LEAD PROJECT MANAGER
Full-time • Posted 26 day(s) ago
Job Description
xDNA is a global group of some of the world’s top digital marketing agencies. We want our clients to win, their customers to win, and our employees to win. We’re a truly values-driven company, where the culture, the decisions, and the every day are defined by what we believe in. If you’re looking for a rewarding, supporting, and passionate workplace please keep reading!
This is a hybrid role, with 4 days a week remote, and 1 day a week from the xDNA Group office in Makati City. The office is home to multiple different teams working across the Group’s agency brands. You’ll be part of the xDNA team, but there’s also the Dilate, and the Climb Online team to bounce ideas off, grab lunch with, and undertake training sessions and learning.
We’re searching for a skilled Lead Project Manager to join our award-winning digital agency. Reporting directly to our President, this is the perfect opportunity for an experienced Project Manager expert to make their mark in one of our fastest-growing departments. Part of the responsibility is to define and shape the process of all xDNA’s services including Design, Software Engineering, and Marketing Services, and to ensure timely delivery and the highest quality solutions with excellent customer expectations. He/she should have the ability to lead with a technical background as well as experience in working with departmental managers across multiple disciplines.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Arrange and attend meetings with prospective clients on possible project opportunities and partnerships for business growth.
- Provide the team with reliable and accurate data, insights, analyses, and proper recommendations and suggestions according to the negotiated project details.
- Assist in planning and developing processes, policies, and procedures that will improve the overall performance of the project.
- Responsible for creating comprehensive documentation of feasibility analysis, budget reports, and work schedules, and assigning tasks to team members according to project flow.
- Manages all team members by making sure that all the important and time-sensitive tasks are efficiently delegated to the team for completion.
- Coordinate with the team and actively monitor the development process of each project to ensure that all the projects are within scope.
- Ensures resource availability and allocation so that all projects are delivered on time and a budget without compromising the output quality.
- Engages with the clients by performing timely briefings and updates on the current progress of the project
- Makes sure that all the input details from the client and relevant parties are put into action, and any issues are addressed and rectified immediately.
- Perform risk management and develop a well-coordinated contingency plan to minimize room for error.
- Process the necessary required documents needed for approval by the client, the President, and the Operations Manager.
- To be able to work in an agile Scrum environment that shares resources and experience to get projects across the line.
Minimum Qualifications
- At least 5 to 8 years of working experience
- Expertise in project management which includes (but is not limited to) strategic planning, process improvement, risk management, and client-consumer relations.
- Demonstrated ability to handle productive relations with team members, local partners, and international clients, as well as conflict resolution.
- Must possess theoretical and practical knowledge in project management, as well as using project management tools
- Excellent time management and solid organization is a must
- Great analytical skills and problem-solving aptitude
- Outstanding verbal and written skills
- An independent worker and a team-player
Beneficial Skills
Why xDNA?
- At xDNA, you’ll be making a real impact. The businesses we work with, genuinely succeed.
- Leadership that’s focussed on your success, and giving you real career progression.
- Ongoing training, including opportunities for paid training, professional development, and more.
- Support, in the professional, mental, and social sense. We back our people 100% and are flexible and compassionate when you need it.
- Dilate’s the most comfortable place you’ll ever be uncomfortable. We want you to push yourself and what’s possible—and we’ve always got your back.
- We strive to be “better every day”, a philosophy that permeates everything we do.
Instructions
Ready to apply?
If you’re excited by this opportunity, driven, and ready to go, we’d love to hear from you! Please send over your resume and a short cover letter to connect@xdnainteractive.com.