Marketing Project Manager

Marketing Project Manager — Contractor (1099)

Full-service marketing agency that provides strategic marketing and communications to a worldwide client base of technical and industrial businesses seeks an experienced and motivated Marketing Project Manager to join our team on a contract basis, working for one of our most prestigious clients. The responsibilities of the Marketing Project Manager will include: planning and overseeing marketing campaigns; delegating tasks to project team members; reporting on the status of projects; and ensuring marketing deliverables are completed on time and within budget. The right candidate for this position should have experience with product launches, content marketing, event marketing and[CE1] other marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities:

· Manage marketing projects and processes to ensure project planning, milestones, delivery and timelines stay on track

o Includes projects being managed globally

· Attend multiple, weekly rolling action item list (RAIL) calls with key client stakeholders and contributors

o Capture status on progress and impediments to success

· Attend monthly and weekly cross-functional team calls

o Capture status on progress and impediments to success

· Maintain master and project-specific views of major marketing initiatives within client-approved project management software

· Proactively report status and key activities to marketing management

· Anticipate schedule issues, resource constraints and other concerns; escalate issues to management as needed

· As able, offer recommendations for removing impediments

· Advise and assist client leadership on project management improvement opportunities and how to extend practices globally

· Collaborate and act as conduit to marketing agency associates to ensure work assignments and schedules are coordinated among internal client resources

· Manage Kanban boards as needed

Qualifications:

· 5–10 years of marketing project management experience required

· Bachelor’s degree in business, management, marketing or related field required

· Project management certification(s) preferred

· SAFE Agile certification a plus

· Kanban certification a plus

· Strong analytical skills

· Ability to multi-task

· Excellent organizational skills

· Good communication, interpersonal and leadership skills

Status:

· 1099 contractor

· Part-time (estimated 20–25 hours per week)

· Assigned to single client

· Six-month contract with employer option to extend

· Remote flexibility upon completion of training

Compensation:

· Commensurate with experience and skill level

· Highly competitive

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Marketing: 5 years (Required)
• Project Management: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Agile certification (Preferred)
• Kanban certification (Preferred)

Work Location: One location