Senior Creative Project Manager

Owns the day-to-day management of global campaign creative plans and acts as the primary contact with the PUMA PICA team, external agency partners, and key project stakeholders. It drives the creative process from initial conception through final delivery to local markets, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder satisfaction, and full project status transparency. The position leads internal and external creative reviews, manages workflows and resource allocation, and oversees multiple channels of work simultaneously using the organisation's workflow tools.

• Own and manage global campaign creative plans on a day-to-day basis.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact with the PUMA PICA team, external agency partners, and key project stakeholders.
• Drive the creative process with leadership oversight by setting and leading all critical milestones from initial project conception through final delivery to local markets.
• Facilitate consistent and clear communication of creative decisions as projects progress, ensure key stakeholder satisfaction across all stages, and communicate project status and next steps daily with full transparency.
• Lead and facilitate internal discussions to foster collaboration across teams and accomplish key creative tasks, including defining creative deliverables, allocating project resources, assessing briefs and project scope, and conducting creative approval reviews.
• Lead and manage creative project workflows, including proper briefing processes, project prioritisation, and resource allocation.
• Lead and disseminate seasonal project timelines, and drive collaborative creative processes under tight schedules and within multiple stakeholder groups.
• Assign creative team members to tasks within each project based on expertise and workload.
• Manage internal and external creative reviews and approvals with leadership oversight.
• Oversee multiple channels of work simultaneously through the use of the organisation's workflow tools.

• 7+ years of project management or account management experience within an in-house creative brand or agency.
• Bachelor's degree in communications, advertising, marketing, or a related field.
• Strong ability to maintain focus under pressure and keep a positive, confident demeanour.
• Drives and expects high standards for work output and behaviour of self and others; accountable, assertive, and dependable.
• Exceptional verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to deliver key project highlights effectively across multiple levels of stakeholders.
• Strong management skills and the ability to drive multiple complex projects forward simultaneously, escalate project issues effectively, and generate solutions proactively.
• Experience managing internal creative workflows of multidisciplinary campaigns.
• Strong ability to work autonomously and within a matrix organisation.
• Comfortable working with high-level executives, external partners, and talent.

• Digital background is a plus.
• Experience in design and/or production is a plus.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA looks for SPEED & SPIRIT in candidates, defined by values to be driven, vibrant, and together, letting individual talent and experience shine.