Vice President, Project Management

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Location: Remote, United States
Job :18501-OTHLOC-CORwYfwT

You know that the outcome of a project hinges on two things: the plan and the people.

You are the glue that holds these two together. You easily maneuver the precarious path of maintaining the strategy and pace of a project, while keeping your team engaged and enthusiastic. You know what needs to be done, and your penchant for strategic delegation and problem-solving makes you a natural fit for this
Vice President, Project Management position with
GSW.

The VP, Project Management has oversight of the Project Management team at GSW, which includes Project Coordinators, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers and Associate Directors and Directors. The Project Management team’s responsibilities include: execution and management of multichannel projects through agency development processes, estimating and scope of work composition, budget and scope management, multichannel delivery expertise, brand team leadership and communication, creative problem-solving.

The VP, Director of Project Management is a client-facing PM lead in the Santa Monica office, and is responsible for the overall quality of work, assigning and managing Project management teams workload, on-time delivery and management of budgets for projects, process creation and efficiencies and accounts in the Santa Monica portfolio.

• Leads design, documentation and training for all agency delivery processes and systems
• Will perform a client-facing role for existing clients or new business opportunities as needed, participating in high-level planning meetings and attending key client meetings as project management SME (subject matter expert). Demonstrates strong presentation skills in front of internal and external audiences
• Able to speak to project schedules, critical dates, explain and clearly articulate details embedded in estimates and statements of work. Understands and is able to manage client expectations in tandem with their agency counterparts
• Drafts statements of work, budget estimates and scope definitions for digital and traditional projects. Reviews and ensures quality for these deliverables if created by direct reports
• Creates and/or reviews and approves detailed timelines for complex or large-scale projects created by direct reports
• Creation of new processes to align with new clients and the ongoing identification of efficiencies across all work
• May perform a hands-on role as lead PM for key/complex accounts, effectively managing on-time, within-budget delivery of projects for account(s) $2-5mm
• Possesses thorough knowledge and understanding of all multichannel projects; knows what it takes creatively to develop print and digital projects (project steps, capabilities, technologies, creative responsibilities and skills, QA/QC processes,)
• Acts as a subject matter expert for multi-disciplinary teams and direct reports for all agency projects; suggests ways to leverage internal expertise, learn from past successes or failures, and take advantage of synergies across clients
• Ensures that traditional and digital definition processes are applied and adhered to and that these processes are clearly understood by both internal team members and client stakeholders
• Acts as a role model for digital and interactive capabilities across agency; shares knowledge, explains processes and creates awareness. Participates in leading training sessions to enhance agency digital acumen

• Mentors, trains and may directly supervise junior and senior PM team members; review work product, estimates and timelines developed by direct reports
• Act as escalation point for any risks or issues encountered by other PM team members
• Facilitates communication between team…