Sr. Marketing Data Project Manager

REMOTE / 6 month contract with likely extension

Marketing/Media Agency data or specific retailer shopper insights/marketing data experience required

Our client is looking for a talented Sr. Project Manager Lead who will be responsible for leading projects in the D&A and marketing domains. This position involves providing strategy, planning, guidance and oversight of technical implementations.

Required Skills

• Project Management
• Marketing
• Data
• MS Project

Job Duties

• Accountable for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering one or more given strategic initiatives including business, operational, and information technology deliverables
• Ensures end results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business benefit
• Directs large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and partners
• Directly manages all aspects of the project life cycle and oversees all phases of a project
• Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed upon time, cost, and quality parameters
• Validates financial forecasts, cost assumptions, and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures
• Defines and tracks Hybrid development milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
• Communicates project status across delivery teams, stakeholders and executive leadership

Job Requirements

• 5+ years managing technical projects
• Excellent communication (oral and written)
• Experience managing both Waterfall and Hybrid projects
• Experience with MS Project
• Proven ability to quickly build relationships and earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders and navigate the organization effectively
• Mobilize and motivate teams, set direction and approach, resolve conflict
• Able to make tough decisions and deliver tough messages with grace
• Able to execute with limited information and ambiguity
• Able to uncover risks and issues, able to see linkages and dependencies across projects
• Sound business and technical acumen
• Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally
• Dynamic, capable of juggling several critical priorities at once
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure
• Demonstrated, applied experience establishing and delivering complex projects
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Assertive and hands-on professional who thrives in a fast paced, change rich environment
• Strong SDLC/PMLC understanding and hands-on experience
• Marketing/Media Agency data (Nielsen, IRI, or specific retailer shopper insights/marketing data)

Desired Skills & Experience

• PMP and other relevant certifications
• Marketing data and analytics

#LI-PS1