VML Canada (English)
Senior Project Manager
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
Project ManagementProcess ImprovementCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills
About the role
- In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies.
- VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
- As a Senior Project Manager, you will bridge the gap between Account Service, Creative, Strategy, Production, and Media teams.
Responsibilities
- Scope & Resource Management: Define project scopes, develop detailed estimates, build master timelines, and allocate creative/production resources efficiently.
- Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify potential roadblocks (scope creep, resource bottlenecks, legal/compliance hurdles) and implement creative solutions before they impact delivery.
- Financial Stewardship: Monitor project budgets, track resource hours, manage third-party vendor costs, and assist in monthly billing reconciliations.
- Define project scopes, develop detailed estimates, build master timelines, and allocate creative/production resources efficiently.
- Proactively identify potential roadblocks (scope creep, resource bottlenecks, legal/compliance hurdles) and implement creative solutions before they impact delivery.
- Monitor project budgets, track resource hours, manage third-party vendor costs, and assist in monthly billing reconciliations.
- VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth.
- VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's.
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands.
- We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and seasoned Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end campaign delivery for a premier automotive clients.
Requirements
- Establish, maintain, and refine agile workflows to support the rapid turnaround times required for retail automotive campaigns (e.g., monthly sales events, model year launches).
- Required Experience & Skills
- Process Optimization: Establish, maintain, and refine agile workflows to support the rapid turnaround times required for retail automotive campaigns (e.g., monthly sales events, model year launches).
Nice to have
- Proven experience working on an automotive account (OEM/Tier 1, Regional/Tier 2, or Dealer/Tier 3) is highly preferred
- Automotive Expertise: Proven experience working on an automotive account (OEM/Tier 1, Regional/Tier 2, or Dealer/Tier 3) is highly preferred
Benefits
- Retail Mindset: A strong understanding of retail advertising cycles (holiday sales, quarterly events) and the ability to pivot quickly in response to market shifts.
Company info
- VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
- About WPP
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
- Position Overview
- The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
- For more information, visit WPP.com.
- In this role, you will be the operational backbone of a fast-paced account, managing a diverse portfolio of projects that span national brand-building campaigns, Tier 2/Tier 3 retail promotions, dealership integrations, and digital-first activations.
- You are someone who thrives in the fast lane, understands the nuances of retail-driven automotive marketing (where speed-to-market is critical), and can maintain a high creative standard while keeping projects on time and on budget.
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