Project Manager - Marketing

Lee Valley Tools; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A tool and gardening company in Ottawa is seeking a Project Manager to support multiple marketing projects. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of experience in project management, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with tools like Asana and Trello. This role focuses on project coordination rather than marketing strategy, ensuring that timelines and workflows are maintained. Benefits include competitive compensation and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Health and dental benefits

Paid vacation

Employee discount

Support for growth and development

Qualifications

• Experience with cross-functional teams preferred.
• Comfortable leading multiple stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency with project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead organization of timelines and workflows for marketing projects.
• Host regular project check-ins and status updates.
• Track deliverables and ensure projects stay on schedule.

Skills

Project organization

Scheduling

Communication

Stakeholder management

Time management

Education

5–7 years of project management experience

Tools

Asana

Monday.com

Wrike

Trello

Airtable

Job description

About Lee Valley

Lee Valley is a family-owned business specializing in woodworking and gardening tools since 1978. Known for its commitment to customer satisfaction, honesty, and fairness, Lee Valley upholds a reputation of quality and trust. A significant portion of its sales comes from Veritas® brand products, manufactured by its own division, Veritas Tools Inc. Offering a wide selection of over 5,000 tools from around the world, Lee Valley assures customers with a full guarantee on all products, reflecting its dedication to craftsmanship and excellent service.

About the Role Position Summary / Job Purpose

We are looking for a highly organized Project Manager to support and lead multiple marketing-related projects across our organization. This role focuses on workflow management, organization, and keeping projects on schedule, rather than creating or strategizing marketing content.

The ideal candidate is skilled in project organization, scheduling, project management software, communication, and stakeholder management. You excel at bringing structure to fast-moving projects, ensuring clarity of tasks and timelines, and keeping cross‑functional teams aligned.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the organization of timelines, tasks, workflows, and priorities for multiple concurrent marketing‑related projects.
• Organize work across cross‑functional teams (marketing, creative, communications, category management, design, and external vendors).
• Set up, manage, and optimize project management tools (e.g., Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, Trello, Airtable).
• Host regular project check‑ins, status updates, kickoff meetings, and follow‑ups.
• Track deliverables, approvals, deadlines, and dependencies to ensure projects stay on schedule.
• Maintain clear documentation, project briefs, schedules, and reporting dashboards.
• Identify risks, delays, and resource gaps; help remove operational roadblocks.
• Support project organization but not responsible for marketing strategy or content creation.

Education and Experience

• 5–7 years of project organization or project management experience (creative, operations, admin, PMO, or other non‑technical PM backgrounds welcome).
• Strong proficiency with PM tools such as Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, Trello, Smartsheet, or similar.
• Excellent time‑management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Comfortable leading multiple stakeholders and managing many simultaneous projects.
• Experience working with creative, marketing, or cross‑functional teams (preferred but not mandatory).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a non‑technical project management role (e.g., operations, marketing ops, business support, PMO).
• Familiarity with creative or marketing workflows is an asset, but not required.
• Ability to build or improve processes, templates, and project dashboards.

Competencies

• Ownership mindset with a bias for action and accountability.
• Clear and concise communicator who fosters transparency and trust.
• Strong soft skills to influence, motivate, and align diverse teams.
• Strategic thinker with attention to detail and adaptability.
• Highly proactive and resourceful in solving problems and navigating ambiguity.
• Results‑oriented with a focus on continuous improvement and team success.
• Process‑minded with the ability to identify and implement operational efficiencies.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation program including competitive base salary, a robust health and dental benefits package as well as matching group retirement plan.
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Lee Valley discount.
• A family‑oriented environment that supports growth and development for all employees.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Lee Valley, we are proud to celebrate and foster a diverse team of professionals. We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work. Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry.

We encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities with Lee Valley regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, or disability.

If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to reach out.

How to Apply

Please visit our careers page at https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/careers

We thank all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.