Associate Director, Project Management of AI

Associate Director of Project Management

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign's Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world's leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries. The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Our AI team sits at the cutting edge of digital transformation, powering new solutions with data and technology, and our AI Project Managers enable and execute great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize, and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology. As an Associate Director of Project Management, you'll combine best-in-class project management skills with a strong technical understanding of AI products and platforms. You'll collaborate across cross-functional teamsmanaging complex, multi-disciplinary projects from ideation through delivery, driving operational excellence and ensuring that innovative AI solutions deliver business value for our clients and teams.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Lead the end-to-end management of technical AI projects, overseeing scope, timeline, resources, and budgets to ensure successful delivery.
• Drive standardization, change, and optimized ways of working across the agency.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and client teams to translate business needs into actionable project plans and milestones.
• Serve as the connective tissue between creative, strategy, technical, and client stakeholdersdriving alignment, transparency, and collaboration throughout project lifecycles.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; proactively resolve project roadblocks and issues.
• Contribute to the development and operationalization of new AI features, products, and solutions in partnership with the Digital Product Management team.
• Ensure projects follow best practices in both agile and traditional project management methodologies.
• Document and communicate progress, decisions, and changes to stakeholders at all levels.
• Support knowledge management efforts by capturing and sharing learnings, process improvements, and best practices across the AI team.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

Day-to-Day, your role includes :

Qualifications

We're looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes :

You are the right person if you :

Why Join Us?

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital experiences and AI-powered solutions for Fortune 500 clients, leveraging cutting-edge technology in a collaborative, agency environment.

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Diffrence" 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 USMSTACompliance@publicis.com . Compensation Range : $95,950 - $144,430 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. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer / temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, 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 1 / 15 / 26. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.