LEVEL
Project Management Director, Retail Merchandising & Marketing
LEVEL, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Overview
Level is looking for a Director of Project Management to join our team and support a key consumer electronics client. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner between clients and agency teams and serve as the delivery lead for a portfolio of high-impact retail merchandising projects, ensuring that merchandising strategies align with brand objectives and are flawlessly implemented across a complex landscape of product categories and retail environments. You will oversee all aspects of delivery for a program of significant scale, volume and complexity, holding the team accountable to delivery expectations while working closely with client stakeholders and executive sponsors to ensure brand and delivery standards are met. You will drive client confidence by ensuring that the program runs efficiently, maintaining the highest levels of consistency and quality in project performance and execution while continuously identifying ways to introduce innovation, optimize process, and improve workflow. In partnership with cross-functional agency teams including creative, production, QA, and strategy, you will lead a geographically-distributed project management team to manage the high-volume creation, review, production, and delivery of data and creative assets to ensure projects and deliverables are delivered accurately and within tight, fixed deadlines. In this role, you will have the opportunity to leverage your advertising agency background and extensive prior experience leading the delivery of high-volume creative production at scale. The ideal candidate will also have a background in retail merchandising, in-store marketing, or field marketing; experience overseeing the development and delivery of large quantities of store planograms, schematics, renderings, layouts, floorplans, and similar deliverables; and a proven ability to understand and implement product strategy for retail environments. PLEASE NOTE:
This is a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco office and will require onsite engagement an average of 3 days/week. All candidates must be local to the Bay Area (including San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and similar surrounding locations) and willing to commit to a hybrid schedule. Candidates living in other markets who are willing and able to relocate to the Bay Area may also be considered. Responsibilities
Manage and oversee all aspects of project delivery to ensure all planograms are accurately implemented and maintained while being delivered on time for a given launch or deadline and to exceed client expectations. Independently lead a large portfolio of concurrent retail merchandising projects and understand the strategic nuances of each product and program. Develop comprehensive program plans by taking into account complex dependencies and potential conflicts, visualizing program roadmaps, and aligning resources against project requirements. Understand client strategies, drive scope prioritization, and respond with flexibility and momentum. Define, document and optimize process innovations to drive efficiencies and learnings; adopt automation and embrace tools to streamline efficiency. Anticipate, identify, and communicate program risks and proactively offer solutions to mitigate challenges. Qualifications
7+ years of project management experience in an advertising agency environment managing high-volume delivery of creative assets within a defined product lifecycle. Experience developing and coaching geographically-distributed project management teams. Excellent attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex, concurrent projects in a high-pressure, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage, lead, and influence clients, stakeholders, and global teams. Experience using complex, specialized project and workflow management tools. Experience developing and managing creative project scopes and delivery timelines, including reviewing workflow to identify and resolve potential issues. Experience in the consumer electronics industry is a plus. A scrappy, entrepreneurial mindset. Prior experience managing teams in retail planning & merchandising, including familiarity with: customer experience impact on space planning, business drivers for merchandising and store planning teams, and large production teams using modeling and 2D/3D software to develop retail diagrams; and expectations for QA to validate deliverables. Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people. We offer wellness and benefits including: Paid family care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more Adoption, surrogacy and fertility support Pet adoption support Employee assistance programs and wellness reimbursements Tuition assistance Paid time off including Flexible Time off, vacation, sick days, volunteer days, holidays Matching gifts programs Flexible working arrangements Work Your World program allowing limited remote work in a Publicis Groupe office for up to 6 weeks per year Business resource groups Level Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to protected characteristics. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Range: $144,670-$188,025 annually. This is the pay range the company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Compensation will be determined based on skills and experience. The application deadline is October 6, 2025.
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Level is looking for a Director of Project Management to join our team and support a key consumer electronics client. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner between clients and agency teams and serve as the delivery lead for a portfolio of high-impact retail merchandising projects, ensuring that merchandising strategies align with brand objectives and are flawlessly implemented across a complex landscape of product categories and retail environments. You will oversee all aspects of delivery for a program of significant scale, volume and complexity, holding the team accountable to delivery expectations while working closely with client stakeholders and executive sponsors to ensure brand and delivery standards are met. You will drive client confidence by ensuring that the program runs efficiently, maintaining the highest levels of consistency and quality in project performance and execution while continuously identifying ways to introduce innovation, optimize process, and improve workflow. In partnership with cross-functional agency teams including creative, production, QA, and strategy, you will lead a geographically-distributed project management team to manage the high-volume creation, review, production, and delivery of data and creative assets to ensure projects and deliverables are delivered accurately and within tight, fixed deadlines. In this role, you will have the opportunity to leverage your advertising agency background and extensive prior experience leading the delivery of high-volume creative production at scale. The ideal candidate will also have a background in retail merchandising, in-store marketing, or field marketing; experience overseeing the development and delivery of large quantities of store planograms, schematics, renderings, layouts, floorplans, and similar deliverables; and a proven ability to understand and implement product strategy for retail environments. PLEASE NOTE:
This is a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco office and will require onsite engagement an average of 3 days/week. All candidates must be local to the Bay Area (including San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and similar surrounding locations) and willing to commit to a hybrid schedule. Candidates living in other markets who are willing and able to relocate to the Bay Area may also be considered. Responsibilities
Manage and oversee all aspects of project delivery to ensure all planograms are accurately implemented and maintained while being delivered on time for a given launch or deadline and to exceed client expectations. Independently lead a large portfolio of concurrent retail merchandising projects and understand the strategic nuances of each product and program. Develop comprehensive program plans by taking into account complex dependencies and potential conflicts, visualizing program roadmaps, and aligning resources against project requirements. Understand client strategies, drive scope prioritization, and respond with flexibility and momentum. Define, document and optimize process innovations to drive efficiencies and learnings; adopt automation and embrace tools to streamline efficiency. Anticipate, identify, and communicate program risks and proactively offer solutions to mitigate challenges. Qualifications
7+ years of project management experience in an advertising agency environment managing high-volume delivery of creative assets within a defined product lifecycle. Experience developing and coaching geographically-distributed project management teams. Excellent attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex, concurrent projects in a high-pressure, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage, lead, and influence clients, stakeholders, and global teams. Experience using complex, specialized project and workflow management tools. Experience developing and managing creative project scopes and delivery timelines, including reviewing workflow to identify and resolve potential issues. Experience in the consumer electronics industry is a plus. A scrappy, entrepreneurial mindset. Prior experience managing teams in retail planning & merchandising, including familiarity with: customer experience impact on space planning, business drivers for merchandising and store planning teams, and large production teams using modeling and 2D/3D software to develop retail diagrams; and expectations for QA to validate deliverables. Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people. We offer wellness and benefits including: Paid family care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more Adoption, surrogacy and fertility support Pet adoption support Employee assistance programs and wellness reimbursements Tuition assistance Paid time off including Flexible Time off, vacation, sick days, volunteer days, holidays Matching gifts programs Flexible working arrangements Work Your World program allowing limited remote work in a Publicis Groupe office for up to 6 weeks per year Business resource groups Level Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to protected characteristics. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Range: $144,670-$188,025 annually. This is the pay range the company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Compensation will be determined based on skills and experience. The application deadline is October 6, 2025.
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