Job Description

Senior Director, Project Management

The Senior Director, Project Management is a strategic leader responsible for driving the successful execution of marketing initiatives across channels, teams, and geographies. This role oversees a team of project managers, ensuring operational excellence, on-time delivery, and alignment with business objectives. The ideal candidate is a proven leader with deep experience in marketing operations, cross-functional collaboration, and enterprise-level project management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale campaigns, product launches, and other initiatives for commerce and brand marketing programs.
• Develop complex integrated project plans with clearly defined scopes, timelines, budgets, and success metrics.
• Drive collaboration across Marketing, Strategy, Retail Excellence, Strategy, Media, Creative, and external agency partners.
• Implement and evolve project management frameworks, tools, and processes to increase efficiency and visibility.
• Manage resource planning, project prioritization, and capacity balancing across internal and external teams.
• Anticipate risks, remove roadblocks, and resolve conflicts to keep programs on track.
• Monitor performance metrics and develop financial reports on project health, ROI, and KPIs.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and results-driven execution within the team.
• Champion agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies based on project needs and organizational maturity.
• Act as a key liaison between marketing leadership and other departments including Financial Operations, Department Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in marketing project management (agency experience preferred), with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional marketing programs in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in scope development, scope management and financial management.
• Strong understanding of commerce marketing, brand marketing, digital marketing, brand strategy, creative development, and media planning.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Asana, Workfront, Smartsheet, Jira).
• PMP, Agile, or Six Sigma certification is a plus.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Leadership and Team Development
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Operational Excellence
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Results Orientation

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

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