Project Director

Weber Shandwick seeks an experienced VP of Client Operations & Integrated Project Management for the Chicago Project Management team who will lead agency and client operations and serve as a strategic partner to senior account, creative, and strategic leads as well as manage project managers across a portfolio of brands and projects.

 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as strategic operations lead across a large account or portfolios. Be able to work autonomously in role with solid decision-making skills.
• Build and sustain key relationships with internal account leads, integrated team members, clients, client procurement and operations.
• Establish and lead onboarding processes, including educating team members on roles and responsibilities, processes and templates.
• Drive consistency in operational and project management skills and solutions
• Work across multiple internal and client stakeholder teams to facilitate operational best practices.
• Proactively mitigate and provide creative solutions as issues and risks arise and share insights and improvement learning opportunities with extended PM team.
• Mentor and counsel team of PMs, continually assessing resource needs and assignments; optimize operational/PM infrastructure to scale with growth of business.
• Counsel teams in the development and maintenance of SOWs, guiding people on how best to manage day to day across all project workstreams. 
• Collaborate with Client finance team to review financial health of portfolio on an ongoing basis and report to leadership; ensure adherence to financial guidelines including consistent scoping.

 

Requirements:

• 10+ years of Project Management or Operations Experience.
• Experience with different types of projects and deliverables, including: strategic presentations, creative concepting and development, video, digital, influence, event-based programs and vendor integrations.
• Ability to effectively improve operations and processes at an agency and brand level.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong experience with scoping, development of budgets and schedules for complex programs with multiple workstreams.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

 

Illinois Salary range: $124,000 – $160,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

 

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick seeks an experienced VP of Client Operations & Integrated Project Management to join our West Project Management team.  

 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as strategic operations lead across major consumer, tech, and healthcare accounts, demonstrating autonomy and strong decision-making skills.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with internal account leaders, procurement and operations teams across regions.
• Champion consistency in operational and project management practices, driving agency and client-side efficiencies, facilitating effective team integration, and establishing robust operational systems.
• Collaborate with diverse internal and client stakeholder teams to establish efficient and effective ways of working.
• Proactively mitigate and creatively resolve emerging issues and risks, sharing insights and opportunities for improvement with the extended project management team.
• Mentor and guide a team of project managers, continuously evaluating talent, resource needs, and assignments, optimizing the operational and project management infrastructure to support business growth.
• Partner with the client finance team to continuously assess the financial health of the portfolio, reporting to leadership and ensuring adherence to financial guidelines, including consistent scoping practices.
• Design and implement processes, templates, tools, and guidelines to optimize and elevate account/portfolio operations.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of the production processes behind digital, social, content, media, and public relations campaigns.

 

 

Requirements:

• 10+ years of Project Management or Client/Portfolio Operations Experience.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong experience with scoping, development of budgets and schedules for complex programs with multiple workstreams.

 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

California/Washington Salary range: $130,000 – $165,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick seeks an experienced Senior Vice President who will lead Client Operations for the West, work closely with senior account, creative, and strategic partners as well as manage project managers across two large portfolios of brands and projects.

 

Responsibilities:

• Drive the strategic management of a large and diverse portfolio, spearheading the identification and execution of key operational initiatives.
• Cultivate and maintain high-level relationships with internal stakeholders, clients, and procurement partners to ensure alignment and success. Oversee a vast portfolio with a global reach, ensuring seamless integration and execution across North America and beyond.
• Demonstrate exceptional ability to identify risks and opportunities, transforming them into actionable, large-scale operational models. This includes risk assessment, problem-solving, mitigation planning, and resource alignment for flawless execution.
• Collaborate with client experience, resource management, and finance teams to provide visionary leadership across an extensive portfolio.
• Design and implement advanced processes, templates, tools, and guidelines to optimize and elevate account/portfolio operations.
• Oversee project delivery, identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement and operational excellence.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of the production processes behind digital, social, content, media, and public relations campaigns.
• Synthesize issues and risks across the regions/offices, regularly sharing insights and strategies for continuous improvement with key stakeholders.
• Evaluate Statements of Work and provide strategic advice on best practices and margin management, collaborating with leadership to drive forward effective financial strategies.
• Implement operational efficiencies and best practices across agency, client and Inter Agency Teams, fostering effective team integration and collaboration.

 

 

Requirements:

• 12+ years of Project Management or Operations Experience preferably in media relations communications, content development, management consulting is a plus but not required
• Exceptional financial acumen
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Healthcare/pharmaceutical experience preferred
• Lead PM/Business Operations lead for a large account or portfolio

 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

California/Washington Salary range: $160,000 – $200,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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