Marketing Project Manager & Process Improvement Lead

Southland Industries, Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% 401(k) match, immediate vesting

Medical, dental, vision—employee paid

Annual bonus program

Paid parental leave

Training & professional memberships

Job summary

Southland Industries is seeking a Marketing Project Manager to develop and manage intake processes and workflows that support successful marketing campaigns and initiatives.

You will lead project planning, facilitate meetings, monitor timelines, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on schedule while aligning with business priorities. This role offers opportunities to mentor staff as the team grows and to build the marketing PM function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience, including at least 5 years leading marketing projects.
• Strong PM and organizational skills; able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience with Agile practices in marketing projects.
• Experience using PM platforms like Asana, Monday.com, Wrike, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve project management processes, standards, templates, and best practices for the marketing team.
• Manage intake, prioritization, and planning of marketing requests and projects.
• Lead complex cross-functional marketing projects from planning to execution.
• Build plans, schedules, and resource assignments to support execution.
• Coordinate work across Communications, Creative, Operations, and business teams.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings, status meetings, and regular check-ins.
• Monitor schedules, dependencies, risks, and resources; address delivery issues.
• Manage reviews, approvals, and stakeholder communications.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows and delivery.
• Support the team's use of PM tools and Agile practices.
• Help mentor project coordinators as the team grows.

Skills

Strong PM skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Agile experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Business

Tools

Asana

Monday.com

Wrike

Job description

Southland Industries is seeking a Marketing Project Manager to develop and manage intake processes and workflows that support successful marketing campaigns and initiatives.

You will lead project planning, facilitate meetings, monitor timelines, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on schedule while aligning with business priorities. This role offers opportunities to mentor staff as the team grows and to build the marketing PM function.