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Program Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Solid experience managing integrated marketing campaign execution across multiple disciplines or service lines
  • Ability to build and own a workback plan: structured, sequenced, and communicated clearly
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills
  • Comfortable working fully remotely and managing delivery across distributed teams

Responsibilities

  • Act as the single point of contact for campaign execution
  • Lead the end-to-end execution of integrated marketing campaigns
  • Own the campaign workback plan and maintain timelines
  • Manage the integrated briefing and service request process

Key facts

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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OLIVER Agency South Africa

Marketing & Advertising

About OLIVEREstablished in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialists in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting; simplifying the complexities of modern marketing and giving brands back control. Our work has been shown to drive business growth, earn fame and give brands a more meaningful role in people’s lives. In 2022, we were named Global Customer Engagement Agency of the Year and Global In-House Agency of the Year (Unilever’s U-Studio), and we ranked on Adweek’s Fastest Growing list (US) for the third year in a row. In 2021 we were awarded the UK In-House Agency of the Year (The Guardian), European Diversity Awards’ Team of the Year, as well as The Times’ #40 Best Companies To Work for the UK. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which joined The Brandtech Group in January 2019 to give its clients access to cutting-edge marketing technology solutions in the AI, AR, and the metaverse space. The group includes tech-driven marketing companies: Jellyfish, Pencil (the No.1 generative AI creative and distribution SaaS platform), Fifty-five, Mofilm, Collectively, Gravity Road, Acorn-i, DP6, Mobkoi, Brandtech Media, Brandtech Commerce and Brandtech Consulting. The Brandtech group is one of the most prominent marketing industry voices on the prediction and movement to AI-driven marketing, including generative AI. It was named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies 2021 by Fast Company, and by CB Insights as one of the World's Most Valuable Private Unicorns.

Company details

IndustryMarketing & Advertising
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. 

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results. 

Role:  Program Manager

Location: Remote, Canada

 

About the role: 

As a mid-level Program Manager, you'll independently manage the full execution lifecycle of integrated marketing campaigns for a major technology brand. You own the workback plan, run the briefing process, manage stakeholder communications, and track delivery across every service line — social, paid, events, D&I, and beyond. You're not the specialist in each discipline, but you understand each well enough to brief effectively, anticipate blockers, and keep quality and pace on track. Campaigns move because you make them move 

 

What you will be doing: 

 

  • Act as the single point of contact for campaign execution — the central coordinator between client stakeholders, internal teams, and specialist service owners
  • Lead the end-to-end execution of integrated marketing campaigns, managing all workstreams from brief intake through to final delivery
  • Own the campaign workback plan — building, maintaining, and communicating timelines that are realistic, clearly sequenced, and consistently up to date
  • Manage the integrated briefing and service request process, ensuring every specialist team receives clear, accurate, and timely briefs
  • Run stakeholder communications and status updates — keeping clients and internal leads informed, flagging risks early, and resolving blockers before they affect delivery
  • Coordinate multiple specialist teams simultaneously — social, paid media, events, D&I, and others — ensuring handoffs are clean and no workstream falls behind
  • Track execution progress across all campaign activity, maintaining a clear and accurate picture of delivery status at all times
  • Identify delivery risks and dependencies across workstreams and act proactively to resolve them
  • Support tracking and reporting on campaign production spend; assist with purchase orders and budget administration alongside the production team
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of campaign execution processes, templates, and ways of working within the studio
  • Apply Gen AI tools to streamline briefing, project documentation, status reporting, and workflow management

 

 

What you need to be great in this role: 

 

  • Solid experience managing integrated marketing campaign execution across multiple disciplines or service lines — social, paid, events, or similar
  • Ability to build and own a workback plan: structured, sequenced, and communicated clearly to everyone who needs it
  • Experience running briefing processes and service requests — able to translate a strategic brief into clear, actionable direction for specialist teams
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills: confident managing client-facing updates, status reports, and risk escalations in a remote environment
  • Proven ability to build trust and maintain momentum across specialist teams, client stakeholders, and senior leads in a remote environment
  • Able to manage competing priorities and delivery risks across concurrent workstreams without losing clarity or pace
  • Understanding of how different marketing disciplines work — social, paid media, events, D&I — and what good execution looks like across each
  • Comfortable working fully remotely and managing delivery across distributed teams
  • Experience supporting project-level budget tracking and financial administration

Gen AI & Agentic Thinking

  • Proficiency with Gen AI tools to support briefing, documentation, and project management workflows
  • Experience building personal AI workflows to improve efficiency and output quality
  • Agentic approach to campaign execution: able to break complex, multi-workstream projects into structured, manageable plans
  • Ability to critically evaluate AI outputs and apply human judgement before sharing with clients or teams
  • Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package.

 

Req ID: 17904
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At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range according to what's stated below. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.

Salary Range
$85,000$95,000 CAD

Our values shape everything we do: 

Be Ambitious to succeed   

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible   

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work   

Be always learning and listening to understand   

Be Results-focused  to exceed expectations   

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations  

 

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.   

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.

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