Channel Marketing Project Manager

Job Description

Develop project plans, budgets, scope, timelines, outcomes, and deliverables using company's PMO tools and templates as appropriate; Define resource requirements and negotiate availability with resource managers; ability to manage timelines, budgets, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent campaigns

• Develops, matures, and ensures adherence to the PM methodology tailored to company operating environment.  
  
• Establish, maintain, and update project risk log. Resolve project issues and escalate as appropriate; spotting bottlenecks before they impact a deadline
  
• Comfortable working through ambiguity and guiding projects with a clear understanding of the underlying business challenges, constraints, and trade-offs
  
• Able to translate business requirements into actionable, achievable project objectives, and help sharpen stated goals
  
• Able to develop a roadmap understanding the key dependencies to be successful
  
• Strong negotiation and prioritization skills to navigate cross functional teams.
  
• Monitors and reports on project performance and quality across the portfolio; provides input into delivery metrics and project health indicators. Supports portfolio-wide quality audits and process adherence reviews.
  
• Drives continuous improvement efforts to increase consistency and effectiveness of project delivery, including risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, and outcome realization.
  
• Demonstrates appropriate leadership, collaboration, and decision-making behaviors; maintains technical knowledge and professional growth.
  
• Conduct analyses to estimate and track project costs and budgets
  
• Manage project change control and follow existing policies
  
• Ensure project-related documentation is accurate and complete
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology or related field preferred
  
• 5+ years of project management experience
  
• Demonstrated success applying project management concepts and techniques across multiple, simultaneous projects
  
• Strong communication and presentation skills across all levels of the organization
  
• Demonstrated analytical skills, including problem solving and critical thinking, with attention to detail
  
• Ability to facilitate meetings and manage difficult conversations with tact and diplomacy
  
• Ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organization
  
• Understanding of business process improvement and change management desired
  
• PMI or equivalent certification preferred
  

Marketing-Specific Knowledge

• Understanding of the full campaign lifecycle (brief → creative → production → launch → measurement)
  
• Familiarity with development and management of cross-channel direct marketing campaigns including targeting, business rules, and test and learn iterations.
  
• Familiarity with channels they'll be coordinating (digital, social, email, events, PR) — doesn't need to be an expert executor, but needs to speak the language