CAMPAIGN MARKETING MANAGER

The Campaign Marketing Manager, reporting to the Senior Director of Marketing Tech Strategy & Operations, will work across all PPD marketing verticals, overseeing workflow for business-aligned campaigns and projects in a timely and effective manner.

Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate the communication and coordination of marketing plans/campaign plans across all marketing verticals to ensure quality, on-time, on-budget campaign execution.
• Provides day-to-day work guidance to the teams to drive team accountability, which may include internal agency employees, vendors/contractors, and hired consultants.
• Organizes, plans, and leads campaign and project status meetings; documents project summary; and provides Strategic Marketing/Account Based Marketing ongoing updates concerning campaign and project completion.
• Works hand-in-hand with Strategic Marketing, Account Based Marketing, Content, Creative, and Marketing Technology & Operations for campaign execution.
• Responsible for tracking project budget and managing fiscal performance to plan; ensures campaign and project costs are controlled and carefully monitored
• Monitors out-of-scope requests and initiates additional estimates and approvals.
• Maintains full ownership of operational aspects of campaign and project execution and reporting in project management tool, ensuring that work is on time and on budget.
• Liaises with business leaders to manage the kick-off and successful execution and completion of projects identified in campaign briefs.
• Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Effectively manages multidisciplinary teams, which may consist of creatives, technologists, media experts, data analysts, etc.
• Champion quality and integrity of deliverables.
• Identify potential project risks and develop contingency plans.
• Collaborates with counterparts and leverages project management systems to prioritize work and resource assignments.

Project Management skills

• Proficient in Project Management tools such as Adobe Workfront, Outlook, Word/PowerPoint, Excel
• Detail-oriented with excellent follow-through skills
• Team oriented approach with ability to take initiative, prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously to meet client expectations and deadlines across multiple projects
• Ability to work collaboratively and take direction from multiple marketing verticals
• Organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Organized with ability to prioritize and manage client expectations across multiple, competing projects/priorities with aggressive due dates and quick turn-around times
• Agile marketing project management knowledge and skills

Leadership skills

• Ability to work in a matrixed organization with a virtual team, experience in large corporate setting, and/or CRO/Life Sciences a plus
• Proven leadership in “managing by objective”
• A strong facilitator, seasoned in active listening techniques

Professional skills

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Executive presence, professional manner, demonstrated ability to take initiative and interact with all levels of management and adapt to business needs
• Collaborative working style to build relationships, including collaborating with multiple business marketing teams, technology teams, sales, and vendors
• Prefer agency experience (in-house or external agency).
• Certification - Project Management a plus
• Required Education - Bachelor's

General Office Based

PPD values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.

PPD is proud to be an affirmative action employer that values diversity as a strength and fosters an environment of mutual respect. PPD is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, pregnancy, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or status within any other protected group.