Senior Director Project Management

Senior Director, Project Management

Position Summary:

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:

- Bachelor’s 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