Senior Account & Project Manager (maternity cover)

Role:  Senior Account & Project Manager

Location:  Ireland (Hybrid))

About the role:

As a Senior Account & Project Manager, you'll be the central point of accountability for end-to-end project delivery across complex, multi-channel briefs for premium and luxury brand clients. You'll manage integrated teams spanning creative, strategy, and AI production — acting as the primary client contact and the internal engine that keeps projects moving. Your contribution will go beyond execution: you'll embed best practice, identify risk early, and continuously improve how work is planned and delivered. This is a role for someone who thrives in fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environments and brings both sharp commercial instincts and a genuine curiosity for what AI can do for creative production.

What you will be doing:

• Lead complex, multi-channel creative and production projects from scoping through to delivery, maintaining quality and consistency at every stage
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, building trusted partnerships and managing expectations proactively throughout the project lifecycle
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that integrate traditional and AI-powered workflows, identifying risks early and adapting plans accordingly
• Manage cross-functional teams across creative, strategy, and AI production — fostering clear communication, accountability, and collaborative ways of working
• Lead internal and external project communications, working in close partnership with the AI Producer and Project Manager to keep all stakeholders aligned
• Manage project-level budgets, including cost estimation, purchase orders, invoicing, and reconciliation — sourcing and negotiating with freelancers and production partners where needed
• Drive cost efficiencies across project delivery without compromising quality, flagging budget risks proactively and escalating where appropriate
• Establish and champion project management best practices, contributing to continuous process improvement across the OLIVER+ team
• Oversee quality control for all deliverables, managing scope, change, and approval processes throughout
• Track and report on project performance, resource utilisation, and budget health — producing clear, actionable updates for [client] and internal stakeholders

What you need to be great in this role:

Capabilities and experience

• A strong track record delivering complex, integrated creative and production projects across multiple channels and formats simultaneously
• Deep familiarity with creative production workflows, including film, motion, digital, and print
• Experience working with client- preferably premium and luxury brand accounts- with a clear understanding of the quality standards and stakeholder dynamics these projects require
• Confident managing cross-functional teams and external partners across multiple time zones and disciplines
• Strong commercial acumen- experienced tracking project spend, managing budgets, negotiating supplier rates, and driving cost efficiency
• Proficiency with project management tools and digital asset management systems
• Solid understanding of AI production processes and how they integrate with traditional creative workflows
• Familiarity with approval, compliance, and creative review workflows

Budget and production management

• Experienced managing project-level production budgets, including cost estimation, purchase orders, invoicing, and reconciliation
• Proven ability to source and negotiate with freelancers and production partners
• Confident identifying financial risks early and communicating budget performance clearly to the client and internal stakeholders

Gen AI and agentic thinking

• Advanced use of Gen AI tools relevant to project and production management, applied to enhance efficiency and output quality
• Experience designing and refining AI-assisted workflows for yourself and the team
• Ability to upskill others on effective AI tool usage within a production context
• Agentic approach to complex, multi-step project challenges — systematic, goal-oriented, and adaptable when priorities shift
• Clear understanding of AI capabilities and limitations, with sound human judgement applied to outputs

Req ID: 18765

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