Freelance Senior Project Manager (Financial Services Account)

Job Title: Freelance Senior Project Manager

Duration: 3 months

Location: London

Start: ASAP

Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 days remote

 

WHO WE ARE

We are RAPP – world leaders in activating growth with precision and empathy at scale.

As a global, next-generation precision marketing agency we leverage data, creativity, technology, and empathy to foster client growth. We champion individuality in the marketing solutions we create, and in our workplace. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual’s needs, beliefs, behaviours, and aspirations.

We foster an inclusive workplace that values diversity and emphasises personal well-being.

YOUR ROLE

We are looking for a Freelance Senior Project Manager to join our team on one of our financial services accounts.

Reporting into the Programme Director and working with the Transformation team and OPMGs specialist Adobe partner, this role is to support the rollout of Adobe Workfront across our client’s business and within the agency team.  A pivotal role for our financial services client’ transformation plans, serving as the bridge between technical implementation, stakeholder adoption, and process redesign.

A client facing role interfacing with the senior client marketing lead and internal Workfront teams, this role would suit a confident, smart, enthusiastic and proactive person with good communication skills. Great at working with everyone in the agency, a people person who can bring everyone together and negotiate to ensure we meet our deliverables.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Project Manager, will…

• Be responsible for producing project timelines and interdependencies.
• Provide expert delivery and change management skills.
• Coordinate resource and day-to-day activities to ensure projects progress on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Constantly monitor and report on project progress, manage and validate change requests as required.
• Pro-actively identify conflicts, risks and resource gaps and manage these throughout all phases of the project.
• Serve as the primary delivery interface with the relevant clients on projects.
• Recognize and solve potential problems, escalate issues or conflicts to the Programme Director and Transformation Lead, and continually evaluate project effectiveness.

Communication and relationship management

• Working in close partnership with the Transformation Leads, constantly communicating and updating on progress.
• Selecting the relevant information to communicate at the relevant time, particularly around flagging risks and potential issues.
• Must feel confident speaking out and taking the lead in project stand ups.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Previous experience in a Senior Project Manager role
• Agency experience with exposure to large corporate clients.
• A proven understanding of agency creative process, from brief inception to final delivery.
• Proven understanding of creative production and delivery processes, particularly paid media (display, social, OOH)
• Experience in a structured delivery environment.
• Experience of reviewing and enhancing delivery processes across a broad range of marketing channels
• Must be a self-starter and able to drive projects forward, prioritise tasks, be solution orientated and ensure deadlines are met.
• Strong organisational and project management skills (scoping, scheduling project timelines, coordinating project teams, resource planning) as well as attention to detail.
• Comfortable with client liaison and always mindful of managing expectations.
• Good understanding of project governance and change management principles.
• A team player, able to work collaboratively and mindful of the needs of others.
• Solution-focused.
• Firm, fair and approachable.
• Open and transparent.
• Works quickly and efficiently