Marketing Project Manager - Team Lead

AFL; Duncan (SC); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off policy

401K Company match

Professional development & tuition

Medical/dental/vision & life insurance

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

AFL is seeking a Marketing Project Team Lead to guide the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of marketing project management. You will own workflows, tools, and processes while leading a team coordinating day-to-day project delivery.

The ideal candidate brings proven people leadership, a process-driven mindset, and cross-functional partnership to scale marketing operations. You will drive portfolio delivery, ensure on-time results, and collaborate with marketing leadership to align

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Project Management, Business, Communications, or related field (or equivalent).
• 6+ years in marketing project management, operations, or related discipline.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional marketing projects.
• Experience prioritizing portfolios, capacity planning, and resource management.
• Deep familiarity with marketing workflows across digital, content, creative, and campaign execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Marketing Project Managers and the Traffic Manager.
• Coach, provide feedback, balance workload, and support career development.
• Set expectations for project intake, planning, execution, and delivery.
• Foster ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Lead marketing project management across campaigns, content, digital, events, product launches, and brand initiatives.
• Ensure projects are scoped, prioritized, and delivered on time within parameters.
• Resolve cross-functional issues and elevate as needed.
• Partner with marketing leadership to align execution with priorities.
• Own portfolio delivery performance and escalation resolution.
• Own workflow effectiveness and tool administration in partnership with Traffic Management.
• Identify gaps, design process improvements, and drive scalability.
• Establish PM standards, governance, and documentation.
• Lead training, adoption, and compliance for PM processes.

Skills

Marketing PM

Marketing ops

People mgmt

Cross-functional

Portfolio prioritization

Capacity planning

Resource mgmt

Workflow optimization

Stakeholder comms

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Project Management, Business, Communications, or related

Tools

Wrike

Asana

Workfront

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Jira

Job description

AFL manufactures industry-leading fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories and provides engineering and installation services for some of the largest telecom customers in the world. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and today, we manufacture thousands of products, generate an excess of $5B in revenue, and employ approximately 12,000 associates worldwide. At AFL, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We hire and train each individual, investing in them to ensure success in their careers. With a commitment to professional development and growth, let us connect you to your next career opportunity.

What We Offer

• Flexible time off policy
• 401K Company match (up to 4% - dollar for dollar)
• Professional development, training, and tuition reimbursement programs
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policy options
• Opportunities for career advancement with an industry leading company!

Job Summary

The Marketing Project Team Lead within the corporate and shared services marketing team leads the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of marketing project management. This role owns marketing workflows, tools, and processes while managing a team responsible for coordinating day-to-day project delivery. The Marketing Project Team Lead serves as the strategic authority on how marketing work gets done, ensuring clarity, efficiency, accountability, and on-time delivery across all initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned project management leader with strong people management skills, a process-driven mindset, and the ability to partner cross-functionally to scale marketing operations.

Responsibilities

People & Team Leadership

• Manage and develop a team of Marketing Project Managers and the Traffic Manager
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, workload balancing, and career development support
• Set clear expectations and accountability for project intake, planning, execution, and delivery
• Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement

Project Management Ownership

• Lead all marketing project management activities across campaigns, content, digital, events, product launches, and brand initiatives
• Ensure projects are scoped appropriately, prioritized effectively, and delivered on time and within agreed parameters
• Resolve cross-functional delivery issues, project conflicts, and resource constraints that cannot be addressed by Project Managers or Traffic Management or elevate as appropriate
• Partner with marketing leadership to align project execution with strategic priorities
• Own portfolio delivery performance, prioritization decisions, and escalation resolution across the marketing project portfolio

Process, Workflow & Tool Optimization

• Own workflow effectiveness and business usage of project management tools while partnering with Traffic Management on platform administration
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve intake, prioritization, resourcing, and delivery
• Design and implement process improvements that scale with the organization
• Drive consistency in project planning, execution, and reporting across all marketing teams
• Establish and enforce project management standards, documentation, best practices, and governance requirements.
• Lead training, adoption, and compliance efforts for project management processes, workflows, and tools.

Traffic & Resource Management

• Oversee traffic management and capacity planning across the marketing team
• Ensure work is routed, prioritized, and scheduled appropriately based on business need and team bandwidth
• Partner with marketing leaders to forecast resourcing needs and identify constraints

Stakeholder Partnership & Communication

• Act as a liaison between marketing, creative, sales, product, and external partners on project execution
• Facilitate project intake, prioritization, and expectation-setting discussions with stakeholders
• Provide clear, consistent visibility into project status, risks, and delivery timelines
• Present insights and recommendations to marketing leadership
• Partner with stakeholders to manage project budgets, resource requirements, and delivery expectations.

Reporting & Performance Measurement

• Develop and maintain reporting on project throughput, SLA performance, resource utilization, on-time delivery, and operational effectiveness.
• Own delivery performance across the marketing project portfolio, monitoring project health and identifying risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Use data and operational metrics to drive decision-making, prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate performance results, operational insights, and recommendations to marketing leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Project Management, Business, Communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 6+ years of experience in marketing project management, marketing operations, or a related discipline within corporate marketing or agency
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional marketing projects
• Experience leading portfolio prioritization, capacity planning, and resource management within a marketing organization
• Deep familiarity with marketing workflows across digital, content, creative, and campaign execution]
• Strong proficiency with project management and traffic management tools (e.g., Wrike, Asana, Workfront, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Jira, or similar)

Working Conditions

• Hybrid in office and at home
• Fast-paced environment
• Multi-tasking required
• Local travel only; some evening work (event-related)