Senior Project Manager

Noble Studios; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two fully paid companywide weeks off

10 vacation days + 5 sick & safe days

Job summary

Noble Studios, a Nevada-grown creative digital performance marketing agency with Reno offices, seeks a Senior Project Manager to own high-value engagements from start to finish. You will lead multi-service projects, manage budgets, timelines and quality, and mentor PMs to raise delivery standards.

Join a team delivering for top clients and shaping digital experiences. This role requires strong client presence, risk management and a keen ability to adapt methodologies while driving profitability.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of project management experience in a digital agency or marketing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• PMI-ACP, PMP or CSM certification preferred.
• Proven track record managing large budgets and multiple concurrent projects with senior stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of web development processes and digital marketing fundamentals.
• Experience mentoring or training other project managers.
• Ability to travel and pass a background check.
• Approachable, collaborative and confident presenter to clients and internal teams.
• Basic HTML and CSS knowledge sufficient to specify changes to development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex engagements across multiple service lines, vendors and stakeholders.
• Design the delivery approach for each engagement, blending methodologies as needed.
• Partner with account and service leads on scoping and estimates for new work.
• Own budgets, forecasts and resourcing while protecting margin.
• Reframe client expectations when scope/timeline/budget shift.
• Anticipate cross-project dependencies and risks and resolve them early.
• Raise QA, reporting and documentation standards on accounts.
• Mentor Coordinators, Junior PMs and PMs and coach them through challenges.
• Spot recurring delivery problems and propose process improvements.
• Pilot AI-enabled workflows and help the team adopt effective ones.
• Build roadmaps linking activities to hours and profitability.
• Identify upsell/cross-sell opportunities with client success leads.
• Define vision, scope and requirements with client leadership.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Mentoring others

Client stakeholder mgmt

HTML/CSS basics

Web development basics

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

HTML/CSS basics

Job description

Our Senior Project Manager leads Noble’s most complex, high-value and multi-service engagements and sets the bar for what great delivery looks like. You set the bar for how Project Managers independently own delivery of projects and ongoing retainers from start to finish and are accountable for scope, timeline, budget and quality. You are the model person clients and internal teams rely on to keep work moving and make sound calls when things change. You’ll handle the work with the most moving parts and the highest stakes, improve how the team delivers, and mentor the PMs coming up behind you.

What you’ll do

• Lead complex engagements that span multiple service lines, phases, vendors or client stakeholders
• Design the delivery approach for each engagement, blending methodologies where the work calls for it
• Partner with account and service leads on scoping and estimates for new work and pitches
• Own budgets, forecasts and resourcing for large accounts and protect margin through smart tradeoffs
• Reframe client expectations when scope, timeline or budget no longer supports a good outcome
• Anticipate cross-project dependencies and risks and resolve them before they reach the client
• Raise the standard of QA, reporting and documentation on your accounts and share what works
• Mentor Coordinators, Junior PMs and PMs; review their plans and coach them through hard situations
• Spot recurring delivery problems and propose process or template improvements
• Pilot new AI-enabled workflows and help the team adopt the ones that work
• Build roadmaps that tie team activities to the hours needed to meet client goals and protect agency profitability
• Spot upsell and cross-sell opportunities and support account and client success leads in pursuing them
• Partner with client success, strategy and leadership to define vision, scope and requirements up front

Skills you’ll build

• Delivery methodology: Adapts and combines frameworks for complex, hybrid engagements and can explain the choice to clients.
• Planning, scope and risk: Manages risk across a portfolio of work, not just a single project.
• Resources and financials: Makes tradeoffs between scope, people and budget with margin and client value in view.
• Quality assurance: Defines what “done” means for complex deliverables and holds the team to it.
• Digital, web and AI fluency: Deep enough technical and marketing literacy to challenge estimates, spot integration risk and advise clients.
• Communication: Senior client presence; handles executive stakeholders and tough conversations with confidence and tact.

What success looks like

• Your accounts are profitable, well-run and growing
• Clients trust you with strategic conversations, not just status
• The PMs you mentor become more independent and capable
• Process improvements you introduce are adopted across the team
• You’re ready to take on people management

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of project management experience in a digital agency or marketing environment, including complex multi-service or enterprise engagements
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP or similar certification preferred
• Proven record managing large budgets, multiple concurrent projects and senior client stakeholders
• Strong working knowledge of web development processes and digital marketing fundamentals
• Experience mentoring or training other project managers
• Ability to travel and pass a company background check
• Approachable, collaborative and a confident presenter to clients and internal teams
• Basic HTML and CSS knowledge, enough to specify technical changes to development teams

Join Us!

We believe the best project managers are part strategist, part facilitator, and part motivator. If you’re ready to take on meaningful work at an award-winning agency, we’d love to meet you.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Innovative clients like Travel Nevada, Visit Lake Tahoe, and Yodlee
• Creative impact where you’ll help shape digital experiences that matter
• Local passion, global standards - we dream big while staying grounded in our Nevada roots
• Exceptional benefits and time-off policy:
  • Two fully paid companywide weeks off annually (July & December)
  • Start with 10 vacation days + 5 paid sick & safe days + all company holidays
• Growth-minded culture:
  • Regular guest speakers, seminars, and team roundtables
  • Support for your continued professional development

If You’re Chosen

• You must pass Noble’s background and reference checks, as well as provide documentation of your legal right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. We participate in eVerify.
• You must be able to work full-time, primarily during Noble’s core business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
• We prefer Nevada-based applicants, but…
  • We may also consider those in California, Arizona, Washington & Oregon, assuming you are available to travel if needed.
  • Travel is typically once per quarter for Production & Operations and may be once per month for Leadership, Sales, Account Manager & Project Manager roles.
• Most Leadership, Sales and Account Manager roles must qualify as someone who drives on behalf of Noble Studios, which requires a valid state Driver’s License, 2+ years of driving experience, a clean driving record, and at least $100,000/$30,000 bodily injury and $100,000 property damage auto insurance coverage.

About Noble Studios

Noble Studios is a Nevada-grown creative digital performance marketing agency with offices in Reno, Las Vegas and Bristol, U.K., specializing in brand strategy, digital marketing strategies, web development, SEO, paid digital media, creative and content development and social media. Since 2003, the company has completed work for international brands such as Google, Disney, Travel Nevada, Tahiti Tourisme, Yosemite Mariposa County, Autodesk, Adobe, Genome Medical, Medcor and more. Noble has been honored to be recognized as one of Ad Age’s “Best Places to Work 2026” and by Inc. as a “Best in Business – Advertising.” Noble Studios is an approved Google Partner and HubSpot Solutions Partner.

We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. Our success is built on diverse perspectives and ideas and we’re committed to maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.