Part-time contractor Project Manager responsible for owning client requests, managing integrated project plans and resourcing across service lines, tracking hours and budgets, delegating tasks in Wrike or client PM tools, and driving process improvements to increase efficiency and delivery.
Seer Interactive is a digital marketing consultancy that harnesses compassion, data, and technology to make a mark on our communities - our coworkers, our clients, our industry, and our neighbors. We believe in relentlessly pursuing (and sharing) the truth – bringing together millions of data points from quantitative and qualitative sources to base our decisions on. Our purpose is to unlock potential for our communities mentioned above. Our vision is a world where it’s easy to do the right thing throughout those communities. If you’re ready to uplift others, challenge your ego, commit to the truth, and be better than yesterday – keep reading.
Seer is a remote first agency and Certified B-Corp with team members working across the country. If an office environment is more your style, this position can also sit in our HQ office, Philadelphia. We can only consider candidates based in the US who are able to work continental US based hours.
The Role: You’re a natural PM who loves optimizing workflow for efficiency and improving client delivery. You have a knack for collaborating with cross-divisional teams and motivating the people around you, ensuring all projects are running on-track and on-time to hit deadlines. You pay attention to the details without losing sight of the big picture and help your team members to do the same. Managing complex project timelines, competing priorities, risk, and budget is your jam. You’re the Digital Project Manager that teams dream of-- we can’t wait to meet you!
Note: This is a part-time contractor role that will consist of 20-30 hours a week for an ongoing engagement with potential to turn full time if client load reflects need
Role Highlights
- You’ll be the primary point of contact for all new client requests on some of our highest priority accounts, working with our internal team to align on priorities and timing
- You will manage an integrated project plan, working with all service lines
- You’ll plan and monitor resource utilization on the account, forecast workload, and bandwidth to proactively manage project budget, and allocate resources
- You’ll track hours and costs to keep projects within budget, proactively raising red flags to finance and escalating to management as needed
- You will manage and delegate tasks across team members as needed via our PM tool, Wrike.com, and/or a separate client-preferred project management tool
- You will also manage resourcing assignments for your clients projects utilizing this tool
- You will lead ongoing process improvements for driving greater efficiency across the company, supporting internal initiatives and operations.
Essential Skills
- You have an innate talent for project management, who has experience wrangling team members, vendors, and Client stakeholders, in order to rally around a project plan and meet deadlines according to your client’s goals
- Your approach to PM is proactive and you take anticipatory actions, demonstrating an ability to independently navigate tasks without needing explicit directions
- You’ve managed projects with internal cross-functional teams of 8-10+ people
- You have a working knowledge of digital marketing, including SEO, Paid Media, Data Analytics, and UX
- You’re a champion of process and ongoing improvements, educating the team on project management best practices while keeping your eyes/ears open for new opportunities to drive workflow efficiency
- You know how to best forecast team bandwidth for upcoming projects and are quick to find workarounds for surprise roadblocks; your strong communication, organization, and time management skills are unmatched, and your team loves you for them!
- You have experience interfacing directly with client POCs of all levels and can adapt your communication style and approach accordingly
This might not be the right role for you if
- Time-management, context-switching, and juggling multiple projects is quite challenging
- You do not want continued-learning and innovation to be an expectation
- Change management is difficult and you struggle with adapting to new tools and processes
Compensation & Benefits
- $50-$60 / hour. Your final offered compensation will be determined by your skills and experience
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As a B-Corp Certified organization, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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