Project Manager

About Athena

Athena is a creative place for leaders, risk-takers, and boundary-pushers. We partner with organizations looking to transform their presence, reputation, and performance. For more than a decade, we've delivered business insights, marketing strategies, and brand activations for leading organizations across industries ranging from telecommunications to major league sports.


Our people make Athena, Athena. As a three-time Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplace, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where passion meets excellence. We are solutions-oriented, collaborative, and not afraid to roll up our sleeves to make work that works-while sharing a few laughs along the way.


Description

Do you enjoy collaborating with a dedicated team and contributing to the growth of a forward-thinking company?


Athena's Management Consulting practice is growing our team of project managers, to join a group that brings an artful mix of creativity and facts-based insight to make even complex projects clear and keep project teams engaged. We continue to grow and are looking for ambitious teammates who share our values.


Project Managers at Athena do more than coordinate trackers and collect updates. They also drive alignment across client teams by ensuring visibility into progress, consistent execution, and clear accountability. We also provide hands-on execution for client process elements, often acting as a member of our clients' own delivery teams.

If you are a talented project manager who is energized by solving problems, thinking strategically, managing change, and improving efficiency, we want you to join our team.


Day to day, you will be responsible to:

• Understand your client's goals and strategic vision to define the project deliverables translated into actionable plans
• Coordinate multiple client workstreams as they deliver on complex business programs
• Manage recurring forums, working sessions, and executive communications to maintain stakeholder engagement and facilitate decision making
• Oversee operational processes, collaborating with clients to ensure delivery
• Communicate timelines for delivery, highlight risks, and recommend mitigations
• Develop project reports, executive summaries, and other management artifacts designed to tell a clear story about the project

Requirements

The skills and experience you should bring to this project:

• Proven experience working in a client-facing role
• Understanding of and experience managing projects for business unit teams such as sales, marketing, customer experience, or communications.
• The ability to bring clarity, visibility, and strategic alignment in your projects and teams
• Successful management of multi-workstream projects and the ability to bring teams together for a shared purpose
• Strong capability in developing and presenting progress and performance reports and executive readouts
• Functional knowledge of project budgeting, statements of work, and other project-related financial components
• Experience with process improvement, documenting roles and responsibilities, and understanding change management
• Assertiveness to drive accountability among the client and internal teams while maintaining positive relationships

The qualifications you will bring:

• Proven leadership in managing projects and external stakeholders
• Organizational prowess in collaborating with internal and external teams of varying disciplines
• Skill in synthesizing complex ideas into measurable action
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively across client levels
• Command of MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent time management and the ability to prioritize your actions
• Effective use of email and calendar tools to ensure participation for in-person and online sessions
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking
• Ability to be flexible and seamlessly manage project pivots as needed

Other qualities we will look for in you:

• Excellent judgement and problem-solving sills
• Ability to bring order to an ambiguous starting point
• Creativity and resourcefulness
• Assertiveness in ensuring positive outcomes for your clients
• Natural inclination to take responsibility for both the project and the team
• Confidence with project management methods, software, and willingness to learn new tools
• Technical curiosity and adaptability
• Collaborative mindset for cross-functional success
• Openness to feedback and continual improvement

It's a plus if you have:

• Education, degree, or experience that brings an enriched perspective to your work
• 4-6 years of relevant professional experience
• Experience in a consulting or agency environment

Benefits

• Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account
• Matching 401K
• Generous PTO policy
• Substantial Parental Leave Policy
• Hybrid Work Environment

Candidates must be willing to work hybrid (3 days on-site) in our Philadelphia, PA office.

Curious about your career path at Athena? This role is within a rapidly growing PM department and the right candidate can excel, produce great work, and have an immediate impact on Athena's culture and growth.


Oh, and our application process is open, easy, as transparent as we can make it, and painless. We need team members like you to join us! Let's get started.

Athena is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at View phone number on click.appcast.io.


Athena is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at View phone number on click.appcast.io.