At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Berlin
About the role
- The Senior Project Manager at AKQA will acutely understand a project's desired outcomes and take responsibility for assignments.
- The Delivery team are at the epicenter of all projects, ensuring they are delivered to the highest quality, on time, and within budget.
- Located in Berlin, Germany, you will work in an environment that fosters a dynamic and meritocratic culture.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end planning and delivery of strategic and creative content-production projects, including campaign content, social activations, and digital content for the German market or global audiences.
- Deliver high-quality work on time and within the agreed scope and project estimates.
- Manage projects independently, with minimal supervision, overseeing their operational, administrative, and functional requirements from kickoff through completion.
- Define and communicate the right project structure, governance, and delivery approach for each engagement and project phase.
- Work with project leads to develop accurate estimates for agreed scopes of work, select the appropriate estimation model, and clearly communicate estimates and assumptions to clients.
- Agree and document the scope of work with internal teams and clients, manage changes, balance client needs with project constraints, and resolve open issues promptly.
- Manage project budgets, forecasts, and resources to support delivery and profitability, track and report financial performance against estimates, flag potential overruns early, and resolve or escalate financial issues promptly.
- Coordinate internal teams, clients, stakeholders, suppliers, and external partners to achieve the best outcomes for both clients and AKQA.
- Keep stakeholders informed through clear, timely project updates and proactively manage expectations and communicate risks, dependencies, and issues.
- Plan and facilitate effective internal and client meetings, ensuring objectives are clear and decisions and actions are documented and followed up.
Requirements
- At least five years’ experience managing multidisciplinary service delivery in an agency environment, delivering innovative, interactive, consumer-focused solutions.
- Proven ability to lead complex projects, including productions and on-location content shoots.
- Strong knowledge of content-production processes and experience working with third-party production partners.
- Highly organised and responsive, helping colleagues to work efficiently and effectively.
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
- Commercially minded, with sound financial judgement and the ability to assess problems quickly, develop practical solutions, and manage client expectations and project workflows.
- Confident in client-facing situations, with the ability to discuss the benefits, limitations, and trade-offs of proposed projects and workstreams.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality projects.
- Systematic, methodical, and pragmatic.
- Ability to communicate professionally in writing and verbally, lead complex discussions and negotiations, and prepare formal documentation.
Benefits
- Extensive range of benefits
Workplace
- Hybrid approach including required in-office days
