Location: Chicago, Detroit, NY and Santa Monica CA Duration of Project: 6 months Sales & Marketing experience Past Yahoo, Google, Facebook experience big plus Job Description: ------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Program Manager to join our Marketing Solutions team to manage custom solutions for our top advertising partners. The Program Manager will work in conjunction with advertisers, agencies and various Yahoo! teams to create and manage custom solutions for our advertisers. The candidate will be responsible for shaping the overall solutions, garnering feedback and approvals from relevant internal and external parties, understanding and overcoming obstacles, driving the project forward, and managing through its lifecycle. Must be proactive, results-driven, a creative problem solver, and committed to delivering the highest level of service for our advertisers and internal partners. Job Responsibilities *Manage and deliver world-class custom branded experiences for our top tier advertisers. *Partner with Sales, Marketing Solutions (Strategic Sales Development, Property Sales Development, Creative Solutions), Video Development and Yahoo! Studios teams to brainstorm, define and pitch custom programs. *Coordinate with properties, product, UED, and other internal teams (CBE, streaming center, legal, business development, insights, etc.) to ensure program requirements, deliverables and timelines are met. Coordinate with properties and front page teams to secure and deliver editorial promotion. *Manage key processes and deliverables throughout program life-cycle, including ideation, program scoping, asset gathering, creative reviews, execution, launch and editorial promotion. Understand client success metrics to assist Sales team in business analysis and results. *Communicate program status and updates to relevant internal and external stakeholders throughout the program life cycle. Work closely with Sales to manage client relationship. Minimum Job Qualifications *At least 5 years project, product and/or account management experience involving interactive products or campaigns *BA/BS degree *Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint Preferable Job Qualifications *Ability to bring people together from different backgrounds, skills and reporting structures to create a cohesive, cross-functional team *Solid communication and presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively across clients, executives, sales and program execution teams *Strategic thinker who has an eye for detail, is organized, and can manage multiple programs simultaneously *Ability to prioritize and manage work against critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment *Proven record of client management successes *Understanding of digital media trends and initiatives *Understanding of marketing fundamentals (strategy, advertising and media terms, brand positioning and identity) *General knowledge of Flash, HTML, Javascript and other web-based technologies, as well as user experience design concepts is a plus