Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. 

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Role: Project Manager

Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Working in partnership with our client (an internationally known B2B organisation), the Senior Project Manager leads projects from concept to completion, providing the direction and control required to do this. Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients, the Senior Project Manager is the key communicator on the status, risks, and challenges of all the project deliverables, inclusive of budget and resource. Reporting to our Account Director, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for running creative and production processes in collaboration with our client’s creative team. They will have full oversight on team capacity to ensure new briefs and requests are being triaged, prioritised, and resourced correctly. The Senior Project Manager will have a strong understanding of digital disciplines and will be confident working in agency and in-house creative teams. You will create and facilitate timing plans and will assume responsibility for the review and approval process of creative output - ensuring the projects you own run on time and on budget. You will be great with creative teams, where you will be hard-working and passionate about good creative work that surpasses the brief. You will be driven by efficient and effective processes, and you will be a stickler for detail. This role will be underpinned by passion and ambition, and those with experience in running digital content and social campaigns within a creative agency will have an advantage. We have been appointed to create a Digital Centre of Excellence within the clients’ marketing department where they have an ambition to put the Saudi events industry on the global map. The Digital Centre of Excellence will own the development and strategy of digital channels and will understand and grow audiences and engagement through all digital touchpoints.   Reporting to the Head of Brand and Content the Senior Project Manager will have experience working in a similar role (B2B experience a must) and will be confident in managing multiple digital marketing projects from kick-off through to delivery. The Senior Project Manager will manage delivery of projects (as assigned) by producing project plans, agreeing milestones, and working closely with the Digital Centre of Excellence and Marketing Managers across our client’s business to co-ordinate and drive actions. You will be part of a team of 29 and will work within the DCoE, where it will be your responsibility for the successful management and ownership of project plans. You will be working in collaboration with the wider marketing team, and you’ll be expected to work closely with our client’s other external agencies and partners. 

You’ll be responsible for creating and developing project plans, breaking projects into do-able actions and setting timeframes. You will manage the delivery of projects to ensure success as defined by agreed scope and timelines, driving projects through from early stage of initiation to final implementation. 

WHAT IS REQUIRED: 

• A passion for digital marketing and solid experience as a Senior Project Manager in a similar role.
• Organisation of project meetings, communicating and driving actions.
• Taking meeting minutes and updating plans and documents.
• Co-ordinate between various Marketing Managers and the Digital Centre of Excellence during all project phases, encouraging transparency of delivery effort, deliverables and milestones.
• Working closely with the Marketing Team to understand status, issues and risks escalating to the Strategic Digital Lead where appropriate.
• Understanding of digital project requirements to support the wider marketing team.
• Build productive working relationships with team members, senior stakeholders and event owners to ensure priorities are understood by all impacted parties.
• Be an advocate for internal project management processes and support the lead marketing managers to improve guidelines, templates and processes.
• Reviewing project resources and providing an analysis on whether they meet the demands of the project.
• Ensuring key Service Level Agreements are met by all parties involved .
• Overseeing the project’s financial budget, notifying stakeholders of key cost implications, changes to budget, spending and cost changes.
• Working in a team of 29 across OLIVER and our client.
• Potential overseas travel on adhoc basis.
• You will be open and willing to attend sustainability training relevant to your role and soak up recommended research and reading about sustainability issues

• Excellent client engagement skills with the ability to proactively organise and influence clients and build strong and effective working relationships.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Overall responsibility for the successful initiation of the project plan and execution with stakeholders, monitoring progress, controlling deadlines and closure of the project 
• The ability to develop and put forward the best process in tackling data gathering and storing.
• The ability to host clear, efficient and productive project meetings for differing stages of the project from kick off, discovery and so on, using a project methodology.
• Agile Project Management experience for mapping out sprints and leading scrums. 
• Great communication skills that are tailored for the recipients.
• Understanding of how to integrate with a client-side team whilst maintaining a top tier agency service. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other related software.
• Confident working autonomously with partner or 3rd party agencies.
• Excellent presentation skills – both written and spoken.
• Understanding of how to integrate with a client-side team whilst maintaining a top tier agency service.
• Events marketing experience.
• Experience in multiple industry sectors, B2B experience is a must.
• 5+ years of relevant digital marketing experience in a similar role.
• You can be the change - you prioritise environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability and how that translates into your day-to-day role

Req ID: 11192

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Our values shape everything we do: 

Be Ambitious to succeed   

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible   

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work   

Be always learning and listening to understand   

Be Results-focused to exceed expectations   

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations    

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.   

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.