Senior Project Manager

Please note this role is on a Fixed Term Contract initially with a possibility of extension.

About the job

At Storyteq, our Creative Marketing Platform generates over 100.000 videos and banners automatically on a weekly basis. To be able to do so, videos and banners, designed by our clients, must be adapted from open creative files into Dynamic Templates. This can be done by our clients themselves by using our in-house developed tools or, if they lack the time or expertise, by our Platform Services team.

As a Sr. Project Manager in the Platform Services team, you’ll be the knowledgeable connector. You are constantly multi-tasking and communicating with all kinds of stakeholders, from leading your own team of Technical Motion Designers to communicating with external editors or the top dogs of our enterprise clients. You'll remove blockers for your team and sync with all the relevant parties including the clients, the agencies, and other external stakeholders. Our client base is growing fast globally, with a focus on large enterprise companies. All of our clients deserve the best project managers that will plan a smooth ride and offer a fast time to value. You plan resources, monitor and manage projects and budgets, while being up to speed on all the technical details so everyone has what they need to do their job.

This role offers significant potential for career advancement, combining your project management skills with being a great team leader and overseeing a small group of technical motion designers.

Key responsibilities:

• You are in touch with clients and external parties and make sure we receive all the necessary input from them
• You manage projects from initiation and planning to execution and delivery, while managing client expectations. Together with the other project managers, you keep track of overall capacity planning.
• You lead your own (small) team of 5 Technical Motion Designers, while being a part of the bigger Platform Services department.
• You excel in working together with your team of Technical Motion Designers, effectively interpreting their technical language, guiding them to prioritise tasks and ensure the delivery of exceptional value templates
• You set priorities and keep track of budget, project details, hours and workflows, schedule and facilitate project kick-offs, stand-ups, lead implementations and retrospectives to provide ongoing transparency, and to spot room for improvement, proactively identifying issues and risks, providing timely escalation and acting upon it
• You make sure you’re a Storyteq expert and stay up to speed with product updates
• You have an eye for identifying opportunities, adeptly recognise potential feature requests and provide constructive feedback to improve processes and efficiency within the team

Requirements:
• Have 5+ years of project management experience in organising, planning, and executing large-to-enterprise-scale projects with complex global and/or multi-brand clients within an enterprise client-focused company focused on media, creative production, post-production, or similar
• Have a hands-on mentality, proactive, responsible, solution-oriented, analytical mind applied to meet customers’ needs and expectations
• Have experience in leading, mentoring, and motivating colleagues and/or team members
• Can manage a high volume, deadline-driven workload and handle the pressure that comes with that, while helping the project team stay focused and positive throughout the process
• Are proficient in using reporting tools, project management tooling, and Excel
• Are familiar with automation tools, and creative processes, and the terminology is a big plus.
• Have a pulse of what we offer, even though the job is not commercial
• Are a strong communicator who can bring clarity and structure to plans and projects
• Understand the value of building strong partnerships with clients as well as colleagues

Benefits:
📈 Employee stock ownership.

📅 27 days of annual leave (Well-being Day and Volunteer Day included).

🏡 Hybrid working model (working from home 2 days a week).

🚆 Travel allowance.

🚲 A bicycle lease plan with Hellorider after 1 year of employment.

💻 Excellent tools: High-end Macbook, Monitor, and everything in between!

📚 We support your continuous improvement with training, courses, conferences, and books.

🌦 Mental health and wellbeing support: Access to OpenUp.

🥪 Office lunches and endless snacks at the Amsterdam Office.

🍻 The best Friday afternoon drinks and quarterly team outings.

👵 A Pension contribution for employees who are based in the Netherlands.

🐶 Pet-friendly office, so feel free to bring your furry friend!

We Value Diversity
We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.

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