Lead Project Manager - Client Onboarding
Company: Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Salary: $77.1K – $143.3K a year
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 5-10 years
Education: bachelor degree
Posted: 2026-11-13
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end project management of client program launches, including AdTech platform implementation and operational readiness. Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, manage project plans, and hold collaborators accountable for deliverables.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree and experience in AdTech, MarTech, or related technology-enabled service environments. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in managing complex implementations and coordinating across technical and operational teams.
Skills
- Project management
- Client onboarding
- AdTech
- MarTech
- Retail media
- Cross-functional coordination
- Operational readiness
- Stakeholder management
- Risk mitigation
- Strategic planning
- Digital solutions
- Process improvement
- Communication
- Facilitation
- Account management
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick time
- Parental leave
- Childcare assistance
- Elder care assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Health coverage
- 401(k)
- Tuition assistance
- Commuter benefits
- Professional development
- Employee recognition
- Charitable donation matching
- Health coaching
- Counseling
About this role
Company Description
See how Epsilon powers connected marketing by unlocking the full potential of data and identity.
Overview
Bring your AdTech, MarTech, and retail media knowledge to Epsilon and help lead the end-to-end launch of digital solutions, platforms, and service programs for our clients.
The Project Manager plays a critical role in ensuring both the technology and supporting business operations are prepared for successful client launches. While our engineering and product teams build the technology, and our operational teams define and complete business processes, this role owns the coordinated project plan. It brings these workstreams together and ensures operational readiness throughout the organization.
This unique role combines project management, client success, and cross-functional coordination. You will partner with clients and internal collaborators to understand business goals. You will establish implementation plans, manage dependencies, coordinate readiness activities, and ensure all teams are aligned for a successful launch.
Success in this role requires developing and managing complex timelines. It also involves establishing achievements and communicating risks. The role demands driving decisions and holding collaborators accountable for deliverables in both technical and business workstreams.
Responsibilities
Relatable Experience/Backgrounds:
Sales support, Project Management, Client Success, Account/Client Management, Engagement Management
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end project management of client program launches, including both AdTech platform implementation and operational readiness activities.
Develop and maintain coordinated project plans that include achievements, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and launch-readiness criteria.
Coordinate cross-functional workstreams to ensure teams are prepared to support new client programs upon launch.
Exemplifies a hands-on approach to project management by managing multiple clients, cross teams, and tasks to achieve flawless delivery of our solutions to our clients
Acts as liaison between cross teams, communicating unique business issues that require special attention during the end-to-end delivery process.
Establish and manage project governance, including status reviews, updates for collaborators, decision tracking, and critical issue management.
Identify dependencies between technical implementation activities and operational business requirements to minimize launch risk.
Hold collaborators accountable to agreed-upon deliverables, timelines, and achievements while proactively addressing roadblocks and risks.
Maintains and applies knowledge of Epsilon AdTech solutions in all aspects of the role.
Continually improves standard processes and provides recommendations to ensure that all accounts within area of responsibility meet the maximum quality setup standards prior to delivery.
Qualifications
Experience & Education
4-year bachelor’s degree required
Experience within AdTech, MarTech, Retail Media, Digital Media, or related technology-enabled service environments. (you do NOT need to possess technical experience within this)
Experience managing complex implementations requiring coordination across technical, operational, and client-facing teams.
Experience supporting the launch of client programs, platforms, services, or retail media solutions from initiation through go-live.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple partners, dependencies, and parallel workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
Desired Qualifications
Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and collaborator management skills, with experience engaging audiences from analysts to executive leadership.
Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives, influence without authority, and drive accountability across diverse partner groups.
Demonstrated expertise in project planning and execution, including schedule management, achievement development, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, and launch readiness.
Experience managing technology implementations and coordinating operational readiness activities to support successful client program launches.
Strong ability to identify business opportunities, solve problems, and make decisions, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
Ability to work autonomously while effectively coordinating and aligning multiple teams and workstreams.
Experience within retail media, AdTech, MarTech, digital commerce, or related technology-enabled service environments preferred.
Additional Information
When you join Epsilon, we’ll create something EPIC together. We’re a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.
Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:
Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon
Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog
Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:
Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
Empower with accountab...
About Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V
Information Services · 11-50 employees · headquartered in AMSTELVEEN