About The Role:

This is an exciting role to manage medium-scale data and tech projects for one of Omnicom’s largest and most prestigious automotive clients.

You will be managing projects that are time-bound, requiring management of deadlines and ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of their responsibilities. You will be involved throughout the project lifecycle, including scoping the requirements, time and material estimation, planning and assignment, coordination across teams and departments, implementation of agile methodology in the project team, maintenance of project hygiene, sprint planning, project tracking, communications and status reporting.

In addition, you will manage operations for the maintenance of any existing and new applications, which are always on, via a helpdesk system.

You will also be responsible for providing regular status reports and other project execution-related communications to the senior stakeholders within the team also responsible for this client.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver client projects within deadlines, hitting all milestones, resulting into client satisfaction of highest degree
Ensure all project deliverables are of highest standard by establishing appropriate quality control methodologies and ensuring that all team members are abiding by
Support the Operations Director, Technology Services and Omni Customisation & Data Operations Director to implement, follow and optimise an agile development methodology
Proactively identify and resolve blockers that may pose any risks to the project execution and deliveries
Report on project resource utilisation by conducting detailed effort estimation for all project work, ensuring all team members are recording time spent on project and comparing planned vs actual effort spent
Maintain and execute a regular communication plan for major stakeholders to keep them informed about the status, progress and any risks in the project execution and deliveries

Ideal Candidate

Proven track record of managing medium to large scale technology projects, especially following agile scrum methodology is essential, but experience of working in both waterfall and agile project management methodologies would be highly desirable
Project management experience in one or more of the following areas:
Experience of managing distributed project teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience of client-facing written and verbal communication will be essential.
Good understanding of the data and analytics platforms, the ecosystem and interoperability of these platforms
Knowledge of Salesforce and Tableau an advantage
Strong knowledge of project management tools i.e. highly desirable
Having relevant project management certifications would be a strong advantage
Highly organised and able to direct multiple work streams under pressure, ensuring all are on track
Ability to apply depth control and be capable at managing multiple work streams, and directing specialist resource as required
Collaborative and able to work across and direct different teams as needed
Proactive – ability to understand the client needs and opportunities and utilise the resources at hand to create the maximum impact, keeping in mind the short-term vs long-term development goals.
Data and Analytics infrastructure projects i.e. building data warehouse, data lake etc.
Data and analytics division of an advertising/marketing agency
Digital systems Integration

About Annalect Emea:

Omnicom Media Group Europe (OMG EMEA) is the media division of Omnicom Group Inc., headquartered in London with offices in Manchester and Newcastle.

The Annalect EMEA team at OMG EMEA is the data, technology, and analytics division. We help CMOs and their teams harness data, technology, and advanced analytics to grow their brands.

We have built a variety of innovative product and specialist service solutions for clients and agency partners.

We build and maintain the Omni platform which gives agency and client teams access to these capabilities as well as the ability to integrate and combine their own data and technology with Omni. Omni has over 30,000 active users and is recognized in the industry as a leading marketing platform. We continuously innovate the platform to ensure our clients stay ahead of their competitors in data driven marketing.

Our team of Annalectuals is growing rapidly and are based in over 80 countries around the globe, supported by global and regional team hubs in NY, London, Singapore, Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

The EMEA team is responsible for global and regional client relationships led from London, as well as the development of new data-driven marketing capabilities. They form part of our global team and collaborate closely with local market Annalect teams across EMEA as well as regional Omnicom agency partners.

Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on https://omnicommediagroup.com/recruitment-privacy-notices/.

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