Senior Project Manager London, England, United Kingdom

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. As a part of The Brandtech Group, we’re at the forefront of leveraging cutting‑edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision‑making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

About the role: We are looking for a dynamic Senior Project Manager to join our client's studio in Kingston. This role is placed in our client's core team and would require you to work across some of the world’s best‑loved Homecare, Nutrition, Ice Cream, Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care brands. As a Senior Project Manager, you will develop a deep understanding of the business at a brand‑level, their needs, expectations and requirements to help advise on the optimal solution. You will then ensure everything runs smoothly end to end from scoping and estimation, through contracting and work authorization, resourcing and development, all the way to acceptance, invoicing and collections.

What you will be doing:

• Working closely with the Account Director and Senior Account Manager in brief assessing and conversion, contributing to meeting team revenue targets.
• Leading on the management of multiple projects, ensuring plans, budgets, progress and focus on executing deliveries is maintained at all times.
• Being responsible for project data accuracy and daily reporting compliance.
• Monitoring and maintaining documentation for projects including timing plans, cost estimates and burn reports.
• Mitigating potential delivery issues and proactively resolving problems at speed.
• Successful meeting of project deadlines and ensuring efficiency and quality of the work.
• Ensuring adherence to creative best practices and standards, both according to Unilever and platform‑specific guidelines, towards channel optimisation and performance.
• Proactively managing scope creep and ensuring cost estimates are reflective of effort required on every project.
• Effectively managing resource across projects – liaising with internal creatives and external suppliers where needed.
• Understanding the importance of brands and working within brand guidelines.
• Building and maintaining relationships within our Unilever brand teams often through regular face to face contact and virtual meetings.
• Line managing additional Project Managers within the team - setting objectives & goals and mitigating escalations.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Demonstrable project management experience of 5+ yrs, ideally within the FMCG industry.
• You’re extremely well organised, with great attention to detail.
• You are confident in end‑to‑end project delivery, with the ability to run client review meetings alongside other team members.
• You cope effectively when things are up in the air and carefully manage ever shifting priorities.
• A problem solver with an understanding of the creative industry.
• You proactively look to make improvements in processes and make change to drive efficiencies.
• You are a team player and genuinely care about people and build collaborative working relationships.
• You listen well to challenge and work with people to overcome problems in a positive way.
• You work well under pressure, juggling multiple projects at any one time.
• You have strong negotiation skills.
• A real self‑starter as well as experience in motivating others.
• You understand your contribution to the overall account commercials, with experience in managing project finances.
• Highly creative with the ability to generate ideas and practically contribute to the design studio output.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other related software.
• Understanding of how to integrate with a client‑side team whilst maintaining a top tier agency service.

Our values shape everything we do:

• Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
• Be always learning and listening to understand.
• Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations.

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science‑based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.