Strategic Project Manager - 1 year apprenticeship starting April 2025

👫 About the team

The strategy group, led by the Chief Strategy Officer, is responsible for:

- Identifying strategic opportunities and implementing them.

- Ensuring all teams understand what the strategic priorities are and act accordingly.

Your mission 👇

• Equativ is looking for a Project Manager to support the strategy group. You will ensure the coordination of strategic initiatives and will be responsible for the smooth running of the projects you will be involved in. You will report to the VP of Business Strategy and will work closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and his direct reports. This role is a great opportunity to work on strategic projects in close collaboration with senior executives and to find out from the inside how a fast-growing Adtech company operates.

What you'll do ✏️

• Work in support of key strategic programs (Connected TV, Retail Media, Data & Addressability) and other high-value cross BU initiatives.
• Act as the main project coordinator and internal central point of contact for high profile strategic implementations of Equativ services and products, and selected initiatives.
• Specifically support key strategic accounts by coordinating multiple workstreams and creating a common tracking and management playbook.
• Manage project plans based on work breakdown structures (WBS), tracking progress to meet critical milestones and deliverables and support on-time and within-scope delivery of projects.
• With the support of the CSO group, draft templates to implement lightweight but formal methodologies and tools to efficiently manage project resources, deliverables, risks, and scope adjustments.
• Help teams define project scope and goals, adeptly managing changes to the project timeline and scope with proper verification techniques.
• Maintain clear lines of communication with all stakeholders, providing tailored status reports to managers, vendors, stakeholders, and team members.
• Escalate identified risks to the CSO group in a timely manner.
• Document all phases of the project lifecycle to ensure thorough understanding and accountability.

About you 💪

• You're a masters student.
• You've got experience in project management. 
• Experience in the Ad tech sector or a similar field is a plus.
• You've got strong communication skills to deliver clear messages to stakeholders of different seniority.
• Autonomous, pragmatic and focused on results.
• Skilled in managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining attention to detail and quality.
• You've got excellent organizational abilities including multitasking and keeping track of various project elements.
• You're proficient in Google suite, Jira is a plus.
• You're familiar with software or product development lifecycles and methodologies.
• You're fluent in English, French is a plus.

👋 About us 

Equativ is the new single name for Smart Adserver, DynAdmic, LiquidM and serverside.ai— four proven innovators in advertising technology. The vertically integrated company provides brand and privacy-safe solutions that empower its clients to achieve maximum impact while respecting the rights of consumers. The union combines client expertise and engineering excellence to serve the interests of both the supply- side and demand-side with equal professionalism and technical sophistication.

Headquartered in Paris and New York, Equativ operates globally with a team of more than 550 people in 20 offices. Equativ offers the market its own independent ad server, SSP, buyer tools, and media services to fulfill the promise of advertising technology. Learn more at Equativ.com.

The company is ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA and in the Financial Times’ FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies.

Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer) has been awarded the HappyIndex@Work label and is proud to be among the best companies in the ChooseMyCompany ranking, recognized for its flexible working environment.

Come and lead the charge with us in building a transparent ecosystem based on quality!

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Equativ is an equal opportunity employer. Equal access to employment, services, and programs are available to everyone, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require reasonable accommodation throughout the application and/or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at [email protected]