Programme Director

• Company Description
• Publicis Groupe

Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, Publicis Groupe is now the world’s leading communications group.

Present in Italy across Milan, Turin, Rome, and Verona—with more than 1,500 professionals—the Group acts as a strategic partner for its clients’ growth, offering a broad range of integrated expertise and solutions spanning creativity, media, production, and business transformation.

Le Pub is part of Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-largest communications group.

What can we do as Publicis Groupe?

Renowned worldwide for its creativity, best-in-class technology, digital capabilities, and consulting expertise, Publicis Groupe is the only player in the industry able to fully accompany clients throughout their digital business transformation journey—anywhere in the world.

And what makes us unique?

We are a

Connecting Company , driven by a shared purpose, a strong spirit, common behaviors, distinctive character, and a relentless focus on our clients: the

Power of One .

About Le Pub

You can either adapt to change, ignore it, or lead it. What will you choose?

Our Mission

We believe that today’s world requires a combination of strategic, creative, and digital thinking capable of helping brands

Lead the Change .
The only constant in this world is change. You can either adapt to it, ignore it, or lead it.

Lead the Change is both our mission and our call to action.

It reflects our entrepreneurial spirit and our agency roots.

It defines how we approach brands, ideas, and relationships, and it comes to life through the work we create every day.

Publicis Groupe is the only player in the industry capable of supporting brands throughout their digital transformation journey, anywhere in the world.

Overview

The Programme Director reports into the Le Pub Global Chief Operating Officer and connects the Resource, Production and Project Management communities of across the Le Pub account.

The role will partner with the Le Pub Global client and creative leadership, as well as the Le Pub Milan office ELT, to optimise the operations and client delivery across the Global Account at Le Pub (part of Publicis Groupe).

They will own delivery across the entire Le Pub Global account, leading the project management and production teams, inspiring them to do their best work, and managing the creation of world-class brand campaigns, activations, and experiences, ensuring Le Pub always delivers on time and on budget.

Aiming to provide a framework for achieving great work, without stifling innovation.

This framework will give teams the control to deliver the impossible - profitably – while having fun and maintaining a good work-life balance.

They will play an important role in developing new business opportunities and will continually explore ways to expand our current clients’ remit.

They should be an expert in project management, commercially minded and a compelling leader, with a passion for delivering innovative solutions and producing award-winning work.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and operational management of a major global Food & Beverage client account, ensuring excellence in execution, client
• satisfaction, and business growth.
• Partner with client leadership, market leaders, finance, and operations teams to drive planning, forecasting, resource allocation, and
• operational efficiency.
• Develop resource and staffing forecasts and oversee PMO, governance, and delivery best practices across multiple markets.
• Monitor operational performance, identify optimisation opportunities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support contract management, supplier governance, and collaboration with legal and finance teams.
• Build trusted senior client relationships and act as a strategic advisor on delivery and operational matters.
• Lead complex business-critical initiatives and provide guidance and support to project management and resourcing teams.
• Contribute to the definition and execution of growth strategies while ensuring high-quality delivery and sustainable profitability.
• Financial & Operational
• Drive KPI reporting and operational insights to support decision-making and account performance.
• Partner with finance and business leadership teams on forecasting, revenue planning, and commercial performance.
• Support contract negotiations, supplier management, and commercial discussions with clients.
• Ensure strong performance against utilisation, efficiency, profitability, and delivery targets.
• Continuously monitor project health, resource allocation, and operational effectiveness across the account.
• Promote best-practice project management frameworks, processes, and governance standards.
• Support risk mitigation and commercial decision-making throughout the project lifecycle
• Organisational Leadership
• Champion the company’s vision, values, and culture.
• Contribute to account strategy and long-term organisational planning as part of the leadership team.
• Act as the senior escalation point for project delivery, operations, and resource management issues.
• Build, coach, and develop high-performing project management and operations teams.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional excellence.
• Ensure appropriate resource deployment to meet business needs and deliver successful outcomes.
• Identify talent needs, support succession planning, and participate in the recruitment of key talent.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in project management, operations or delivery leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in resource management, forecasting, financial planning and reporting.
• Proven ability to manage global projects and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with project and workflow management tools (e. g. Workfront, Monday. com, Asana, Salesforce).
• Experience managing and developing teams in fast-paced environments.
• Commercially focused with a strong understanding of operational performance and profitability.

This role will be measured against a set of operational, financial, delivery, and people-related KPIs, which will be defined in alignment with business priorities following appointment.

• Additional Information
• Additional Information

We are committed to creating an environment where people can unlock their potential and build a long-term growth path.

What We Offer

• Continuous Development: Personalized learning and development opportunities available at every stage of your career.
• Growth Culture: Challenging projects within a collaborative and innovation-driven environment.
• People Care: Initiatives dedicated to physical and mental wellbeing, fostering a culture of collaboration, respect, and inclusion.

Compensation

• Annual Gross Salary Range (RAL)
• €77,000 – €82,000
• The salary range has been determined based on objective and neutral criteria, including role responsibilities, required competencies, organizational level, market benchmarks, and internal equity considerations.
• The indicated salary range is valid at the time of publication. The Company reserves the right to update it if necessary.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• This vacancy is open to candidates of any gender, age, and nationality, in compliance with applicable equal opportunities and anti-discrimination legislation.
• This job advertisement has been drafted in accordance with the principles of UNI/Pd R 125:2022, the Italian standard for gender equality.
• Publicis Groupe’s motto is “Viva La Différence.”
• We promote inclusive and non-discriminatory recruitment processes.

Job titles, evaluation criteria, and language have been designed to be neutral and fully aligned with equal opportunity principles.

• If you have any specific requirements (for example, accessibility needs), please feel free to let us know during the initial contact.

We are committed to ensuring a fair, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process for everyone.