Project Manager

Lincoln, NE - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This role is responsible for building owning and evolving how work actually moves through Archrival. Youll sit at the intersection of workflow resourcing and delivery ensuring the right people are on the right work at the right timewhile stepping in as a hands-on Project Manager when projects need structure momentum or rescue.

This is a strategic operator role not a reactive scheduling function. You will help leadership see around corners create clarity in moments of ambiguity and elevate how we plan staff and deliver work across the agency.

WHAT YOULL DO

Workflow Resourcing

Support the intake of new projects identifying resourcing needs and availability based on a client brief.
Design and manage a centralized view of agency capacity staffing and workload to identify opportunities for increased utilization and resolving bandwidth issues before they arise.
Balance short-term needs w/ long-term planning to prevent burnout bottlenecks and fires.
Partner with department leads to proactively forecast resourcing needs tied to pipeline seasonality and growth.
Provide clear POVs and recommendations on tradeoffs prioritization and resourcing decisions.
Surface risks early and propose solutions before problems hit delivery.

Project Management

Support teams by leading or stabilizing projects that require tighter scopes clearer milestones or stronger execution.
Build and manage project plans timelines milestones scopes of work invoicing and expense reconciliation.
Ensure work stays aligned to objectives timelines and budgetsespecially on complex or fast-moving initiatives.

Processes

Establish consistent PM and workflow standards that still allow for flexibility and creativity.
Improve handoffs between strategy creative production and account teams.
Provide consistent and clear communication on next steps with clarity on team role contribution for delivery ensuring teams know who owns what by when and why it matters.
Identify inefficiencies friction points and gaps in our current processes.
Recommend and implement smarter ways of working (tools rituals frameworks).
Help the agency scale without losing quality sanity or culture.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

5 years of experience in Project Management Operations or Resourcing within an agency consultancy or fast-paced environment.
Proven ability to manage both systems and executionyou zoom out and zoom in with ease.
Strong attention to detail and experience building and managing project plans scopes timelines and milestones.
Natural systems thinker who brings structure to ambiguity without killing momentum.
Confident communicator who can partner with senior leaders and challenge assumptions when needed.
Calm under pressure decisive in gray areas and allergic to unnecessary chaos.
Comfortable stepping into active projects to unblock teams and drive delivery.
Experience with PM and resourcing tools (Monday Asana Smartsheet etc.)but more importantly you know tools dont solve bad processes.

Required Experience: