Director/Head of Project Management
We’re hiring a Director/Head of Project Management for one of the fastest growing social cause agencies in Canada!
We’re looking for candidates with a strong leadership background and experience leading PM teams across integrated strategic communications from big national TV to local digital marketing, social and mobile video campaigns. Our client is a national full-service advertising agency committed to social causes with a particular focus on the labour movement, healthcare, and issues of economic, social, and environmental justice. If you have 2+ years leading project management teams and 7-10+ years as a senior level project manager at an agency, and you are committed to/interested in social causes, this could be your dream role!
Our client, a national full-service agency working to unleash the power of progressive movements by bringing together best practices in traditional advertising, digital, and community organizing, is looking for a Director/Head of Project Management.
Founded in 2009, our client works with movements and causes they care about, with a particular focus on the labour movement, electoral politics, health care, and issues of economic, social, and environmental justice.
Their team is an incredible group of progressives who have all chosen to work at the company for the same reason it was founded: to help progressive organizations build effective tools, winning campaigns, and game-changing movements. Their 45 staff hail from 8+ countries, speak 12+ languages, and over half identify as women—and they have gender parity and diverse sexual identities at every level of the agency. They are committed to equitable hiring, development, and promotion, with recognition that equity-seeking candidates continue to face systemic barriers to employment. Candidates from equity-seeking and under-represented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
The Role:
As the incoming Head of Project Management, you’ll lead our client’s team of exceptional and determined Producers from all over the country, who passionately work across full-service integrated campaigns. You’ll manage a portfolio of complex projects and client relationships and be responsible for ensuring the consistent delivery of an exceptional experience to both internal teams and external clients.
You are a natural people leader, passionate about bringing complex ideas to life with a continuous improvement mindset. Reporting to the Managing Partner you can be based in Vancouver, Toronto, or Ottawa. Exceptions may be made for truly exceptional candidates in other locations within Canada.
Job Responsibilities:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Produce full suite of campaign deliverables (any scale), managing internal project teams, external suppliers + production budgets (success can be in the form of: delivering on time, on budget, creative output & experience) including large and highly complex campaign
Show leadership: own + oversee team process improvements, champion positive change, flag & drive improvements pertaining to our team
Design & maintain complex project timelines; plan and project manage major full-service campaigns and anything below that.
Build and maintain strong relationships with project teams & suppliers, finding opportunities to increase flow & fun in-project
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:
Lead, manage and inspire the Producer team.
Assign, monitor and evaluate the work and workflow of the department
Coach, train and mentor staff through their work and growth opportunities
Ensure the producer team is effectively resourced, manage and track team capacity
Work with other team leads and continuously look for opportunity to improve processes
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:
Create yearly and quarterly strategic plans for your team aligned with the organizational goals.
Identify improvement opportunities for the Project Experience which expands across the sales, strategy, and creative teams.
Job Requirements:
A minimum of 10 years of experience in a senior level project manager or producer role
At least 2 years of experience leading and managing a team
A stellar people leader who knows how to bring out the best in their team members
An excellent communicator - a convenor with a knack for simplifying
Experienced in planning and managing complex projects with digital task management platforms
A planner, with the ability to map out a complex project
A problem solver who knows how to diagnose an issue and convene the right people to solve it.
Experienced in process creation and improvements.
This position requires some travel and non-standard work hours as needed, to complete the required responsibilities.
A big plus would be experience working on progressive digital campaigns in the political, non-profit, and/or union sector