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The purpose of this role is to drive and oversee the delivery of the business and Technology transformation projects, ensuring that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.

Key responsibilities:

• Project Leadership. Creates and leads the project team to deliver the agreed outputs/outcomes within scope, time, cost and quality constraints. Promotes the wider good in all actions, acting in a morally, legally and socially appropriate manner in dealings with stakeholders and members of Transformation/Programme teams and organisation.
• Project Team Management. Designs, develops and manages the project team on a day to day basis, appropriate to context and project stage. Clearly defines, agrees and delegates team and key stakeholder roles and responsibilities; develops capability and fosters innovation; empowers and inspires others to deliver successful projects.
• Project Business Case and Benefits Management. Prepares, gains approval of, refines and updates business cases that justify projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks; tracking and reporting forecast and actuals against them. Works with business benefit owners to identify, track and deliver benefits set out in business case. Ensures realisation of benefits for business through planning and designing project outputs meet programme requirements and desired outcomes.
• Project Budget and Cost Management. Develops and agrees budgets for projects and control forecast and actual costs against them.
• Governance. Establishes and maintains effective governance and decision making for the delivery of projects; defines clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, that align with programme and/or organisational practice and requirements.
• Project Plans and Controls. Designs, consolidates and documents the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, approach, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities and issues, and quality requirements). Establishes, and implements where necessary, protocols to change the scope of projects and update of configuration documents as required.
• Scheduling and Dependency Management. Develops, produces and maintains schedules for project activities that takes account of dependencies, resource requirements and constraints in order to enable the efficient realisation of project outputs and associated benefits. Maps project dependencies and identifies owners, builds dependency management into the project's governance cycle. Works with programme/project managers and business leads to ensure dependencies are actively managed, acts as an arbiter and enforcer and resolves issues between the various elements of the project.
• Project Resource Management. Identifies and secures the provision of resources needed for projects from internal and/or external providers, including agreement of contracts (within delegated financial authority limits) for the provision of goods and/or services, monitoring compliance. Develops, implements and updates resource allocations plans (other than finance) needed for projects, taking account of availabilities and scheduling variances.
• Stakeholder and Communications Management. Identifies and manages pertinent project stakeholder relationships (taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests), communications and need for senior level support. Ensures continual alignment with programme (if applicable), wider transformation portfolio management and organisation communications. Manages internal and external relationships as appropriate. Proactively Identifies, addresses and seeks to resolve differences between individuals and/or interest groups.
• Project Risks and Issues Management. Identifies and monitors project risks (threats and opportunities) and issues. Develops mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identifies and works with related projects to manage interdependencies.

• Experience in leading and managing large complex technology projects across both legacy and cloud applications, systems and platforms.
• Formal Project Management training & certification essential.
• Excellent understanding of the various Project Management processes and frameworks such as APM, Prince2, DSDM, Agile, Lean & Scrum.
• Excellent senior and executive stakeholder management and relationship building capability.
• Positive role model, collaborative and ensure agile thinking to help foster a culture of continued improvement.
• Excellent verbal & written communication, presentation skills, questioning, listening and negotiation.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Enterprise Technology, background in the digital media industry.
• Previous experience in line management responsibilities, including leading, coaching, and management of Project Managers, direct and matrix reports.
• Demonstrates flexibility, resiliency and productivity in response to shifting priorities
• Share’s ideas and resolves conflict constructively.
• Technical curiosity, boldness and a desire for innovation and change
• Excellent organisational skills, a methodical approach and attention to detail.
• Commitment to continued improvement.
• Self-motivated, logical thinker, fast learner, pragmatic and confident.
• Ability to engage and motivate people.
• Agile and flexible approach.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Experience working in a fast paced, agile environment.
• Ability to take on responsibility and use initiative to prioritise and work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.

Part of dentsu, dentsu international helps clients to win, keep and grow their best customers and achieve meaningful progress for their businesses. With best-in-class services and solutions in media, CXM, and creative, dentsu international operates in over 145 markets worldwide with more than 46,000 dedicated specialists. Follow us on social @dentsuUSA. Applicants from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $113,000-$174,500. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.
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