Senior Vice President, Integrated Project Management

Weber Shandwick seeks an experienced Senior Vice President who will lead Client Operations for the West, work closely with senior account, creative, and strategic partners as well as manage project managers across two large portfolios of brands and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the strategic management of a large and diverse portfolio, spearheading the identification and execution of key operational initiatives.
• Cultivate and maintain high-level relationships with internal stakeholders, clients, and procurement partners to ensure alignment and success. Oversee a vast portfolio with a global reach, ensuring seamless integration and execution across North America and beyond.
• Demonstrate exceptional ability to identify risks and opportunities, transforming them into actionable, large-scale operational models. This includes risk assessment, problem-solving, mitigation planning, and resource alignment for flawless execution.
• Collaborate with client experience, resource management, and finance teams to provide visionary leadership across an extensive portfolio.
• Design and implement advanced processes, templates, tools, and guidelines to optimize and elevate account/portfolio operations.
• Oversee project delivery, identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement and operational excellence.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of the production processes behind digital, social, content, media, and public relations campaigns.
• Synthesize issues and risks across the regions/offices, regularly sharing insights and strategies for continuous improvement with key stakeholders.
• Evaluate Statements of Work and provide strategic advice on best practices and margin management, collaborating with leadership to drive forward effective financial strategies.
• Implement operational efficiencies and best practices across agency, client and Inter Agency Teams, fostering effective team integration and collaboration.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of Project Management or Operations Experience preferably in media relations communications, content development, management consulting is a plus but not required
• Exceptional financial acumen
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Healthcare/pharmaceutical experience preferred
• Lead PM/Business Operations lead for a large account or portfolio

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays - Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Illinois Salary range: $160,000 - $200,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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