Project Manager - Media Effectiveness

As a Media Effectiveness Project Manager, you will lead complex, high-visibility initiatives throughout the project lifecycle.  Your projects may cut across time zones, clients, and technologies and it is your job to keep track of all the moving parts, bring people together across multiple teams and communicate with junior and senior stakeholders.

At NIQ, we empower our Project Managers to make decisions and own their projects. We’re looking for motivated, analytical, dynamic leaders with a passion for data and technology to join our Media Effectiveness Team.  If you thrive in high-energy environments and if you love the idea of working across many business function with visibility to our Product Leaders, you would be a great fit for our team!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive the end-to-end execution of program deliverables and tracking of program health
• Define and track program milestones, timelines, and deployment plans
• Act as the face of the program and communicate progress to upper management and stakeholders
• Act as liaison for all facets of the program and pull people together to make decisions (Product, Technology, Modeling, Consulting, Commercial, Marketing) throughout the project
• Facilitate cross-team prioritization in order to create release plans and continue to manage throughout the program lifecycle
• Ensure business objectives are clearly defined and that the program meets them
• Manage program scope (demand intake, documentation, change control, communication)
• Adhere to standard program management processes, best practices, and tools to the organization, including architecture, cybersecurity, and quality
• Facilitate conversations to ensure Cross Functional Team Dependencies are tracked, identifying gaps, and mitigating or escalating risks
• Track and communicate program objectives and progress (Program Status, Initiative level Jira Boards, and Project Plans)
• Facilitate Scrum of Scrum meetings, execute release level retrospectives
• Track and ensure prompt resolution of issues
• Communicate agile team metrics & drive compliance
• Execute production and commercial readiness (Sign-offs, Documentation and Rollout Plans and Execution)
• Track and report on program financials, including resource planning

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years in program and project management or similar role running large projects in operations, technology or engineering
• Practical experience with agile techniques and methodologies
• Superior communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, presentation written, email)
• Proven ability to influence & gain buy-in at multiple levels, across divisions, functions and cultures
• Comfort working with senior-level management and virtual teams
• Ability to prioritize, manage, and deliver on multiple projects simultaneously; highly motivated and able to work against aggressive schedules
• Strong bias toward action, flexible, resourceful, and able to operate effectively within a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Positive attitude, team player, self-starter; takes initiative, ability to work independently
• Experience configuring and using Jira or similar project tracking software
• Preferred: data warehousing, cloud experience

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or related field
• Scrum Alliance certifications (i.e. CSM, CSPO, etc.) preferred

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™.

NIQ, is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com.

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