Senior Project Manager at Daniel J. Edelman Holdings in Orlando, Florida

Job Description:

This role is open to be based from: Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL

The Edible Project Management team is passionate about finding smart ways to deliver great work. We sit at the center of our business, collaborating with best-in-class teams to ensure Edible ideas make an impact in our clients' real worlds.

Edible is a food and beverage specialized agency focused entirely on the culture, tastes and business of a rapidly changing industry; and we are fanatic about integrated project management that enables our creative, strategy and account teams to deliver smart and brilliant programming for our clients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process-oriented, go-getter who wants to become a key part of a forward-thinking, integrated team in the Food & Beverage space. We want passion and excitement. We want someone who is unafraid to ask questions, is willing to challenge the norm and is eager to be the best in the business. Our Senior Project Managers are fluent in PM fundamentals and best practices - they have the experience to lead the day-to-day work on integrated projects, the drive to ensure flawless execution, and the ability to influence teams to achieve great work within the boundaries of scope, time and budget.

About Your Day-to-Day:

Edible Senior Project Managers lead the day-to-day workflow of integrated projects and team. Serving as the common thread on projects, they manage schedules, deliverables, priorities and teams towards flawless execution. They collaborate with Account and Specialty peers to ensure that project deliverables connect with creative intent, while meeting time specifications and budget parameters.

• Demonstrate business acumen by producing top-down and bottom-up estimates, and leading definition of scopes and staff plans with account leads and specialty teams, utilizing appropriate tools.


• Lead the development and approval workflow of Statements of Work with Finance, Contracts and Account teams.


• Through the use of established project management tools, author and maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates and project financial management (OOP & fee) and other relevant project documentation with input from cross-discipline teams.


• Own the delivery of a workstream within large, complex initiatives and/or own mid-size projects independently and with minimal oversight.


• Work with the Account and Specialty leads to resolve project-related issues, escalating project blockers and risk to the Project Director.


• Partner with Finance and Account teams to manage and communicate project burn, raise scope creep, share budget reporting, and participate in the monthly forecasting process.


• Participate in client discussions related to project plans and set expectations on due dates needed in order to meet project goals.


• Partner with Resource Management to establish staff plans, providing clarity that aligns specialty team needs with project future staffing requirements in order to identify the best talent for the work.


• Oversee, manage and communicate the status of integrated initiatives across multiple projects to ensure successful delivery against client assignment and scoped deliverables.


• Ensure the quality and consistency across all projects is consistent with brand guidelines.


• Begin management, leadership and effective communications trainings.


• Balance a sense of urgency with a calm and confident leadership at all times.

About Your Background:

• A 4-year degree or equivalent work experience


• 5-7 years of project management, integrated marketing/PR agency, or related experience


• Mastery of PM fundamentals and best practices; independently owned small to mid-level sized project delivery


• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Smartsheet (or other similar project management tool) is required.

About You:

• A self-reliant multi-tasker, with the ability to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment


• A strategic mindset, with a knack for creative and head-on problem solving


• A bias for action and the ability to confidently lead projects and teams through ambiguity


• A "get things done" and positive mentality


• A passion for both the art and the science of problem solving


• A strong and fearless communicator, both verbally and in writing

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Edible is a food and beverage specialized agency focused entirely on the culture, tastes and business of a rapidly changing industry. Founded in 2014, Edible sits within the Daniel J. Edelman Holdings (DJE) family of companies, and focuses on helping our clients make meaningful connections with their customers - whether through values-forward brand programs, increasing transparency in the supply chain or managing through implications of a changing export market. We help solve business challenges in an always-evolving marketplace.

For more information please visit: www.edible-inc.com

Edible is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.