Company description
Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.
About Publicis Media:
The Publicis Media Technology group is a centralized practice within Publicis Media, the media-centric solutions hub of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]. PM Technology drives transformation across Publicis Media's agency brands via the provision of a scalable and consistent approach to data and technology. PM Technology is powered by a leading, data/tech platform; best-in-class technology management and consultancy services; unified workflow solutions; differentiated products and client solution stacks; and strategic oversight of all major data and technology partnerships. Home to over 100 engineers, data architects, consultants, product managers and a robust project management operation, PM Technology helps scale innovation worldwide.
Overview
The Senior Manager, Technical Product Operations is essential to ensuring Publicis Media products and services are successfully delivered (e.g., against scope, cost, time, quality) and maintained through the application of program management methodology and business operations. Serves as the point person responsible for making sure the latest guidelines, processes, and tools are available to product developers and engineers. This allows the product team to focus on building and maintaining the product, not on the tools.
The Senior Manager will be responsible for acting as the Scrum Master for development teams assigned to large scale, complex and long duration projects to deliver business solutions to the company. Includes oversight of full project lifecycle from inception to implementation with the ability to manage multiple project tracks and teams using agile methodologies and practices. The Senior Manager understands and can clearly articulate the purpose, the objectives and the solutions for product development efforts.
The Senior Manager will participate in the estimation, risk and resolution, status reporting process, and ensure that the team meets their commitments and is responsible for driving delivery. The Senior Manager ensures the quality of products and service are in compliance with the agency or client's needs.
Responsibilities
Plan, Implement and Manage large scale concurrent projects using the agile framework
Schedules and facilitates agile ceremonies on a bi-weekly basis aligned with the sprint schedule
Ensures there is a consistent application of program management methodologies and standards, including risk mitigation
Drive Operational Excellence process and make sure key success metrics and trend reports are available to our Product and Engineering teams for each sprint
Develops strong and enduring business relationships with senior and mid-level executives
Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment and influence others to ensure successful project deployment
Understands key business and technology drivers
Able to write effective user stories and tickets with all required details so that its estimable for prioritization and implementation
Review and management of user stories and tickets throughout the sprint cycle
Track key analytics metrics and provide insights and feedback for the Product team to influence the roadmap/prioritization of potential product changes on a quarterly basis
Proven ability to manage cross-functional execution teams through influence where direct reporting lines do not exist
Works closely with the Product Owner and sponsor to identify and assure delivery against key business objectives, priorities, expectation setting, etc.
Performs other duties as assigned or requested
Qualifications
Excellent understanding of product management and project management principles
Strong Product Management competence
5-7 years product operations experience
5-7 years technology or product development experience or managing in a consulting environment
Hands-on experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects
Experience as an Agile coach
Strong analytical skills and able to create insight out of large datasets
Experience in gathering business insights and identifying trends from data
The candidate must have proven experience working in a complex, matrixed environment, managing multiple partners
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, complex programs
Strong negotiation and issue resolution skills
Solid understanding of software development life cycle as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and Plan Driven project management principles and practices with the ability to blend them together
Ability to interact, manage and influence key partners including executive team members
Experience working on products, solutions, or Ad Tech
Experience working with Agile Project Management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally or equivalent
Experience with multiple project methodologies (Scrum, ATERN, Waterfall, Prince2, etc.)
PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master Certification, Bachelor's degree in business or computer science or MBA
Additional information
Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com .
Compensation Range: $112,290.00 - $179,712.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 04/10/2026.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
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