Sr Director Project Management Agency

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 :

Key Competencies :

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

The company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities :

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Direct Reports- Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools, and resources.

Indirect Reports- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction, and mentoring to indirect reports.

Minimum Qualifications :

Education Level : (Required) : Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study / Area of Experience : Marketing / Communications

10+ years of Project Management experience

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Working knowledge of enterprise tools (Asana, Workfront, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, MS Teams)

Previous advertising / marketing agency or client-side experience preferred

Digital and / or shopper project management preferred

Strong leadership skills & previous direct report / team management required

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements : Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding The Company Job Duties and Job Descriptions

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position / department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Important Information

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified.

The company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.