Job Information
Publicis Groupe Senior Manager, Technical Product Operations in New York, New York
Company Description
Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through global agency brands CJ, Performics, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global practices deliver client value and increase growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in more than sixty countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.
Job Description
The Senior Manager, Product Operations is essential to ensuring Publicis Media products and services are delivered (e.g., against scope, cost, time, quality) and maintained through program management methodology and business operations. Be the point person tasked with ensuring the latest best practices and tools are in place and available for product developers so that the product team can build a product, not the tools.
The Senior Manager will be the Scrum Master for development teams assigned to large-scale and long duration projects to deliver business solutions to the company. Includes oversight of full project lifecycle from inception to implementation with the ability to manage multiple project tracks and teams using Agile methodologies and practices. The Senior Manager understands and the purpose, the objectives and the solutions for product development efforts.
The Senior Manager will participate in the estimation, risk and resolution, status reporting process, and ensure that the team meets their commitments and guides delivery. The Senior Manager ensures quality of products and service comply with the agency or client’s needs.
Core Responsibilities:
Plan, Manage large-scale concurrent projects using the Agile framework
Schedule Agile ceremonies on a bi-weekly basis aligned with the sprint schedule
Ensure there is a application of program management methodologies and standards, including risk mitigation
Guide Operational Excellence process and make sure main success metrics and trend reports are available to our Product and Engineering teams for each sprint
Develop and enduring business relationships with senior and mid-level executives
Work in a collaborative environment and to ensure successful project deployment
Understand main business and technology drivers
Write user stories and tickets with all required details so that its estimable for prioritization and implementation
Review and management of user stories and tickets throughout the sprint cycle
Track main analytics metrics and provide insights and feedback for the Product team to influence the roadmap/prioritization of potential product changes on a quarterly basis
Experience managing execution teams through influence where direct reporting lines do not exist
Work with the Product Owner and sponsor to identify and assure delivery against main business objectives, priorities, expectation setting.
Preform other duties as assigned or requested
Qualifications
Excellent understanding of product management and project management principles
Product Management acumen
5-7 years product operations experience
5-7 years technology or product development experience or managing in a consulting environment
Hands-on experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects
Experience as an Agile coach
Strong analytical skills and able to create insight out of large datasets
Experience gathering business insights and identifying trends from data
You have experience working in a complex, matrixed environment, managing multiple stakeholders
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale programs
Strong negotiation and issue resolution skills
Understanding of software development life cycle and expert knowledge of both Agile and Plan-driven project management principles and practices with the ability to blend them together
Ability to manage key stakeholders including executive team members
Experience working on products, solutions, or Ad Tech
Experience working with Agile Project Management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally or equivalent
Experience with multiple project methodologies (Scrum, ATERN, Waterfall, Prince2)
PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master Certification, Bachelor’s degree in business or computer science or MBA
Experience Preferred but not required:
- Experience in Media or Advertising
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 hrcompliance_usms@publicis.com .
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $81,500 - $128,000 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. For this role, 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 05/13/2024.
#LI-Hybrid
Req #24-3416