Strategy & Marketing Project Manager

Valley National Bank; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley National Bank in Morristown, NJ seeks an experienced program manager to turn marketing and transformation priorities into actionable plans with clear ownership and timelines. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, manage executive-level reviews, and align teams around strategy and measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled productivity, engagement, governance, and budget integration, with strong storytelling and documentation for leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management at-scale.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.
• Strong executive communication skills.
• Proven track record in cross-functional collaboration.
• Familiarity with budgeting and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate marketing and transformation priorities into clear plans with timelines and owners.
• Manage team operating rhythm: leadership meetings, reviews, planning cycles.
• Design and execute large cross-functional project plans with scopes and budgets.
• Identify bottlenecks and escalate to remove barriers.
• Prepare narratives and decks to communicate strategy and impact.
• Champion AI adoption and coach teams on best practices.
• Drive employee engagement and culture initiatives.
• Maintain project documentation, calendars, status reports, logs.
• Partnership on budget planning, forecasting, variance management.
• Coordinate legal, compliance, records, risk, governance requirements.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Executive communications

AI adoption

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer to translate marketing and transformation priorities into clear plans, decisions, timelines, owners, and follow-through.
• Manage the operating rhythm of the team, including leadership meetings, business reviews, goal and KPI tracking, planning cycles, progress updates, and executive decision forums.
• Design and execute medium to large cross-functional project plans--ensuring scope, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and budgets are clear and actively managed.
• Anticipate downstream impacts early; escalade thoughtfully and help teams remove barriers before momentum slows.
• Develop concise, compelling narratives, executive decks, updates, and talking points that communicate strategy, progress, decisions, and business impact.
• Champion the use of AI across the team--acting as an early adopter and power user of emerging AI tools to improve productivity and elevate work quality. Share best practices and coach to help build a culture of continuous learning.
• Drive associate engagement and culture initiatives, analyzing employee feedback to strengthen a culture of learning, recognition and camaraderie.
• Build and maintain key project documentation, integrated calendars, status reports, decision logs, action trackers, and follow-up mechanisms that keep leaders and stakeholders aligned.
• Strengthen budget discipline by partnering with Marketing and Finance leaders on planning, tracking, forecasting, reporting, variance management, and decision support.
• Coordinate legal, compliance, records, risk, and governance requirements so teams can move efficiently while meeting appropriate standards.