Freelance Associate Director, Project Manager US Summary: The Associate Director of Project Management is responsible for leading all aspects of multiple projects at a time across multiple clients. They are charged with the overall health of the projects, including financials, resources, risks, and relationships. The Associate Director of Project Management is expected to: Project Delivery Management Manage projects up to $1M+ in revenue. Interface heavily with senior marketing, technical, and executive management at the client to ensure the solution is understood and address the customer’s business requirements. Deliver accurate financial management of assigned clients and improved client margins. Contribute to all client SOWs to ensure deliverable and financial accuracy. Raise and maintain awareness to identify and drive solutions to issues and risks across projects and clients. Optimize team utilization, working with leads across all disciplines at the assigned clients. Ensure the project managers are handling essential functions, including but not limited to scheduling and facilitating project-related team meetings (kickoffs, status, internal/client reviews, and project sunset reviews, etc.), communicating action steps to the team, and driving the project to successful completion. Contribute content and presentation of key client deliverables as needed to ensure relevancy, strategy, quality, and timeliness. Establish relationships with key client team members within projects; act as a secondary client point of contact (EL is primary). Interface heavily with senior marketing, technical, and executive management at the client to ensure the solution is understood and address the customer’s business requirements.

Additional responsibilities as assigned Qualifications and Experience 7+ years of experience leading marketing, design, or digital projects throughout the full life cycle, preferably in a consulting or agency environment. Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in project management, marketing, or related field. Extensive expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools. Consistent track record of leading small-/medium-scale clients, including budgets, scheduling, and resource planning. Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge Strong analytical, process flow, problem-solving, communication, customer relationship, organization, project management, system thinking, and conflict resolution skills. Deep understanding of the client’s business, needs, expectations, and requirements. Extensive understanding of project management methodologies, including the ability to identify and resolve issues, mitigate risk, develop detailed project plans and specifications, develop and oversee staffing plans, and lead the team to successful completion. Complex problem solving, judgment, critical thinking, creative solution development, and decision making. MS Office/Google Suite proficiency (Excel/Sheets), email, and project and team communication software (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, Slack, DoneDone). Ability to interact at all levels of the company and with external parties in a professional manner, maintaining effective written and spoken communication. Ability to manage staff members is a plus. Highly organized, accurate, timely, and able to prioritize; adaptable and able to handle multiple projects and changing priorities. Strong attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, take detailed notes, and maintain confidentiality. Ability to work independently and in collaborative environments. VSA Partners is an equal opportunity employer . We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit and business need. California Residents - Please review our Privacy Notice here. Apply for this job Required information is indicated with an asterisk (*). First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone * Resume/CV * Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile * Website Preferred Name * Do you have Media trafficking or delivery management experience? If yes, Please explain. * Voluntary Self-Identification For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file. As set forth in VSA Partners’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to VEVRAA, we request this information to measure the effectiveness of outreach and recruitment efforts. Disability Status Select... PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete. Form CC-305; OMB Control Number 1250-0005; Expires 04/30/2026

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