Description
Position at EssenceMediacomX
Operating Company
GroupM - OpenConnect
Role Title
Project Manager
Department / Team
GroupM - OpenConnect
Location
London
About GroupM
GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom and T&Pm. GroupM creates competitive advantage for advertisers via its worldwide organization of media experts who deliver powerful insights on consumers and media platforms, trading expertise, market leading brand-safe media, technology solutions, addressable TV, content, sports and more.
About OpenConnect
OpenConnect is a bespoke team within GroupM, created to support BT Group in the UK. The team comprises over 100 specialists in media, data, and technology, managing over £150m of media billings for BT Group's consumer and business divisions. It’s a challenging yet fun team to be part of, working with some of the most forward-thinking clients in the industry.
Overview:
As a Project Manager on the Open Connect (EE) team, you are a vital element of our day-to-day Global operations. In this role, you will partner with local teams to ensure projects are organised and progressing and we are delivering on our commitments to EE.
Your Impact:
Utilsing your critical thinking and multi-tasking skills, you will serve as a key link between the different discipline teams within Open Connect. More specifically, you’ll:
Project Management
- Deliver consistently outstanding project management best practice – the ability to scope projects to a high level of detail and accuracy, creating and managing project plans, managing risk and planning resources.
- Overseeing all elements of the project lifecycle, flexing the project management approach using a varied toolbox of PM techniques, with the ability to apply the best of both waterfall and agile techniques.
Stakeholder management and adoption
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
The ideal candidate will have hands on experience in technical project delivery.
They will be able to collaborate well internally and externally to drive projects to completion, communicate effectively to articulate ideas and vision, and manage multiple stakeholders in complex projects. Ideally the candidate will have experience in multiple markets.
Essential criteria:
- Collaborative team player who works in partnership with others, a relationship builder with a can-do attitude, lots of energy and drive, with the ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
Your Qualifications:
· Significant and relevant digital media experience desired
· Advanced Excel experience ideal
· Wrike platform experience preferred (or equivalent workflow management tool)
· Client Management experience a plus
What you can expect from GroupM
GroupM’s mission is to shape a new era of media where advertising works better for people. We do this by employing the world’s very best talent to solve some of the toughest challenges of today’s marketing landscape. It’s important that we hire people whose values reflect those of our own: genuine, results-focused, daring and insightful. As an GroupM employee, we promise you a workplace that invests in your career, cares for you and is fun and engaging. We believe these factors create a workplace where you can be yourself and do amazing work.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or marital status
GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the greater work we can create together.
