Company description

For 25 years, Level has developed marketing solutions for some of the world’s most innovative brands. We believe the best solutions come from collaborative working partnerships with our clients. Whether an established brand, or a start-up, we believe in the power of creative strategy, design, and technology to solve business challenges.

Overview

The Associate Director, Project Management should have a passion for retail and will focus on leading a portfolio of high-impact retail merchandising projects. This role will act as a strategic partner between clients and agency teams, ensuring that merchandising strategies align with brand objectives and are flawlessly implemented across a complex landscape of product categories and retail environments.

As the Associate Director, Project Management, you will oversee all aspects of delivery for a program of significant scale, volume and complexity, while also playing a hands-on role in leading projects when necessary. You will play a critical role in ensuring the program runs efficiently, maintaining the highest levels of consistency and quality in project performance and execution. You will constantly seek ways to optimize workflow, introduce innovation, and enhance the overall process.

You will collaborate with dedicated creative, production and quality assurance teams, as well as work closely with client stakeholders and executive sponsors. This is a terrific opportunity to work with a blue-chip client! Candidates must be located in or around the San Jose / Santa Clara / Sunnyvale, California area.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do:

• Independently lead a portfolio of concurrent retail merchandising projects and become a subject matter expert in one or more products. Projects are focused on developing, iterating, and distributing retail store planograms at large scale volumes, with a strong focus on product-driven updates. The team is responsible for developing detailed schematics that determine where and how products should be displayed on tables, shelves and fixtures.

• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of project delivery to ensure all planograms are accurately implemented and maintained, while being delivered on time for a given launch or deadline, no exceptions, while exceeding client expectations.

• Lead by example and are motivated by developing and coaching small project management teams.

• Develop comprehensive program plans by taking into account complex dependencies and potential conflicts, visualizing program roadmaps, and aligning resources against pro.

• Understand client strategies, drive scope prioritization, and respond with flexibility and momentum.

• Define, document and optimize process innovations to help drive efficiencies and learnings as we grow. Adopt automation and embrace tools to streamline efficiency.

• Anticipate, identify, and communicate program risks and proactively offer solutions to mitigate challenges.

• You must have previously managed teams and projects in the retail planning & merchandising space. You should be familiar with:

• How the customer experience in retail affects space planning decisions, to help the team make informed product placement decisions to maximize sales and enhance the overall shopping experience.

• Business drivers and considerations for merchandising teams, store planning teams, and retail partners worldwide.

• Large production teams that use modeling and 2D/3D software to develop retail floor/space diagrams, table/fixture layouts, and product icons.

• Expectations for quality assurance to validate that all deliverables meet exacting specifications such as consistency, visual indicators, spacing/sizing, product accuracy, and volume accuracy.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of project management experience in an agency environment managing a high volume of retail projects focused on planogram development and changes based on the product lifecycle.

• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to dynamically prioritize in a high-pressure, fast-paced work environment.

• Excellent communication skills with clients at all agency levels, and ability to work with and manage distributed global teams.

• Expert in communication, project management and workflow tools.

• Strong skills in applying scoping methodologies and budget management

• Experience in the consumer electronics industry is a plus

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more

• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility

• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption

• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

• Tuition Assistance

• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more

• Matching Gifts programs

• Flexible working arrangements

• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)

• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Level Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $116,150- $150,995 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 4/1/25.