Company Description
Digitas is The Connected Marketing Agency, committed to helping brands better connect with people through Truth. Connection. Wonder. With diverse expertise in data, strategy, creative, media and tech, we work across capabilities and continents to make better connections and achieve ambitious outcomes through ideas that excite, provoke and inspire. Digitas is a highly caffeinated playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, award-winning advertising. We use data-driven insights to guide our work, but we also believe in a healthy dose of spirited storytelling as we strive to transform the marketing landscape.
Job Description
Youll be responsible for leading a programme of projects for our clients and help the Project Director build up the Project Management practice within Digitas and effectively the wider Publicis Groupe in Singapore. With more clients embracing the role of Design Thinking in marketing and communications, youll be leading the work across a range of verticals (tourism, finance, hospitality, government, F&B), across a variety of platforms. As a seasoned Project Management practitioner, youre comfortable with steering the team through uncertainties as you shape solutions from the ground up. If youre someone whos naturally organised and enthusiastic about finding creative new ways to solve old problems, you might be be the person were looking for.
Responsibilities
Overall
Management of key projects & programs of the agency. Supervision and mentorship of project managers.
Full ownership of project lifecycle (end to end): Planning, execution, monitoring, and ensuring the quality of projects and programs while considering the constraints of time, cost and scope.
Planning
Capturing the projects or programs business objectives and requirements from the clients.
Documenting project or program requirements in the form of the Requirement Specification Document while incorporating best practices in the digital space.
Preparing cost estimates, scope of work, and project timelines.
Execution
Managing the day-to-day and overall client relationships (multiple stakeholders) along with the account management team that are aligned to the strategy and goals of the agency.
Managing human resources in projects/programs including the reassignment of team members, or sourcing for additional team members where necessary, as well facilitating inter-agency and/or intra-network resource sharing.
Managing 3rd party partners required to deliver the project/program scope
Ensuring the project teams are clear on the project requirements, deadlines and costs
Managing change requests in required during the project delivery phase
Managing functional/technical quality assurance (QA) testing.
Drafting user guides and conducting user training.
Monitoring
Facilitate daily project stand-ups.
Hosting weekly project status meetings.
Managing the clients expectations through project documentation, regular status meetings, and project reporting tools (progress report, burndown chart, utilization, etc.)
Ensuring the profitability and controlling the costs of projects/programs
Assisting the Project Director in identifying and rolling-out process improvements for projects/programs.
New Business
Assisting the Business Director and Growth Director in drafting project/program proposals (for RFPs, RFIs, pitches, etc.) which includes but not limited to cost estimates, timelines, delivery methodologies, resourcing plans, etc.
Partner with client leads, and stakeholders to actively propose solutions that address clients business needs.
Assisting the account management team in preparing cost estimates, scope of work, project timelines.
Qualifications
Requirements
Min. 8 years project management experience in a web or software development environment.
Individual with less experience can be considered as project manager
Has successfully planned, managed, launched multiple CMS projects.
Has hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager, Drupal, IBM WebSphere, and/or Sitecore
Experience in planning and implementing CRM projects is preferred
Experience in running digital campaigns is preferred.
Excellent problem-solving skills and proven written, oral, and presentation skills.
Team motivator, self-starter, logical, well-organized and deadline oriented.
Able to take pressure and work under tight schedule.
Responsive, pro-active, strong initiatives, excellent communications and people skills and strong conflict resolution skills.
Scrum / Prince2 / CITPM / PMP certification will be an advantage.
Additional Information
Please note that Digitas is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
