Project Manager

We are looking for a Project ManagerLocation: Bangalore/Hyderabad/Gurugram/Chennai/Coimbatore/MumbaiThis exciting role of a Manager Project – Media Services requires you to creatively manage digital media campaigns for our global brands. Your expertise of ad tech and knowledge of the Digital Market Cycle would make you a great fit for this position. This is a great opportunity to work closely with the Top Global brands and own large and reputed accounts.About Annalect IndiaWe are an integral part of Annalect Global and Omnicom Group, the second largest advertising agency holding company in the world in terms of revenue and is the leading global marketing communications company. Our portfolio includes: three global advertising agency networks: BBDO, DDB and TBWA; three of the world’s premium media services under Omnicom Media Group: OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science.Annalect India plays a key role for our group companies and global agencies by providing stellar products and services in areas of Creative Services, Technology, Marketing Science (data & analytics) and Media Services. We currently have 2000+ awesome colleagues (in Annalect India) who are committed to solve our clients’ pressing business issues. We are growing rapidly and looking for talented professionals like you to be part of this journey. Let us build this, together!You will be working closely withGlobal clients and account managers of our Media Services team. This role will report to the Manager of Media Services.This is an exciting role and would entail you toParticipate in Discovery, Scope Definition & Schedule planningCreate Contractual Agreements & coordinate on ApprovalsVisualize project roadmap and design delivery model (Waterfall / Agile methodology)Ensure responsibilities are clearly understood (with RASCI) between relevant stakeholdersCreate document repository, set-up project in WFM tool and establish communication channels with stakeholdersCreate project / sprint plan after taking inputs from all relevant stakeholdersManage the project and act as Single Point of Contact for all project related deliverablesEnsure standard project management best practices are followed across all allocated projectsTrack progress, schedule & budget and drive effective communication and escalation managementIdentify Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies, raise alerts and work towards ensuring things are progressing as per scheduleFacilitate Meetings and provide status / milestone updatesParticipate in Project Governance related activities including KPIs reporting, billing coordination, process audits, etc.Contribute towards continuous Process improvementThis may be the right role for you if you haveShould have approximately 8-10 years of overall work experience (with 6 - 8 yrs. of relevant experience in Project Management)Bachelor's degreeAbility to quickly understand and grasp process flows of in-scope activities and assimilate this knowledge to quickly become a subject matter expertAn effective communicator with excellent relationship building, negotiation & interpersonal skills.Ability to influence decisions at a strategic level, through logical reasoning-based problem-solving approachesMaintains positive and healthy working relationships with support functions, service delivery and senior leadership, and leverages these relationships to secure collaboration and support in execution of project plan.Candidate should be fine to work on client specific working hours (generally 2 PM to 11 PM) barring a few project specific exceptions