Marketing Project Manager - Team Lead

AFL; South Carolina; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

401K match

Training & tuition

Medical/dental/vision/life insurance

Career advancement

Job summary

AFL in Duncan, SC is seeking a Marketing Project Team Lead to guide planning, execution, and continuous improvement of marketing projects. You will oversee a team of Marketing Project Managers and the Traffic Manager, shaping workflows, tools, and governance to ensure on-time delivery across campaigns, content, digital, events, and launches.

The ideal candidate brings a proven track record in cross-functional leadership, a process-driven mindset, and the ability to scale marketing operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Project Management, Business, Communications, or related field.
• At least 6 years of experience in marketing project management, marketing operations, or a related discipline.
• 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 (Wrike, Asana, Workfront, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Jira, or similar)

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Own workflow effectiveness and business usage of project management tools while partnering with Traffic Management
• 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.

Skills

Portfolio prioritization

Capacity planning

Resource management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

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

Tools

Wrike

Asana

Workfront

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Jira

Job description

Job Category: Project Mgmt - Technical Project & Program

• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Locations

Showing 1 location

Duncan, SC 29334, USA

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 $3B 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

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 withing 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)

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