HelloKindred
Contract Duration: 12 months Work Set Up: Hybrid (3 days per week on site at the client office)Our client in the global professional services industry is looking for a Team Lead for Online + Offline Ads Project Manager to lead a team of 6–12 Ads Packages Project Managers across North America, Canada, and LATAM, owning team performance, delivery quality, and client relationships across all three regions. This role requires a confident leader with a strong executive voice, credibility to lead senior practitioners, presence to represent the team externally, and sound judgment to maintain program standards and resolve complex situations.What you will do:Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 6–12 Project Managers across North America, Canada, and LATAM, including senior and highly experienced practitioners.Set clear performance expectations and deliver regular, actionable feedback.Conduct weekly 1:1s with each Project Manager covering package status, wellbeing, and productivity.Lead with conviction, bring a clear point of view, make decisions, and create clarity for the team.Support onboarding and coach new Project Managers through their first 90 days with structured guidance and hands-on support.Own and maintain team documentation, including policies, processes, best practices, guides, and training materials.Maintain visibility across all active campaigns and workstreams within the portfolio.Manage team capacity, ensuring packages and projects are allocated and tracked across all three regions.Keep team capacity and delivery trackers current and accurate proactively.Monitor all P0 projects closely and maintain direct connection with the responsible Project Manager.Drive operational improvements that increase efficiency and scalability across North America, Canada, and LATAM.Connect regularly with clients across all three regions to align on team productivity, troubleshoot priority issues, and resolve risks before escalation.Lead senior leadership meetings with client stakeholders, owning agendas and outcomes.Serve as a confident and trusted senior point of contact for ongoing program health and high-stakes escalations.Escalate critical situations to the Delivery Lead within the same business day and initiate a recovery plan.Surface team-related performance, conflict, and risk issues proactively and handle them appropriately.Maintain an active pipeline of Project Manager candidates in partnership with the Delivery Lead.Lead candidate selection and interviews alongside the Delivery Lead when adding or replacing Project Managers.Ramp new hires through structured onboarding, including systems setup, Day 1 coordination, and augmented training.Ensure consistency in delivery standards and ways of working across North America, Canada, and LATAM.Identify effective practices in one market and systematically apply them across other regions.Coordinate team travel requirements, including preparing estimates and quotations for approval.Partner with regional leadership to support program expansion and strategic goals. Bring 4–8 years of experience in project management, campaign operations, marketing, or agency environments.Demonstrate leadership of a small to medium-sized team, with a track record of developing people and raising performance standards.Project executive presence and a confident voice, earning the trust and respect of clients and senior stakeholders.Demonstrate experience managing client relationships, escalations, and stakeholder conversations.Apply strong operational judgment across complex portfolios and act on priorities effectively.Bring hands-on experience with offline events, live activations, and experiential production, including managing on-site execution and multiple moving parts.Communicate clearly and confidently in English across team meetings, client calls, and difficult conversations.Operate comfortably across North America, Canada, and LATAM with different levels of maturity and market dynamics.Demonstrate familiarity with advertising products, advertising solutions, and creator ecosystems; prior client or platform experience is preferred.Demonstrate Spanish proficiency for LATAM coverage as a strong plus.Hold a minimum undergraduate degree.Demonstrate executive presence, leadership, sound judgment, accountability, adaptability, and partnership across teams, clients, and regions. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.HelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Who is HelloKindred?HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid.Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better. We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers – connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands.