at Rapp Worldwide Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
RAPP Chicago is looking for an SVP of Delivery & Operations to join our award-winning Program Management team.
WHO WE ARE:
We are RAPP - world leaders in activating growth with precision and empathy at scale.
As aglobal, next-generation precision marketing agencywe leveragedata, creativity, technology, and empathyto foster client growth.We champion individuality in the marketing solutions we create, and in our workplace. We fight for solutions that adapt to the individual's needs, beliefs, behaviors, and aspirations.
We foster an inclusive workplace that values diversity and emphasizes personal well-being.
HOW WE DO IT:
At RAPP, our fearless superconnectors help tocreate value from personal brand experiences by focusing on three key areas: connected data, connected content and connected decisioning.
Our data analysts identify who that person is, our strategists understand what they want, and our award-winning technologists and creatives know how to deliver it - ensuring we're able to activate authentic customer connections for our clients.
Part of Omnicom's Precision Marketing Group, RAPP is comprised of 2,000+ creatives, technologists, strategists, and data and marketing scientists across 15+ global markets.
YOUR ROLE:
The SVP, Delivery & Operations serves as a key leader on accounts, in the department and within the organization. She/he/they will develop and evolve RAPP workflow processes to continually improve execution efficiency, deliverable quality, risk management and overall financial health for the accounts they are assigned. The SVP will act as the delivery lead on a large client account or several small-to-medium client accounts. In this role, the SVP is responsible for the effective management of his/her team, projects, the efficient use of resources, consistent delivery of high-quality client deliverables and overall client profitability. The SVP is also responsible for the financial performance of his or her accounts and is responsible for hitting specific gross margin targets. The SVP also contributes to optimizing the overall profitability and health of the organization through supervision of the delivery department and its processes.
The SVP, Delivery & Operations will directly manage project management resources and coach their success. The SVP also works closely with the US Chief of Client Operations in overall department supervision and guidance. The SVP is a highly skilled communicator demonstrating leadership qualities and is able to build internal and client relationships while guiding teams to success.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides ongoing thought-leadership to optimize processes for increased collaboration and time/cost efficiencies to produce the highest quality outputs and manage risk
Supervises program outputs to be in line with and curated from RAPP core disciplines
Navigates through program and team structures to centralize solutions around our 5 focus areas of CMR, Social Media, Commerce, Digital and Mobile
Assists the Discipline Lead Teams in procuring and managing talent and maximizing that talent in the right areas to achieve great work
Strategizes with Finance team to capitalize on business health through new applications/tools and ideas
Accountable for maximizing profitability and overall client satisfaction of large engagements or suite of engagements
Ensures the successful completion of many concurrent projects under his/her supervision, which includes being on time, within budget, and of the highest quality
Implement/ drive risk prevention and best practices
Acts as point of escalation internally and with the client for all delivery issues related to the engagement
Ideates, estimates and develops scopes of work and staffing plans to best support new business objectives through collaboration with discipline leads
Supervises project plans and scopes to ensure ideal profit margins, effective utilization of resources and time efficiency
Ongoing oversight on projects to ensure proper issues tracking, risk management, and best-in-class solutions and alternative approaches to conflicts
Sets and manages expectations and quality through effective communication, problem-solving and change management
Leads and collaboration cross-discipline and inter-agency teams to deliver smart solutions successfully, pushes for ideal collaboration and provides internal team conflict resolution
Partners with Client Service function in identifying growth opportunities and takes ownership of new large proposals
Acts as a role model and manages and develops Project Management team members, through skill development and training, ongoing constructive feedback and coaching, and career path... For full info follow application link.
As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.
