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Company description

We Are Saatchi.

We’re a crowd of curious thinkers and leaders. We’re dog-lovers, beach-walkers, deep-fried devotees and boundary-pushers. We firmly believe that with a childish sense of wonder, the latest technology and an openness to embrace the new, we can imagine the impossible and prove it is totally within our reach.

With offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle we are brought together to create unparalleled strategies, unexpected fresh ideas, and exceptional advertising.

Overview

The Senior Program Management is responsible for the health and quality of large-scale client projects, focusing on maintaining margin, delivery efficiency and quality, risk mitigation and resolution, and the management and mentorship of 1-3 Associate and Program Managers.

The ideal candidate should have experience structuring and leading marketing and advertising projects comprised of multidisciplinary resources and parallel lines of business, with demonstrated success in collaborating with key agency partners, including but not limited to Creative, Client Services, Strategy, Data and Analytics, and Technology. Experience with managing multi-channel engagements (video, TVC, digital, etc.) is required.

They will also possess a proven ability to represent the Program Management team with internal and client partners, and be deft at building and maintaining strong relationships with agency, client and third-party partners. They will work with these entities to proactively solve challenges and contribute to the development of processes that adapt to evolving business challenges, best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Work with account and client partners to instill and enforce processes, workflows and tools that support the profitable delivery of client work.

• Contribute to a culture of delivery efficiency and excellence with direct reports and larger Program Management department.

• Responsible for tracking POs and invoices against annual scopes.

• Partner with Client Services to actively manage business challenges, client relationships, tracking against annual scopes and contracts and incremental estimates.

• Partner with Creative to effectively shepherd and manage the evolution of creative work, ensuring quality at all points from concept through delivery. Active partnership with Technology departments to ensure connections and collaborations happen where they should, in support of innovative and award-winning creative ideas.

• Maintain and enforce high standards of communications and documentation, including status reports, timelines and standard processes and asset management.

• Manage large projects independently from initiation through completion

• Maintain departmental values, vision, direction and responsibilities with team partners.

• Partner with internal team to continuously optimize existing operational processes and systems, ensuring agreement and compliance with directs.

• Provide management that prioritizes problem-solving, professionalism, and emotional intelligence.

• Work with Senior level collaborators to manage client relationship and actively provide ideas to upsell work.

• Proactively manage, provide guidance, and develop clear communications around program and business-related risks, including mitigation planning and crisis management.

• Actively participate in agency new business opportunities/initiatives.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years program management experience in a creative services organization working with cross-functional partners including strategy, data and planning, creative, production, technology, operations and resourcing.

• 1-3 years experience managing a team of Associate and Program Mangers.

• Demonstrated understanding of project management methodologies, process and tools, including creative resourcing and finance tracking.

• Proficiency with MS Office, project management software (JIRA, Basecamp, etc.), and project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet).

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $73,910- $116,380 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/29/2025.