Senior Project Manager

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Senior Project Manager

We are seeking a creative Senior Project Manager, an enthusiastic critical thinker and problem solver who thrives on being engaged at all levels of a project. This role will involve leading the delivery of complex, multi-channel creative campaigns for a diverse range of clients.

Our Senior Project Managers acutely understand the opportunities and constraints of a given project and take responsibility for setting and managing expectations internally and with clients. They understand how to manage and negotiate trade-offs to deliver on time, within budget, and against agreed objectives. Senior Project Managers have full lifecycle experience from scoping through delivery and can confidently navigate and prioritize business needs, resource management, schedules, and financials to successfully navigate and deliver all aspects of an assignment.

What you’ll do:

• Work: Deliver work that is excellent, on time, on budget, and goes beyond the brief. Carry out execution of 360-degree brand campaigns, including TV and production, social, experiential marketing, live events, out-of-home, print, digital, web, etc., as well as focusing on technical areas such as dashboard reporting and landing page hosting. Identify dependencies and impacts of delays. Gain alignment on the scope, schedule, assumptions, and price for projects with an ability to effectively translate these to Client Proposals and Statements of Work.
• People: Motivate, direct, and challenge teams to produce great work. Partner with Program Managers and Account Management to manage scope and identify opportunities. Ensure a collaborative ‘One Team’ approach comprising account management, production, content/social, finance, and client representatives.
• Process: Establish and manage project/program communication and process. Balance the opportunities and constraints within a given project. Leverage existing tools and processes to monitor people and progress.
• Financials: Responsible for project estimation, planning, and profitability. Build detailed project plans in accordance with budget.

Who you are:

• Leader: Influences without authority and fosters an environment of shared accountability. Drives projects from ambiguity to clarity.
• Builder: Navigates strong collaboration between people, processes, and systems.
• Detail Oriented: Sharp attention to detail and a drive for perfection.
• A Strong Communicator: Excellent communication and analytical skills.

What you'll need:

• 3-5+ years of experience managing projects in advertising or marketing communications in a client-facing role, ideally at a large creative agency.
• Experience working with common project management tools such as Monday.com, Workday, and Microsoft Teams. Others such as Smartsheet, Workfront, Jira, Confluence are a plus.
• Campaign project management experience required. Experience managing 360-degree brand campaigns is highly preferred.
• Self-motivated and driven to build and create great work with a high level of EQ.
• Conscientious and adept at problem-solving through critical thinking.
• Comfortable leading team and client meetings, tailors communications based on their audience and level (technology, creative, finance, client, vendor).
• Experience working on integrated, omnichannel programs with parallel work streams and diverse teams (UX, Tech, Strategy, Creative, Account, Production, Finance, and Data).

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

_$60,000—$140,000 USD

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 

VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit  www.vml.com, and follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.

When you click "Submit Application", this will send any information you add below to VML. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.