Company Description
Publicis Groupe LATAM is where the magic Begins.
Publicis Groupe is a cross-media transformation agency, based in Colombia and Costa Rica, to support global business, with innovative, flexible and value-based solutions in which the alchemy of technology, insight and creativity, truly come together.
We make creative, media and tech innovative solutions.
For this we are looking for a talented and dynamic person to join our Team.
You will have the opportunity to work together with our international clients to provide passionate and innovative solutions.
**Job Description**:
The Project Manager is someone who monitors exactly who is doing what and when, to execute action plans to keep the utilization and billability of the staff, for what he'll be in charge of the estimation process and efficiency.
As the allocation manager he/she is the right hand of the Senior Project Manager, at the time to maintain the team busy and efficient while jumping between projects.
The allocation Manager must know the skills of our talent, their strengths and weaknesses, so can recommend strategically the staffing to the right projects.
**Responsibilities**:
- Actively uses, reviews and updates the Allocation hub to have updated understanding of the team's availability and constrains related to utilization and billability.
- Creates estimations and ensures accuracy, by getting support of craft leads, creative leads and the Senior Project Manager.
- Develops tool and methodologies to improve the estimation process, to guarantee efficiency and time response.
- Be updated about the skill development of the team (training, certifications, involvement in internal initiatives) to have a better understanding for the right allocation.
- Keeps updated on the finance and engagement playbook to ensure accurate estimations and relationship with stakeholders.
- Generates reports with strategic analysis and inputs that can help the Senior Project Manager.
Informs leadership team to make decisions about the talent and projects.
- Keeps active communication with other allocation managers, production and project managers to support project opportunities with our dedicated agencies.
- Keep an active communication with the Capability Leadership team to identify attrition risk, low utilization and improvement plans for the operation.
**Qualifications**:
- 7 years of proven experience in PM
- Must have experience in Allocation responsibilities
- Experience and knowledge with Project Management, Agile Methodologies and PM platforms as JIRA, Asana, etc.
- Understanding of creative production processes and methodologies
- Strong communication skills
- Experience scoping production and creative projects based on a great understanding of creative requirements, talent skills, and project processes
- Experience in digital and print production
- Ability to handle multiple tasks with different scopes simultaneously
- Ability to analyze data and bring insightful recommendations
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Detail-oriented, focused on driving and delivering results
- Strong leadership abilities and able to exercise good judgment
- Proficiency in providing and managing client satisfaction and feedback
Additional Information
- Access to Prepaid Medical Plan
- Employee engagement activities and events
- Days of Work from Home
- Prodigious Academy
- Technical trainings, soft skills development, technical certifications, access to online libraries and e-learning platforms
- Find your path Program
- You will have a coach that will support and help you grow
- Level up Program