UK remote
Project Management Team Lead – Creative Services (f/m/d)
About this role
Clariness is looking for a Project Management Team Lead - Creative Services (f/m/d) based in Berlin, Hamburg, London or Cape Town. - Full-time; unlimited - About the role: As a Project Management Team Lead – Creative Services, you’ll combine hands-on project management with people leadership, managing high-profile client projects while leading and developing a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators. You’ll work closely with our Creative Services and SEA teams to deliver high-quality work for our clients, while also driving team development, improving processes and finding new ways of working.
As a Project Management Team Lead - Creative Services, you would be responsible for: Lead, coach and support a pod of Project Managers and Project Coordinators across different levels of seniority. Take direct responsibility for your own portfolio of high-profile client projects and challenging studies, ensuring successful delivery from start to finish. Manage project timelines, priorities, resources, risks and quality across multiple projects.
Work closely with Creative Services teams, including Graphics, Copywriters and Web, as well as the SEA team, to coordinate successful project delivery. Act as a key point of contact for clients, managing expectations, providing clear communication and confidently addressing challenges or pushing back where required. Balance the demands of project delivery and people management, ensuring neither is compromised. Conduct regular 1:1s, team meetings, performance discussions and development conversations with your direct reports.
Support team members with their development, progression and performance, including addressing performance concerns where necessary. Identify opportunities to improve PMO processes, ways of working and team efficiency. Drive and implement process improvements across the team, combining established approaches with new technologies and AI tools . Support the development of a high-performing, collaborative and engaged PMO team.
Work closely with the wider leadership team to align priorities and continuously improve how we deliver for our clients. We would like you to have: 5+ years of project management experience, ideally within a creative services agency, patient recruitment organisation or a similar client-facing environment. Previous experience in a senior Project Manager, Project Management Team Lead or Team Manager role. Proven direct line management experience – including performance management, coaching, development and supporting career progression.