Job description
About Interbrand
Interbrand understands what it takes today to build the world’s most iconic brands.
To support our clients in an ever more complex and fascinating world, we have renewed our commitment to both common global standards and greater empowerment, experimentation and entrepreneurialism.
Interbrand is its people. We are a global team of highly diverse thinkers, makers and collaborators. We are proud of our heritage and often regarded as the university of branding. Over the past four decades, we have pioneered iconic work and invented many of the brand building tools that are now commonplace.
In collaboration with many of the world’s leading brands, we are pioneering the future of brand building. In a world where people’s expectations are moving faster than businesses, we give our clients the confidence to make Iconic Moves that create desire and utility, reshape the competitive landscape and drive extraordinary results.
The Interbrand Best Global Brands study/rankings are resources to our clients and the industry, providing proprietary data and insight for our role as client partner and commentator. We have published 18 books on brands and are often the reference point for university curriculum and professional associations. Today, through our own Academy, we aim to be the most impactful learning environment in the marketing world.
Our Behaviours
Our culture is informed by a set of behaviours we co-created as a business. Our behaviours give us space to experiment, permission to speak out, and a model of leadership that anyone in the business can adopt. Our behaviours are Lead with love, Be Brave, Listen First and Make it happen. We are proud of our behaviours. They make us, us.
Why This Role is Key to Our Success
As a Resource Manager, you will be at the heart of our operational transformation, working across time zones and cultures to ensure we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Your expertise in managing resources will directly impact project delivery, client satisfaction, and team growth, helping us scale and thrive in an ever-evolving global landscape.
The Role
As a Resource Manager within our Global Delivery Management team, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our global talent pool and proactively supporting operational excellence and successful project delivery. You will work with geographically dispersed Resource Managers and Client Partners using your insights to plan, allocate and manage resources, ensuring that resourcing plans align with project needs, required skills and client expectations.
You’ll also work with HR and the performance and learning team, playing a key role in supporting the performance review lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Resource Planning & Allocation:
- Collaborate with Client Management Teams to understand the resource needs of upcoming and ongoing projects.
- Identify appropriate resources from the global talent pool, considering skill sets, team dynamics, chemistry, time zones, individual growth needs and preferences.
- Support the ongoing development of a consistent and robust process for longer term BAU resource management.
- Scheduling & Capacity Management:
- Ensure effective scheduling and planning, balancing individual workloads, time off and learning time to prevent overburdening resources.
- Proactively address resource shortages, considering repurposing resources across hubs or engaging freelancers as needed.
- Forecasting & Prioritization:
- Proactively forecast resource requirements based on upcoming projects, adjusting plans to accommodate unforeseen changes.
- Work with Client Partners to manage shifting priorities and project deadlines, offering solutions when conflicts arise and escalating when necessary.
- Budget Management & Cost Control:
- Partner with Client Management Teams to align project resourcing with budget expectations.
- Monitor actual project costs and flag to Client team to take corrective action for deviations such as scope creep or overservicing.
- Performance Management & Talent Development:
- Monitor team performance and collaborate with local HR teams to resolve or celebrate.
- Identify opportunities for learning and development, supporting team growth to align with organizational needs.
- Project Monitoring & Feedback:
- Scheduling post-project reviews and feedback loops, ensuring learnings are captured for continuous improvement.
- Relationship Building & Communication:
- You will contribute and collaborate as part of the Interbrand Resource Management Community sharing knowledge and best practices.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with individuals, local and global teams.
- Provide clear, consistent communication across teams to align on resource needs, project timelines, and any shifting priorities.
- Resource Management Tools & Reporting:
- Champion the effective use of the resource management tool ensuring resources actively engage with and provide feedback on the accuracy of their schedules.
- Constantly review and check resource allocations, checking in with individuals to ensure schedules are correct.
- Encourage accurate and timely completion of timesheets and contribute to regular resource reporting.
- Freelancer Management:
- Critically assess all freelance requests, ensuring all options have been explored prior to approval.
- Management of freelancers via YunoJuno.
- Work with local finance teams on freelancing reporting.
Skills & Qualifications
- Demonstrable gravitas in a challenging transformation environment.
- Flexibility & Adaptability: Ability to quickly respond to changing client needs and shifting project requirements.
- Proactive Problem-Solver: Demonstrated ability to think critically, creatively solve problems, and implement resource solutions.
- Strong Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build consensus and foster strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Global Mindset: develop an understanding of how to navigate relationships within a geographically dispersed team and manage resource allocation in a global context.
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong Written & Verbal Communication: Ability to clearly communicate resource-related information and project updates across teams and levels.
- Relationship Building: A natural collaborator with a strong ability to leverage relationships for successful resource management and project delivery.
NOTE: This is a hybrid role and requires you to be in the office 3 days per week
Compensation
- Base salary range of $100k to $120k
- This range represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of Interbrand in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience; training; associated responsibilities; other business and organizational needs; and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.
- Benefits for this role include: Health/Vision/Dental Insurance; Family Forming Benefits; 401(k); Employee Stock Purchase Program; Annual Education Assistance; Health and Wellness Discounts; Spending and Saving Accounts; Vacation, Sick, and Personal Days; Paid Parental and Medical Leave; Life, AD&D and Disability Insurance; EAP; Mobile Phone Reimbursement
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