This role is open to be based from: Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager for integrated projects ranging from strategies, activations, creative content for social media, and more. If you like variety and tailoring process to project, this is the job for you. We are seeking a Sr. PM who is process-oriented, unafraid to ask questions, a great communicator, and highly collaborative on integrated projects. 

Who are you? 

You love to organize, draft, and implement project plans across multiple projects at once. You lead with curiosity and serve as the common thread on programs, managing timelines, communicating priorities, and working with cross-functional teams so that nothing falls through the cracks. You are detail-oriented, have an energetic presence, and a belief in following through. You love collaboration, communication, finding efficiency, and teamwork in a fast-paced work environment.

Assembly, an Agency Built for Microsoft 

Part of the Edelman family of global companies, Assembly is a marketing and communications agency built to serve Microsoft in advancing its mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. From media relations and social media to data & analytics and influencer collaborations, we seamlessly integrate various capabilities to develop stories that earn attention. We’re proud to be Microsoft's agency partner across its Brand social channels; the global PR agency for Xbox; and the influencer agency of Xbox, Surface, Microsoft 365, and Windows; we also help several executives engage critical stakeholders and raise their visibility. Our success comes from our smart, passionate, and curious people, who tell great stories and solve complex business problems day in and day out. 

The job

As the Senior Project Manager across programs with concurrent workflows, you’ll work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver for our clients. You’ll collaborate with account, specialty, and project management peers to ensure that project deliverables have a solid workflow, map to strategic intent and brand guidelines, all while meeting timing, scope, and budget requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Define and draft scopes, staffing plans and estimates, and obtain necessary approvals.
• Use of project management tools to author and maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates, budgets, and other relevant project documentation with input and oversight from relevant team members.
• Own the delivery of a work stream within large, complex initiatives and/or own mid-size projects independently and with minimal oversight.
• Manage and communicate the status of integrated initiatives across multiple projects to ensure successful delivery against scoped deliverables.
• Anticipate project needs, resolving project issues and removing barriers for the team.
• Pull and review project burn, and work to proactively identify and flag scope creep.
• Proactively communicate and manage hours, tasks, and timelines with integrated team members.
• Schedule and attend meetings, communicate next steps, and assign actions. 
• Participate in client discussions related to project plans and set expectations on due dates needed to meet project goals.
• Partner with resource management and finance to manage staffing and plan future staffing requirements.

• A 4-year degree or equivalent work experience
• 5-7 years of project management at an integrated marketing or PR agency, or related experience
• A mastery of PM fundamentals and best practices; independently owned small to mid-level sized project delivery
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SmartSheet (or other similar project management tool)

• Expert in core project management skills of scoping, budgeting, and building detailed timelines for a variety of deliverables and size of projects.
• Proven ability to generate effective cross-team communications in a collaborative, hybrid environment to drive workflows.
• Experienced in workflow documentation and shareouts with internal team and clients.
• Skilled in troubleshooting issues and proactively addressing blockers.
• Understanding of trade-offs and management of risks to delivery timelines and budget.
• Working knowledge and confidence using SmartSheet.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

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Assembly is an integrated agency providing purpose-built communications to Microsoft – bringing strategy, creative, research, social and digital, and influencer marketing together to drive tangible business results and advance Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

We advocate for ideas based on real audience insights and sound strategic opportunities and bring them to life with creative executions that earn attention. We are the team behind some of Microsoft’s most exciting work across Surface, Xbox, M365, and Windows to name a few. We are the lead agency for the Microsoft brand across social; the global PR agency of record for Xbox; and the influencer agency of record for Xbox, Surface, M365 and Windows. Assembly is also a strategic partner for executive communications across Microsoft Store and several executives across the company.

Our results are a direct reflection of our culture and people – we believe that bringing together diverse perspectives enhance creativity and innovation, and we embrace and celebrate differences both in our organization and through our work. We’ve partnered with Microsoft for 27 years, across 17 countries around the world. Come be a part of our collective story as we partner with Microsoft to enable each other to achieve more.

Assembly Media was founded in 2014 under DJE Holdings to exclusively service Microsoft. In 2019 our parent agency, Edelman, was recognized by AdAge as one of the top 10 creative companies in the U.S. and recognized as a 2019 Best Place to Work.

Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to disability, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law. 

Assembly is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.