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Project Manager (Project Execution Lead) - Gestionnaire de projets (Project Execution Lead) - Microsoft

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VML (Wunderman Thompson)

VML (Wunderman Thompson)

Compensation

$66,250 CAD

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hybrid
Posted April 23, 2026

Job Description

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

MC Program: 

VML Marketing Coordinator Program is a large global community of approx. 400 employees sitting at the intersection of Microsoft Marketing and agencies teams. 

We coordinate campaigns across Microsoft internal stakeholders, VML global Service Delivery Hub teams,and third-party agencies. Campaigns generate sales leads Microsoft then scores and processes according to their sales strategy. Project Execution Leads are group of client-facing roles that co-ordinate intake of requests from MS stakeholders (marketers) on one side and MC Program delivery across multiple disciplines on the other. 

Purpose of the job:

Project Execution Lead acts between the Event, Commercial, Social, and Data & Insights MCs and the Microsoft stakeholders. In this role Project Execution Lead plays a key role in receiving full briefings for Marketing Projects, advising stakeholders on MC Program services, processes, SLAs, KPIs and tools, and in co-ordination of the MC delivery. 

Responsibilities: 

Planning & Set-up 

  • Support marketers in developing an integrated and feasible marketing demand generation plan that connects local marketing execution (demand generation) with automated demand generation 
  • Understand global and local governance for planning, setup and measurement of marketing demand generation activities 
  • Advise stakeholders on overall MC Program execution processes, SLA, KPIs, tools & services 
  • Understand targeting criteria and options relative to local marketing priorities, including working with pre-defined target lists 
  • Ensure past learnings and experiences are documented and incorporated into on-going commercial marketing planning and execution 

Execution & Project Management 

  • Act as the single point of contact for MS marketing projects execution and for operational commercial marketing activities that involve multiple MC Program disciplines 
  • CreateMarketing Projects & Service Requests in the intake tool on behalf of the Microsoft marketer 
  • Develop the project plan and coordinate marketing execution with all parties involved in an activity – VML and Microsoft stakeholders, and third parties 
  • Deploy tracking tools to track the execution progress & ensure accurate spend attribution 
  • Inform stakeholders on progress and resolve issues 
  • Support Microsoft stakeholders in organizing cadence meetings, share meeting documentation &follow-up on action points related to MC Program activities 

Measurement & Reporting 

  • Ensure measurement plans reflect reporting requirements provided by marketers 
  • Support marketer's business objectives by providing standard marketing measurement and reporting plans 
  • Ensure business leads are uploaded in a timely manner to Marketo when needed 
  • Use reporting provided by Marketing Services teams to provide specific views/information to stakeholders 
  • Regularly review Marketing Services performance dashboards to understand campaigns performance and lead stage conversions with increased focused on Marketing outcomes and business results 
  • Look across multiple marketing activities to find patterns, best practices and alignment/efficiencies 
  • Support marketing governance, requests, reviews performance of locally created emails using provided dashboards. 

Subject Matter Expertise 

  • Focus on deployment of standard marketing projects; also able to support local non-standard marketing campaigns 
  • Actas ambassador on global commercial marketing tools & services 
  • Educate local stakeholders on modern marketing services and tool capabilities 
  • Attend Modern Marketing Meet-Ups to ensure up to date knowledge 
  • Bring MC Program discipline expertise into campaigns planning and execution when requested or needed 

Required skills & competencies: 

  • 2+ years experience in client-facing project and/or account management role 
  • High level of compliance with company rules & processes, e. g. personal data protection or brand guidelines
  • Proven project management skills & experience, readiness to assume responsibility for own KPIs, track activities progress and meet critical deadlines
  • Solid skills in Microsoft tools and software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
  • Solid command skills and ability to share often complex information in structured way
  • Comfort in dealing with senior client's and third-party stakeholders
  • Ability to simultaneously manage multiple events and activities, and ability to prioritize urgent and important tasks
  • A strong team player with ability to establish working relations with culturally diverse internal and external partners
  • Strong problem solving skills and orientation to detail
  • Fluent English is essential 

 

 

À propos du programme MC 

Le programme Marketing Coordinator (MC) de VML rassemble une communauté internationale d’environ 400 collaborateurs, au carrefour des équipes marketing de Microsoft et des équipes agences. 

Notre mission consiste à coordonner les campagnes entre les équipes internes de Microsoft, les équipes du Global Service Delivery Hub de VML et différents partenaires externes. Ces campagnes permettent de générer des leads commerciaux, ensuite évalués et traités par Microsoft selon sa stratégie de vente. 

Au sein de cette organisation, les Project Execution Leads occupent un rôle central. Ils assurent l’interface entre les demandes exprimées par les parties prenantes Microsoft et la mise en œuvre opérationnelle des services du programme MC, en coordination avec plusieurs expertises. 

Finalité du poste 

En tant que Project Execution Lead, vous faites le lien entre les équipes MC spécialisées en événementiel, marketing commercial, social media, data & insights et les parties prenantes chez Microsoft. 

Vous jouez un rôle clé dans la bonne réception des briefs marketing, l’accompagnement des interlocuteurs sur les services, processus, SLA, KPI et outils du programme MC, ainsi que dans la coordination de l’exécution des projets.gorustaidataproductmarketingsales