(Temp) Associate Director Project Management

Associate Director, Program ManagementWe are seeking an Associate Director, Program Management to lead complex, cross-channel digital and marketing technology initiatives for a major technology client. This role will be responsible for end-to-end program management across Customer Engagement, MarTech, data, measurement, and enterprise transformation workstreams. The Associate Director will help operationalize workstreams for a new data & marketing platform, coordinate cross-functional teams and partners, and ensure programs are delivered on time, and with clear executive visibility.Responsibilities:Serve as the senior program lead with ownership of large-scale, complex, cross-channel digital and marketing technology programsCoordinate work across client stakeholders, Publicis Groupe teams and cross-discipline teams such as analytics, data engineering, CRM, media, audience strategy, etc.Shape and maintain program roadmaps that clearly define scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, decision points, and cross-functional ownership across multiple workstreams.Lead training and enablement efforts, including curriculum planning, speaker coordination, documentation creationCoordinate measurement strategy workstreams, including status reviews, executive presentation preparationManage data needs and integration governanceDevelop clear executive-facing communications, including weekly hot sheets, project updates, meeting notes, next steps, presentation materials, and design-resource coordination.Assess team dynamics, communication gaps, scope risks, and delivery blockers, then drive corrective actions, escalation paths, and risk-mitigation strategies.Lead large-group working sessions and stakeholder meetings to drive decisions, resolve ambiguity, and maintain alignment across complex internal, client, and partner teams.Manage scope, staffing, estimates, financial health, and delivery expectations to support sold-margin targets and identify solutions when scope or margin changes arise.Qualifications:7+ years of program or project management experience, preferably within a digital, marketing, consulting, or agency environment with direct client-facing responsibilities.Strong background in MarTech, customer engagement, data-driven marketing, CRM, paid media, measurement, and cross-channel digital program delivery.Experience supporting enterprise transformation programs, platform operationalization, or large-scale marketing technology initiatives with multiple stakeholders and evolving requirements.Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams independently, prioritize competing needs, and maintain forward momentum across complex programs.Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear updates, decision materials, status reports, and presentations for senior leaders.Proven experience partnering with marketing, strategy, creative, product, analytics, CRM, data engineering, media, technology, and external partner teams.Strong systems-thinking capability with the ability to identify dependencies, risks, integration points, and interconnectivity across workstreams.Experience managing ambiguous, first-of-their-kind, or evolving-scope initiatives that require proactive problem solving and structured decision-making.Comfortable leading meetings, documenting next steps, tracking action items, managing follow-ups, and keeping internal, client, and partner teams accountable.Experience developing or supporting process documentation, process mapping, RACI models, training materials, and change management deliverables.Strong project management discipline with familiarity across Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.Effective leadership, analytical, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and conflict-resolution skills.Compensation Range: USD $53.99 - USD $86.40/Hourly.