Program Director

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The Edelman 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 Edelman ideas make an impact in our clients’ real worlds. From cars to consumer goods, fashion and retail, financial service, food and beverage, luxury, technology or healthcare – we are fanatics about integrated project management that enables our creative, strategy and account teams to deliver smart and brilliant programming for our clients.

Are you an experienced and passionate Program Director looking for your next big challenge? We are seeking a dynamic VP, Program Director to join our Seoul Office and lead a high-profile tech account. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in expanding our Project Management function across Korea and the APAC region.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process-oriented go-getter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to be an integral part of a global, integrated team. We are looking for someone with a wealth of experience, a passion for excellence, and an eagerness to innovate. You should be unafraid to ask questions, challenge the status quo, and strive to be the best in the business.

Our ideal candidate has deep expertise in integrated project management and is ready to step up as a leader within our Project Management team. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills and become a go-to expert for high-priority program definition and delivery best practices.

Our Program Directors help define scope, budget, key milestones, timelines, and deliverables while also ensuring the bottom line is met in both revenue & financials with precision. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that project deliverables connect with creative intent, meet time specifications and quality goals.

• Drive high profile campaigns from start to finish, working with Account and Client leadership.
• Use project management tools to maintain schedules, briefs, cost estimates, and financial management.
• Lead project teams to ensure alignment across planning and execution.
• Establish project management infrastructure in the Seoul office and grow a PM team.
• Independently manage large, complex programs.
• Standardize project management tools and best practices.

• Overcommunicate status and key deadlines, managing-up conversations to drive solutions.
• Act as a strategic advisor to key team leads and cross-functional leaders.
• Lead scope estimation and consult on Statements of Work.
• Manage risks and provide solutions-oriented consultation to team leads.
• Balance urgency with calm and confident leadership.
• Collaborate with APAC Regional PM Lead and Global PM Leadership for PM growth.
• Align local market priorities with global account cohesion and objectives.

• Ensure work quality and consistency with objectives, strategy, and brand guidelines.
• Conduct quality checks on all project deliverables.
• Adapt approaches to fit client, creative, and business needs while managing change.

• Build relationships with Client Service Lead and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Identify growth opportunities to increase revenue.
• Manage intake of new work and evaluate new briefs.
• Partner with Finance and Account teams to ensure profitability and accurate forecasts.
• Drive client discussions on project plans, financial health, and delivery approach.
• Forecast staffing requirements and identify the best talent.
• Establish workflow and best practices for efficient program delivery.
• Contribute to project operations and prioritize new opportunities.

• Korean and English bi-lingual fluency
• 10+ years of project management or equivalent experience.
• Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience working within and on a digital / creative / communications / ad / PR agency integrated account.
• Expert-level knowledge of project and change management and associated methodologies, techniques, processes, and approaches.
• Knowledge of resource management tools.
• Strategic thinking: ability to juggle multiple goals and deadlines.
• Team leadership and development: ability to mentor, coach and effectively transfer expertise to others.
• Facilitation, negotiation, & problem resolution skills: Ability to build a strong network and relationships.
• PMP certification and/or SCRUM management experience is a bonus.

Edelman is a new kind of agency, at the intersection of PR, Advertising, Social, Digital, Earned Media and Experiential. We blur the lines between each medium to create smart, innovative, and powerful work that gets people talking and engaging with brands in new ways. We’re passionate, unconventional and driven by a desire to do the best damn work possible. We get results for our clients and have the trophies to prove it. We were awarded the Grand Prix Cannes Lion for PR in 2014; six Cannes Lions in 2015; and the Grand Prix in the Titanium category in 2016. We were named “2016 Global Agency of the Year” by the Holmes Report, and one of Advertising Age’s “Agencies to Watch” in 2014. In 2015, we were among Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” for the fifth time. Interested yet? Visit for more information and take a peek behind the scenes of our US operation at

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.