Senior Project Manager, Campaigns and Content

Burberry

Jun 25

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Senior Level
Marketing
Business, Operations & Strategy
London

Requirements

Capable of driving end to end processes and timings across multiple teams, to ensure the best result for the brand.
Excellent at interrogating strategic briefs, rationalising complex information, providing clarity on dependencies to teams.
Clearly facilitating decision making across a broad range of senior stakeholders.
Have the sensibilities of a creative producer and thus be a trusted partner to creative teams.
Proven experience in formal project management roles, ideally working within a similar industry, working closely with creative and marketing teams. Should have experience leading department wide initiatives end to end.
Hold first class interpersonal skills, especially meeting management, facilitation, presentations and written communications.
Accountable for delivery of projects on time and on budget by leveraging multiple skill sets, so must be able to understand the needs of each team, then balance these to ensure delivery is running effectively.
Pro-active and capable of driving the project forwards in a positive way, with a hunger for inspiring change and operational improvement.
Ability to form trusted relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

You will own the holistic delivery of key business marketing initiatives – from strategic planning to product launch, guiding and facilitating all steps of the process in an inspiring and collaborative way, ensuring teams are progressing as needed in each area.
You will be responsible for capturing the strategic ambition, deliverables and budget across all areas of your project – in order to understand and bring teams together and decision making according to the project scope.
With your role spanning department wide, you will have the ability to apply your skills across disciplines – while operating at a level that promotes the accountability of others to progress work autonomously, allowing you to maintain full sight of the of work going on across the breadth of initiatives.
You will establish, communicate and drive project milestones – ensuring that all teams are clear on what is expected of them when in good time and progressing as required.
You will coordinate multiple teams for successful delivery – from multiple departments to wider business teams as needed to define what’s truly required to deliver the projects in a lean way, creating core working teams to successfully deliver initiatives.
You will understand the delivery dependencies across all department areas to ensure that all teams receive what’s needed to meet briefs and is delivered at the right time – for wider marketing teams to execute across our global channels.
You will work to protect the core working groups time – keep individuals focused, as well as being able to confidently present creative thinking in wider business meetings.
You will drive decision making with teams and senior leadership – to move initiatives forwards in a productive way. You will confidently identify and address issues and risks, with the ability to find solutions to challenging situations, escalating as required to the Head of Project Management.

FAQs

What is the main responsibility of the Senior Project Manager, Campaigns and Content?

The main responsibility of the Senior Project Manager, Campaigns and Content is to drive department teams, timeline, and delivery across all allocated marketing initiatives.

How does the Senior Project Manager ensure the success of projects?

The Senior Project Manager ensures the success of projects by defining the full project plan, connecting with wider project and business stakeholders, closely following all initiative steps, and engaging in risk escalation, scenario planning, collaboration, and communication.

What is the role of stakeholder management in this position?

Stakeholder management is a key part of the Senior Project Manager's role, involving bringing together decision-making for leadership, addressing blockers effectively, and presenting solutions to potential project issues to the Head of Project Management.

Who does the Senior Project Manager report to?

The Senior Project Manager reports to the Head of Project Management and also oversees a direct report of a Project Manager.

Burberry

Fashion & Arts

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1856

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Born from innovation, Burberry is a global luxury brand with a rich British heritage. Founded in 1856, our brand is underpinned by our founder’s passion for the outdoors. Thomas Burberry invented the innovative rain-ready fabric gabardine to protect explorers from the elements. In doing so, he created the foundation for the iconic Burberry trench coat, which remains core to the business even today. Guided by our history of exploration and our shared belief that ‘creativity opens spaces’, our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. As a values-driven brand, we are committed to creating the next generation of sustainable luxury and believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to fulfilling our purpose. Fostering an inclusive culture where differences are valued and embraced enables us to be more creative, engaged and make a more meaningful contribution to the world around us.