Manager, Project Management

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe’s tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One."

Our Project Management team enables and executes great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.

This particular role will focus on high volume, quick turnaround projects to include direct mail, email, landing page revisions and out-of-home (OOH) advertising.

As a Manager, you will not only help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work, but will also supervise junior project managers and oversee large programs of work. To succeed, you will need to be a creative advocate, strive to be proactive, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit, and exercise excellent communication skills.

Sound like you? Read on.

Day to day, your role will include:

• Collaborate and lead complex cross-capability projects and integrated program management
• Lead client discussions on project plans to ensure the client understands project flow and due dates needed to meet end goals
• Produce top-down and bottom-up scopes, project schedules, resource plans, and risk & change management plans, utilizing appropriate tools
• Participate in new business RFI or RFP requests when necessary
• Begin management, leadership, and effective communication trainings
• Contribute to proper training and onboarding processes for new team members
• Demonstrate strong written and oral presentation skills
• Sets goals for yourself and may manage multiple direct reports to set goals and conduct regular reviews
• Setting up projects and programs for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
• Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
• Effectively handling risk, escalating when needed, and assisting the team in resolution
• Contributing to the development of methodologies, standards, and best practices to streamline processes and create efficiencies for the Project Management capability and train team members when applicable
• Experiencing something new every day

We’re looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:

• A four-year degree
• 4-5 years of Project Management, Marketing, or related experience
• Mastery of small to mid-level projects (OOH, direct mail and/or email channel experience preferred)
• Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Trello)
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL
  · E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation

You are the right person if you:

• Demonstrate grit and extreme ownership
• Exude positivity
• Aren’t afraid to share your ideas
• Meet problems head-on and view them as opportunities
• Are self-reliant and motivated
• Communicate fearlessly

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive…