Project Manager, MarTech (Contract)

Bain & Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

401(k) company contributions

Medical, dental, and vision premiums

Job summary

Bain & Company in Chicago is seeking a Martech Project Manager to lead a high-visibility initiative to overhaul our CMP platform, coordinating multiple workstreams and embedding with the program lead across marketing, IT, and external partners.

The role requires 5-8 years of program coordination or project management experience, strong Jira skills, and a proactive, independent approach in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in program coordination or project management in tech implementation is preferred.
• Strong follow-through, closing loops, and proactive work ethic.
• Clear, direct communicator able to interface with technical and marketing stakeholders.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving environment without explicit instructions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project sprints and track progress across workstreams; surface risks early.
• Manage Jira tickets, blockers, and action-item follow-ups.
• Coordinate meetings, agendas, notes, and biweekly status updates.
• Facilitate stakeholder and vendor coordination with internal teams and external partners.
• Maintain tracking tools and documentation for a current program view.

Skills

Program coordination

Project management

Communication

Independent in ambiguity

Marketing technology familiarity

Tools

Jira

Job description

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Put yourself in the right role at the right time with a marketing job at Bain. If you have a particular area of deep expertise and thrive on working with clients, we have a consulting arm that helps CEOs and CMOs with their biggest marketing challenges. Alternatively, if you are passionate about marketing and brand management, we have teams that govern a prestigious brand, create thought-provoking content, execute global campaigns, and cultivate strategic accounts that include major societal institutions. These teams are a great place to build, to grow, and experiment at a unique scale.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

As a Martech Project Manager, you’ll join a fast-moving, high-visibility initiative to overhaul our content management platform (CMP) with multiple workstreams running in parallel: workflow redesign, agent development, platform integration, stakeholder enablement, and more.

We’re looking for a PM to embed directly with the program lead as the connective tissue across marketing, IT, and external partners, tracking progress, clearing blockers, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Project and sprint coordination

• Maintain a live view of progress across workstreams and surface risks to the program lead before they become issues
• Own sprint tracking, monitoring ticket status in Jira and flagging blockers
• Ensure action items from meetings are captured, assigned, and followed up on consistently
• Schedule and coordinate working group meetings, stakeholder reviews, and cross-functional calls
• Prepare meeting agendas, take notes, and distribute follow-ups

Stakeholder and vendor management

• Support the day-to-day coordination between Bain marketing teams, the program lead, and an external development partner responsible for platform implementation
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to collect inputs, confirm decisions, and unblock dependencies
• Track open items with vendors and elevate when deliverables are at risk
• Execution support
• Maintain and update tracking tools (sprint boards/status trackers) and shared documentation so everyone has a current, accurate view of the program
• Help organize and maintain project requirements as specs evolve
• Support preparation of biweekly program update decks and status communications

ABOUT YOU

• 5-8 years of experience in program coordination, project management, or a similar execution-focused role, ideally in technology implementation work
• Comfortable working in Jira or equivalent project tracking tools
• Strong follow-through, consistently managing action items, closing loops, and pushing work forward
• Clear, direct communicator who can interface confidently with both technical teams and marketing stakeholders
• Able to operate independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment without waiting to be told what to do next
• Familiarity with marketing technology or content/campaign operations is a plus

This role follows a hybrid model, requiring in-office presence at least 2 days per week.

In Boston and Washington DC, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $127,500 - $153,000

In Chicago, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $121,750 - $146,250

• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date

Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family.

• Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance

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