SVP, Project Management Practice Lead Job at Publicis CoLab, New York, NY

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  • Publicis CoLab
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Overview

SVP, Project Management Practice Lead

Publicis Creative, US

The SVP PM Practice Lead is a new position within the Publicis Groupe Creative Pillar. The PM Practice Lead will partner with Publicis Creative agencies including BBH, Fallon, Leo NY, Leo Chicago, The Community, Le Pub, Saatchi NY, to name a few!

The SVP, Project Management Practice Lead is a senior leadership role responsible for driving project management excellence, operational standards, and scalable processes across the pillar. This role serves as the expert in project management and client operations, ensuring best-practice adoption, consistency, quality, and accountability across agency Project Management leadership. Through strong partnerships, this role accelerates operational excellence, embeds sustainable change, and promotes a mindset of automation and continuous improvement. The SVP, Project Management Pillar Lead enables teams to work efficiently and effectively in an increasingly Al-augmented environment

Responsibilities

Governance & Standards: Define, guide, and enforce pillar-level project management frameworks, methodologies, and resource planning standards. Ensure consistency, reduce duplicative tasks, and strengthen accountability across all businesses.

Process Excellence: Establish and optimize end-to-end PM processes, promoting clarity, predictability, and alignment. Drive operational discipline and continuously refine workflows to maximize efficiency.

Change Enablement: Support adoption of new tools, automation, and process enhancements that improve delivery quality and team effectiveness. Promote a strong automation mindset within project management practices.

Al Familiarity: Maintain working knowledge of Al-related capabilities and evolving tools to help teams operate effectively in an Al-augmented landscape.

Workfront Expertise: Apply working knowledge of the Workfront system to strengthen resource planning, workflow management, and reporting accuracy across teams.

Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and agency teams by providing guidance, sharing best practices, and enabling smooth implementation of process standards.

Community Leadership: Define role clarity, career paths, and capability development for project management professionals. Build a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

  • Proven senior leader with deep experience elevating project management practices at scale
  • 7+ years in a senior leadership role overseeing large project management teams within a creative agency environment
  • 10+ years of experience in project and/or program management
  • Expertise in establishing and governing standardized project management frameworks
  • Strong background managing complex project portfolios with significant operational impact
  • Exceptional executive presence, communication, and change leadership skills
  • Strong automation mindset with familiarity in Al-augmented workflows
  • Working knowledge of Workfront or similar project portfolio management systems

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $176,700.00 - $288,765.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be March 1, 2026.

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Flexible hours,

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