Marketing Project Manager

The Marketing Project Manager provides project leadership and coordination of marketing initiatives across the business operations.

Responsibilities: 

• Direct and manage project lifecycle from initiation to closing
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Communicate with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Track and communicate project milestones and deliverables
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas
• Proactively manage scope changes, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements

Requirements: 

• High School diploma or equivalent degree (GED, HSED) required
• Four year degree from a college or university in Marketing, Business or Information Systems and Project Management/Business Management experience is required
• Related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Formal training in a project management methodology - Six Sigma, Lean, etc. with certification preferred. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Project.
• Individuals in this position must possess the ability to learn new technologies as they are introduced by the organization.
• Qualified applicants should have previously used Microsoft Project in a professional setting.
• Project managers must also be able to calculate SPI, CPI, EV, ROI, and perform basic predictive statistics for Current Value, Future Value, and project performance and returns.
• Strong written communication skills and technical writing skills are a key component of this position.
• This position will develop formal Statement of Work documents, SOPs, and client facing status reports using common business language and terminology.
• Detail oriented and organized Strong customer and results orientation
• Ability to organize workload for effective implementation Ability to interact effectively at all levels
• Ability to work as part of a team

Based on experience. Alta Resources offers a competitive compensation and benefits package in a dynamically growing, autonomous and professional work environment.