Associate Director, Project Management

The Associate Director of Project Management is one of the most capable individual contributors on the PM team. They lead the agency’s highest-complexity accounts and engagements while also shaping how project management is practiced across the department.This role is for someone who thinks like a director but thrives in the work itself: a trusted partner to creative, account, and production leadership, an informal anchor for the PM team, and a stabilizing force when engagements get hard. No direct reports, but real authority and influence.What You’ll Do:Own delivery of the agency’s most complex, high-stakes engagements, including multi-brand, multi-market, and multi-vendor work that demands both strategic thinking and hands-on executionAct as a joint decision-maker with Account, Creative, and Production leadership when scope, resourcing, or workflow calls need to be madeServe as the go-to recovery resource when projects get into trouble, diagnosing the issue, stabilizing the team, and establishing a clear path forwardManage senior client relationships independently, presenting project POVs, navigating scope conversations, and earning trust beyond the account teamProvide project-level coaching and guidance to Senior and Mid-level PMs on active work, offering real-time craft mentorship without formal management responsibilityOwn at least one PM practice area for the department, such as Workfront standards, onboarding frameworks, or production playbooksCommunicate risk with authority, empowered to act rather than just escalate, while keeping leadership informed and timelines protectedCreate and maintain project schedules, budgets, and documentation with a high degree of accuracy in WorkfrontWhat You Need to Succeed:8–10+ years in project management in a creative/marketing agency settingA track record of owning complex, high-visibility work from kickoff to completion, independently and with confidenceDeep fluency in creative and production workflows across channels: digital, video, social, print, and experientialStrong executive presence and the credibility to lead senior client and internal conversations without relying on a director as a backstopHigh comfort with ambiguity and the ability to establish structure where none existsNatural tendency to mentor and elevate the people around you, even without formal authorityWorkfront expertise required; power-user knowledge and ability to advise others on best practices