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Associate Director, Program Management
- Publicis Groupe (New York, NY)
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Company description
Hi there! We’re Razorfish. We’ve been leading the marketing industry with our digital expertise since the start of the internet. But in 2020, we did a full reboot. What’s different? It all starts with people. Weird, wonderful, complex people - with diverse backgrounds in strategy, creative and technology. But no matter how different we are, we all have one thing in common. We believe our differences are our strength. So we push for inclusion, challenge convention and bring in new perspectives, to inspire new ideas. Because when we connect by understanding what makes people different, we can create unforgettable experiences that enrich lives. Join us at razorfish.com.
Overview
The Associate Director, Program Management will oversee the strategy, production flow, and creative execution of all organic and influencer social content for our client. Acting as a central hub across disciplines, this role drives work from strategic planning through delivery while managing client communication, timelines, and resources. In addition to leading day-to-day operations, the Associate Director will identify opportunities for organic growth, support resourcing and estimation, and participate in contract reviews. This is a social-first role requiring deep knowledge of the social landscape, an ability to adapt quickly, and a strong understanding of how to align execution to a larger strategic vision goal.
Responsibilities
+ Lead day-to-day communications through meeting scheduling, feedback trackers, meeting notes, status documents, QA.
+ Collaborate with the Client Services, Social Strategy, Creative, and Media teams to ensure cohesive, social and audience-first campaigns.
+ Review all deliverables and ensure exceptional delivery of tactics to form/reinforce client rapport (e.g. partner with Client Services, team follow through, reports, meetings, timelines).
+ Work closely with Resource Management to assist with finalizing the Staffing Plan, should any outstanding resource needs remain. To manage quick turn resourcing and staffing assignments within the existing and external resource pool.
+ Effectively estimate engagements and perform a top-down and bottom-up analysis for various types of projects.
+ Shape approaches and create meaningful views of scope across different services and capabilities.
+ Ability to articulate delivery process/methodology effectively and successfully, clearly discuss and internally communicate Client constraints related to scope, timeline, or cost.
+ Drive and manage the approval and review process for MSA/SOW (high complexity).
+ Deal with challenging situations/interactions and drive the collaboration process in large group sessions to get key Clients to make difficult decisions.
+ Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive the overall program strategy: connecting business objectives, cultural insights, and creative execution into a cohesive “north star.
+ Act as a primary point of contact for client communications—building trust, managing feedback, and facilitating approvals.
+ Foster a culture of agility and adaptability within the team to respond to evolving client and platform needs.
Qualifications
+ Minimum 7+ years of experience managing medium-large size, digital media and social programs.
+ Deep understanding of the social and influencer landscape, with a passion for emerging trends and platforms.
+ Proven track record of designing and refining workflows to improve efficiency, collaboration, and quality across multi-disciplinary teams.
+ Demonstrated success in streamlining approvals, feedback loops, and delivery timelines for high-volume content programs.
+ Deep knowledge of social content development from strategy and concepting through production and platform-specific delivery.
+ Experience with strategy, creative, social, production, and media disciplines.
+ Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment for end-to-end engagements.
+ Effective systems thinking skills and ability to identify interconnectivity across multiple streams of work.
+ Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data.
+ Experience engaging directly with clients and comfortable with presenting to senior leaders.
+ Strong project management experience. Process oriented with understanding of SAFe Agile ways of working. Experience with one or more of methodologies like scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, etc.), waterfall, and hybrid.
+ Effective leadership, analytical, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
+ Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and SharePoint.
Additional information
The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
+ Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
+ Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
+ Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
+ Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
+ Tuition Assistance
+ Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
+ Matching Gifts programs
+ Flexible working arrangements
+ ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
+ Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
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: $110,580 - 173,995 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 11/16/2025.
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