Marketing Project Manager

Golden Technology, Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Technology, Inc. is seeking a highly collaborative Project Manager for core marketing initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams through the full project lifecycle from initiation to closure.

Responsibilities include maintaining critical path schedules, coordinating with creative, digital, content, strategy, media, and other marketing teams to deliver on time, within budget, and with quality. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-channel marketing projects from initiation through closure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute multi-channel projects through the entire project lifecycle
• Develop scope and approach for each project; manage timelines and milestones
• Identify and mitigate project risks; escalate decisions and issues
• Deliver solutions meeting customer and business objectives; conduct post-program evaluation
• Communicate project performance across sub work-streams in a timely manner
• Manage timelines, resources, budgets and stakeholder expectations
• Build relationships across functions and with vendors; lead cross-functional teams
• Use project management methods with clear documentation and approvals
• Provide ongoing analysis of best practices and strive for quality culture
• Provide leadership to project resources
• Present process changes and gain alignment from functional leaders
• Update plans with actuals/forecasts and manage deviations
• Must perform essential job functions with/without accommodation
• Excellent written, verbal and organizational skills
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Ability to manage multi-channel marketing projects end-to-end
• Tools used daily MS Suite, Adobe Workfront

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Marketing strategy

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Microsoft Office

Adobe Workfront

Tools

MS Suite

Adobe Workfront

Job description

Maintain and execute a critical path schedule to core marketing initiatives. Manage key, cross-functional projects as outlined by the Annual Marketing Plan. Provide initiation, definition, delivery and closure of projects within timelines, cost and quality. Provide executional expertise and lead a team of stakeholders through a disciplined, data-driven process to achieve project requirements. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and execute multi-channel projects through the entire project lifecycle
• implement assigned projects, including developing scope and approach for each project, managing project timelines and milestones, preparation of schedules, agreements, provide feedback on vendor proposals/bids, and coordination of contractors, vendors, consultants, and internal resources
• Identify and evaluate project risks, devise and implement effective mitigation strategies, escalation of decisions and unresolved issues
• Deliver solutions that can meet the customer and business objectives of the project, including post-program launch evaluation
• Communicate project performance, including sub work-streams within projects in a timely manner
• Manage timelines, resources, budgets and expectations of stakeholders for assigned projects
• Build strong relationships across all functions within Kroger as well as with vendors and lead cross functional teams to develop and deliver project requirements
• Use established project management methodology to ensure formal tracking and analysis of projects with clear documentation of approvals given and actions taken
• Provide constant analysis of best business practices and strive to establish a culture of quality
• Provide overall leadership to project resources
• Present process changes, gain alignment from all functional leaders, and work collaboratively to implement
• Update project and program plans with actual and forecasts as well as manage and elevate deviations from plan and project parameters.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Excellent written, verbal and organizational skills
• Excellent Relationship Management Skills
• Ability to successfully manage and execute multi-channel marketing projects through the entire project lifestyle
• Tools used daily MS Suite, Adobe Workfront

We’re looking for a highly collaborative, organized, and marketing-savvy Project Manager who can serve as the “quarterback” of the marketing team—connecting people, teams, and ideas to keep critical initiatives moving forward from strategy through execution.

This role sits at the center of a highly cross-functional environment, partnering with creative, digital communications, content, strategy, media, and other marketing teams to coordinate priorities, timelines, deliverables, and resources. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with many different types of people and teams and can effectively bring together diverse perspectives, expertise, and priorities to achieve a common goal.

The Project Manager will maintain and execute critical path schedules for core marketing initiatives and manage key cross-functional projects outlined in the Annual Marketing Plan. This individual will provide project leadership from initiation and definition through delivery and closure, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected level of quality.