Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

My Client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams through the project lifecycle from concept through delivery, balancing business objectives, functional requirements, user needs, and internal goals.

About You

· You are comfortable running projects independently, while working closely with both clients and internal teams to successfully deliver solutions.

· You understand best practices in production, project management, and product delivery.

· You can adapt your approach to ensure teams move forward effectively and successfully.

· You bring structure, clarity, and accountability to complex digital engagements.

· You build the conditions for great work to happen, aligning teams, managing competing priorities, and ensuring that every workstream moves forward with purpose and precision.

· You know how to spot a great concept, push it further, and get it out the door on time and on budget.

What You'll Do

· Lead day-to-day project management across large, complex, multidisciplinary digital projects from concept through delivery.

· Build and actively manage project plans with a focus on scope, requirements, timelines, and deliverables.

· Ensure the right team members are engaged at the right time to maintain momentum.

· Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across strategy, design, development, and client teams.

· Maintain clear, transparent, and proactive communication with both internal teams and clients.

· Foster strong working relationships and guide teams through challenges with clarity and calm.

· Manage project schedules, milestones, and dependencies with meticulous detail, proactively identifying risks and driving timely resolution.

· Oversee scope management and change control, partnering with discipline leads to assess impact and maintain alignment on approved work.

· Facilitate regular project ceremonies and working sessions, keeping teams aligned and focused on outcomes.

· Maintain clear and consistent project documentation (status reports, decision logs, meeting notes) that keep all stakeholders informed.

· Contribute to continuously improving PM practices and ways of working within the project and broader team.

· Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and positivity across cross-functional teams.

· Contribute to continuous improvement by challenging processes, driving operational excellence, and helping teams deliver their best work.

· Champion great ideas from the jump through collaboration with creative, strategy, and technology to shape work that's compelling, on-brand, and worth talking about.

· Stay ahead of what's changing in technology, emerging channels, and AI-enabled workflows.

· Contribute to new biz efforts by coordinating proactive pursuits & RFP responses.

What You'll Bring

· 5–8 years of project management experience delivering complex digital projects in an agency or studio setting.

· Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing enterprise-level client relationships.

· Ability to code switch between designers, technical teams, studio leadership, and client partners to ensure alignment .

· Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.

· A proactive mindset and the ability to anticipate challenges before they impact delivery.

· Clear, confident communication skills.

· Comfort working independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment.

· Confidence leading client conversations and managing stakeholder expectations.

· Curiosity about trends and innovation across technical and creative disciplines.

· Humility and empathy when leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with stakeholders.

· A bias toward action and a collaborative spirit.

· The ability to move fast and adjust priorities on the fly to keep momentum going while staying organised and accountable.

· Familiarity with project management and design tools such as Jira, Figma, Smartsheet, MS Planner, Asana, or similar platforms.

EOE:

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military service, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.