Project Manager - 17884

Seneca Resources; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Seneca Resources is seeking a Project Manager - Marketing Operations & Technology to coordinate cross‑functional initiatives across Marketing, Digital, Product, Analytics, and external vendors.

You will translate business goals into integrated roadmaps, manage risks and RAID logs, and drive governance, delivery readiness, and stakeholder updates in a fast‑paced, on‑site environment in Vienna, VA. This contract role emphasizes structured delivery and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project management, program management, or technology delivery.
• Experience developing project plans and integrated roadmaps with milestones.
• Hands-on RAID logs, risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation processes.
• Knowledge of technology delivery lifecycles, platform integrations, data flows.
• Strong collaboration, facilitation, and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Ability to translate technical topics into business implications for decisions.
• Delivery leadership with accountability across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into actionable project plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain integrated roadmaps with timelines, sequencing, and dependencies.
• Coordinate priorities and capacity planning across Marketing, Digital, Product, Analytics, and vendors.
• Lead planning sessions, track progress, and escalate blockers to leadership.
• Maintain centralized RAID logs and governance artifacts for projects.
• Define deliverables, acceptance criteria, and release readiness with stakeholders.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support change management, documentation, and knowledge transfer across teams.

Skills

Project management

Roadmap planning

Risk & dependency management

Technology delivery knowledge

Stakeholder management

Communication & reporting

Governance & documentation

Delivery leadership

Analytical & organizational skills

Job description

Position Title: Project Manager - Marketing Operations & Technology

Location: Vienna, VA - 100% Onsite

Clearance Requirements: None

Position Status: Contract

Pay Rate: $60 - $70 per hour

Position Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager - Marketing Operations & Technology to coordinate multiple business and technology initiatives across Marketing Operations, digital platforms, analytics, and enterprise technology. This role bridges business priorities and technology delivery, ensuring projects are aligned with organizational objectives, timelines, resources, dependencies, and measurable business outcomes.

The Project Manager will work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, analytics, technology leaders, and external vendors to develop integrated project roadmaps, manage risks and dependencies, maintain governance, and drive accountability across concurrent initiatives. The role also supports technology readiness, data and metadata governance, change management, and continuous improvement across interconnected marketing platforms.

The ideal candidate combines strong project management fundamentals with technology fluency, stakeholder management, and structured delivery oversight. They can navigate complex environments, translate technical challenges into business impacts, facilitate decisions, and move initiatives forward without direct authority over all delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Delivery Management

• Translate business objectives into actionable project plans, milestones, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop and maintain integrated roadmaps covering timelines, sequencing, resource requirements, cross-platform dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate project priorities, demand, and capacity planning across Marketing, Digital, Product, Analytics, Enterprise Technology, and vendor teams.
• Facilitate project planning and status reviews, assessing priorities based on business value, readiness, risk, dependencies, and resource availability.
• Monitor progress against milestones, identify delivery blockers, coordinate resolution, and elevate issues requiring leadership decisions.
• Manage scope changes, competing priorities, and cross-project dependencies to support predictable delivery.

Project Governance & Risk Management

• Maintain centralized project documentation covering objectives, scope, priorities, assumptions, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, approvals, and expected business outcomes.
• Maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies), action trackers, decision logs, and escalation records.
• Establish clear ownership, responsibilities, governance requirements, and approval pathways across project workstreams.
• Document decision rationale, accountable approvers, business impacts, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare leadership updates on project health, milestone confidence, delivery risks, resource constraints, and decisions required.
• Ensure stakeholders understand project scope, ownership, governance expectations, and the implications of proposed changes.

Technology Delivery & Vendor Coordination

• Partner with business, technology, and vendor leads to define deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestones, estimates, resource commitments, and accountable owners.
• Coordinate technology readiness across business requirements, solution alignment, system integrations, data dependencies, testing, access, approvals, and release planning.
• Track vendor and internal team commitments, identify delivery gaps, and communicate schedule, scope, or resource impacts.
• Translate technical challenges and proposed changes into clear business implications, options, and recommendations.
• Coordinate dependencies across interconnected platforms while maintaining accountability with designated technical and delivery owners.
• Support operational handoffs to ensure appropriate documentation, support readiness, and business continuity.

Technology, Data & Metadata Governance

• Coordinate documentation and adoption of platform ownership, technology lifecycle practices, data definitions, quality standards, and stewardship responsibilities.
• Support metadata governance, taxonomy management, digital asset lifecycle processes, and information management practices.
• Facilitate governance reviews with architecture, security, risk, compliance, and data stakeholders.
• Track approval requirements, outstanding conditions, and their impact on project schedules and operational readiness.
• Promote consistent workflows, access requirements, change-control practices, and governance standards across connected platforms.

Change Management & Stakeholder Communication

• Develop and coordinate communication, training, and adoption plans for technology projects and process improvements.
• Partner with business and platform owners to assess organizational readiness, adoption barriers, and competing release schedules.
• Coordinate stakeholder updates, training resources, support plans, and release readiness activities.
• Monitor adoption feedback and identify opportunities to improve implementation success and sustained technology usage.
• Communicate project progress, risks, decisions, and next steps clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Project Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish project reporting practices to monitor milestone progress, delivery confidence, dependencies, resource constraints, and expected business outcomes.
• Partner with project stakeholders to define success measures, establish baselines, and track performance against agreed targets.
• Coordinate improvement plans for recurring platform, workflow, access, and service issues affecting business operations.
• Identify legacy dependencies, duplicated capabilities, process inefficiencies, and technology lifecycle risks.
• Coordinate improvement and transition plans with platform owners, considering delivery sequencing, support readiness, and business continuity.
• Capture lessons learned and implement repeatable project management, governance, and operational improvement practices.

Required Skills/Education

• Project Management Experience: 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, or technology delivery, including coordination of multiple concurrent business and technology initiatives.
• Project Planning & Execution: Demonstrated experience developing project plans and integrated roadmaps, managing milestones, coordinating resources, and tracking deliverables across cross-functional teams.
• Risk & Dependency Management: Hands-on experience managing RAID logs, project risks, issues, dependencies, action items, scope changes, and escalation processes.
• Technology Delivery Knowledge: Working knowledge of technology delivery lifecycles, platform integrations, data flows, testing, release readiness, and operational support models.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong collaboration and facilitation skills, with the ability to align business stakeholders, product teams, technology groups, analytics teams, and external vendors.
• Communication & Reporting: Ability to prepare clear project status reports, communicate delivery risks, facilitate decisions, and translate technical topics into business implications.
• Governance & Documentation: Experience maintaining project documentation, decision logs, approval records, ownership structures, governance processes, and operating procedures.
• Delivery Leadership: Proven ability to coordinate teams, resolve cross-functional blockers, establish accountability, and drive progress without direct reporting authority over all contributors.
• Analytical & Organizational Skills: Strong problem‑solving, prioritization, planning, and organizational skills, with a focus on delivery predictability and measurable outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Marketing Operations, Marketing Technology (MarTech), or digital marketing transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), particularly AEM Assets and related digital asset management capabilities.
• Experience with Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms, Content Management Systems (CMS), and enterprise marketing technology ecosystems.
• Knowledge of metadata governance, taxonomy development, data stewardship, and digital content or asset lifecycle management.
• Experience coordinating initiatives involving customer engagement platforms, marketing workflows, analytics, and data platforms.
• Familiarity with change management, organizational readiness, stakeholder adoption, and technology implementation practices.

About Seneca Resources

At Seneca Resources, we are more than just a staffing and consulting firm, we are a trusted career partner. With offices across the U.S. and clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government organizations, we provide opportunities that help professionals grow their careers while making an impact.

When you work with Seneca, you’re choosing a company that invests in your success, celebrates your achievements, and connects you to meaningful work with leading organizations nationwide. We take the time to understand your goals and match you with roles that align with your skills and career path. Our consultants and contractors enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plans, and the support of a dedicated team who will advocate for you every step of the way.

Seneca Resources is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.