Associate Director, Project Management Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Associate Director, Project Management to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Support new corporate development activities or other initiatives performing tasks as required supporting department, portfolio or corporate needs;
- Own communication of project status to the team and stakeholders from Discovery to Deployment;
- Launch and maintain Workfront system;
- Continually review and optimize processes to eliminate waste and improve efficiency;
- Initiate changes to processes and schedules as needed;
- Oversee frequently fluctuating schedules; influence team cooperation concerning adjustments to support schedule variations;
- Lead large cross-functional teams;
- Hire, train and manage Project Managers and other team members as needed;
- Create status reports and deliver to account team and management;
- Ensure that projects are delivered on time;
- Monitor and manage resource allocation;
- Responsible for project scope, risks, schedule, budget, quality, and communication;
- Effectively interact with senior level clients and serves as an escalation point for issues and communication to Client senior management;
- Anticipate risks and obstacles, and address them with the team in a proactive manner;
- Lead multi-disciplinary project teams through all phases of the project life-cycle providing coaching, motivation and inspiration.
Requirements:
- Bachelor ’ s degree in business, advertising or related field;
- Strong oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to think critically and develop creative solutions;
- Demonstrated outstanding organizational, time management and planning expertise;
- At least 3 -5 years of project management experience (marketing or media experience a plus);
- Strong organizational skills to effectively manage smooth flow of work through;
- Time management and the ability to determine priorities and delegate;
- A thirst for new learning and a drive to develop new approaches which further;
- Ability to recruit, motivate and develop teams;
- Tact, diplomacy, maturity in relating and interacting with people at all levels;
- Written communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills;
- Manage and train Project management reports in overall productivity, and skills/excellenc;
- Prioritizes work in progress (WIP) with functional department leads and account teams to pull work forward and break bottlenecks;
- Practices and drives overall organization, information sharing, and alignment across all functional departments leads and or Account teams;
- Interpersonal, team building and relationship management skills.