Marketing Project Lead - Digital Platforms & Automation

ESS Companies; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) and financial health education

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible Spending and Health Savings

Paid training and PTO

Overtime pay

Leadership and training programs

Job summary

ESSC (ESS Companies) is seeking an experienced Marketing Project Manager to own end-to-end management of priority digital marketing initiatives, from intake through launch, including websites, landing pages, and platforms. You will serve as the primary liaison between marketing and tech teams, keeping timelines aligned and teams accountable.

The role requires 6–8 years in project management or marketing operations, strong cross-functional collaboration, and proficiency with Agile and PM tools.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in project management, digital project management, or marketing operations.
• Experience working cross-functionally with marketing and technology/development teams.
• Strong ability to reprioritize work as business needs evolve.
• PM fundamentals with Agile/Scrum/Kanban/Waterfall methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end management for priority, big rock marketing initiatives, with an emphasis on digital platforms from intake through launch.
• Act as the primary liaison between marketing and technology/integration teams, detailing and syncing schedules, aligning priorities, keeping both sides informed of timelines and dependencies.
• Build and maintain project plans and timelines, tracking progress against milestones and flagging risks or scope changes.
• Build a capacity manager and track team and resource allocation across active projects, ensuring workloads are balanced.
• Collaborate with marketing leadership to ensure future work is appropriately accounted for and resourced based on predetermined launch dates.
• Partner with marketing leadership to prioritize incoming requests and sequence work based on capacity, priority, urgency, and business impact.
• Proactively evaluate tools, platforms, and processes for effectiveness.
• Collaborate with marketing and technology team members to design and maintain a repeatable project process across different work types.
• Train and support team members on the process for shared understanding of workflow.
• Facilitate status meetings, stand-ups, and stakeholder check-ins across marketing and technology teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement automation and AI tools to streamline project tracking and reporting.
• Maintain and automate Monday.com as the system of record for project information and team resourcing.
• Report on project status, team capacity, and process health to marketing leadership.

Skills

Digital project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Communication

Project scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, IT, or related field

Tools

Monday.com

Asana

Jira

Workfront

Job description

ESSC (ESS Companies) is seeking an experienced Marketing Project Manager to own end-to-end management of priority digital marketing initiatives, from intake through launch, including websites, landing pages, and platforms. You will serve as the primary liaison between marketing and tech teams, keeping timelines aligned and teams accountable.

The role requires 6–8 years in project management or marketing operations, strong cross-functional collaboration, and proficiency with Agile and PM tools.