Global Marketing Operations Project Lead

GCS Recruitment; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment in Jersey City, NJ is seeking an experienced Project Manager - Marketing Operations to support a global marketing organization in fintech/payments. You will own operational planning, governance, timelines and cross‑functional coordination using Wrike and related tools.

The role emphasizes project management, risk tracking, RAID logs, and executive updates, not campaign strategy. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in marketing operations or project management within large enterprises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of Marketing Project Management, Marketing Operations, Campaign Operations, Marketing Program Management or Project Management supporting digital marketing or cross‑functional initiatives.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle, governance, and operational best practices.
• Experience using Wrike, Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or Smartsheet (Wrike preferred).
• Excellent organizational, communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, dependencies, risks, timelines, and deliverables across teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience preparing dashboards and executive updates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, and schedules for global marketing initiatives and programs.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across marketing, creative, digital experience, marketing automation, analytics, data operations, and external partners.
• Lead project kickoffs, planning meetings, status meetings, and governance discussions.
• Track project progress and provide regular status reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify, manage, and resolve project dependencies across multiple teams and vendors.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and delivery challenges and escalate as needed.
• Maintain RAID logs, dashboards, documentation, and executive updates.
• Ensure adherence to governance processes and project management standards.
• Serve as the primary owner of project visibility and work management governance within Wrike.
• Maintain accurate project plans, timelines, assignments, and statuses.
• Monitor capacity and resource utilization across marketing teams.
• Partner with leaders to adjust priorities and resources as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement of PM processes and reporting.
• Promote standardized intake, prioritization, planning, and delivery practices.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Dashboard reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Wrike

Workfront

Asana

Monday.com

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

GCS Recruitment in Jersey City, NJ is seeking an experienced Project Manager - Marketing Operations to support a global marketing organization in fintech/payments. You will own operational planning, governance, timelines and cross‑functional coordination using Wrike and related tools.

The role emphasizes project management, risk tracking, RAID logs, and executive updates, not campaign strategy. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in marketing operations or project management within large enterprises.