organization, with ability to tailor, develop and codify new methodology based on client needs and organizational constraints and train others to scale the approach further and iterate


  • Establish processes for scope management and change control and has ability to drive difficult scope change discussions and actions with client


  • Lead our teams to deliver selected methodologies - course correcting as necessary


  • Act as a consultant who can be leveraged to analyze suggestions on incorporating new ceremonies/approaches/tools which have helped on other projects


  • Drive adoption and governance on new tools, process and methodology within the internal Razorfish and client program team


  • Proactively identifies difficult team situations and diagnose / implement corrective actions where challenges may occur


  • Lead and facilitates large sessions with internal teams and/or Clients; presents and delivers clear messaging in front of large Executive-Level group audiences


  • Align Client operational and financial requirements with optimal Deal Structure in coordination with the client-service lead


  • Provides consultative advice to Clients/Client Services that help drive solutions


  • Set and manage internal, Client and third-party expectations, such that surprises have been avoided, and Stakeholders view their engagements positively


  • Proactively inquires as to performance against expectations and takes corrective action to remedy misaligned expectations with the internal team


  • Ensure that our internal interests are clearly protected in terms of unambiguous scope, articulate assumptions and third-party dependencies for large programs


Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Program management experience that includes working in a fast-moving digital agency environment


  • Experience in end-to-end management of large-sized, complex Media programs for a client or multiple clients


  • Experience working with marketing, product, data & analytics teams, along with leading MarTech platforms such as Salesforce, Adobe, Braze, Epsilon and more


  • Expertise in managing digital production at scale, and ability to manage revenue at $15M+


  • Expertise in process and tool innovation


  • Strong skills in reporting analysis


  • Demonstrated experience in strategic planning


  • Ability to interact and communicate effectively with executive-level partners and clients


  • Ability to create Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project plans for large programs and multiple projects


  • Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, Smartsheet, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint)


  • Experience with Adobe Workfront is a plus.


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 $168,150.00 - USD $230,100.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. 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 1/1/2028.

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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