Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris Exchange: FR0000130577; CAC 40 index), is the world’s third largest communications group.  Publicis Global Media Operations (PGMO), is a Groupe wide practice driving transformation across Publicis solution hubs through a connected global network, proprietary technology, and consistent and scalable best in-class processes; empowering global marketing and digital business transformation.

The Product Manager, PMX Consulting EMEA will be responsible for supporting and contributing towards the overall success and performance of PMX Consulting, by working with the Publicis Media Business Platform Team and Publicis Media Technology to develop solutions for our EMEA and global business needs. The Product Manager will direct and execute on a wide range of activities across the product lifecycle from inception to manage in market. Working with the local market leads and PMX global teams, this person will also help drive the vision, strategy, and evolution of the solutions. This person must be proactive in anticipating and prioritising the business needs of the team and must possess superb time management skills, a productive approach toward work and a strong sense of urgency. The Product Manager should have excellent relationship-building and collaboration skills, strong communication, project and product management and analytical/technical skills.

About PMX Consulting:

PMX Consulting is a 3rd millennium consultancy dedicated to keeping ambitious brands at the forefront of a constantly evolving marketing landscape. We catapult businesses into the age of acceleration with the right tools, processes and world-class experts to win and thrive at pace. Through our global network of consultants, we rapidly mobilise pioneering strategic solutions into robust implementation.

Our applied consultancy model blends deep technical expertise with decades of solid experience and future-facing focus, positively impacting growth areas from in-housing best practice, to agile platform optimisation, to ground-breaking innovation trials, maximised cross-channel media effectiveness practices and more. We simplify, implement and scale in an unrivalled way addressing the strategic, operational and cultural challenges of the real-time era. Our unique power lies in our ability to embrace today’s sea of technological complexity by shifting beyond theory into pragmatic application thus fuelling rapid business acceleration.

The Transformation Pillars:

Nimbly straddling the breadth of the Publicis platform with its connected practices, PMX Consulting harnesses the brightest talent, experience and knowledge locally, regionally and globally across five key digital transformation pillars: Platform Impact, Futurescapes, Commerce, Biddable Power, Ops Powerhouse.

About Biddable Power:

At the heart of Biddable Power sits a mind-set of agility, end-to-end connectivity and always-on work. These attributes have traditionally been associated with performance marketing and we are expanding them to everything we do. This begins with holistic strategic consulting across all digital media channels and incorporating data, technology and creative. Supporting this, we will be building business-centric KPI frameworks and analytics with consumer-journey- and optimal-data-flow. The backbone will be multi-region and local activation excellence. All applied across the region on global clients and on major market strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with end-users, stakeholders, and engineers to gather requirements and document business needs
• Manage the development of detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation required to translate business needs into product features and technical requirements
• Understand business challenges and translate these into prioritised solutions
• Develop project schedules and track progress to ensure on time delivery of product releases and key business objectives
• Partner with UI/UX and Engineering team to improve product usability and experience
• Prototype potential solutions to validate concept and hypothesis
• Track status of major bugs/data issues, and provides guidance/step in when needed to help with blocking issues
• QA new features and optimisations to inform product sign off
• Formalise the engagement and communications process with local markets and global client teams to provide regular updates on priorities
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple workstreams
• Critical/analytical thinking and problem solving
• Thrive in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment
• Excellent organisation and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• High energy level, strong team player and good work ethic

Minimum Requirements:

• 4+ years of product-related experience
• Experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements in support of technical product development
• Practical experience in scrum-based agile development methodology
• Experience working with JIRA, or equivalent
• Comfortable working in an environment where priorities may shift due to business, product, or user needs.
• Thrive on brainstorming and building innovative solutions that consistently challenges the status quo
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills, both in person and written
• Technical/engineering background
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

TRUST

Trust is the cornerstone upon which we build our relationships. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of how a partner should behave. We treat our people and our clients with respect, transparency and honesty.

TALENT

This is first and foremost a people business. We are committed to ensuring Publicis Groupe a destination for the best talent in our industry. We value people as individuals, growing ourselves as we grow our client’s business.

TRANSFORMATION

True transformation comes when we stop managing change, and instead initiate change. We believe in our purpose to be the admired force for business transformation. We believe that focusing on performance and results has the power to transform client business.