Strategist, Marketing PMO | Strategist, Marketing Project Manager

The Strategist, Marketing PMO is responsible for leading the planning, prioritization, and execution of marketing and shared services initiatives across the organization. This role serves as the operational backbone of the marketing function, overseeing project intake, resource management, portfolio governance, and delivery execution while ensuring alignment to business priorities and organizational goals.

As the leader of the Marketing PMO team, this individual manages a team of three Project Managers and partners closely with Integrated Marketing, Marketing Operations, Creative Services, Brand, Digital, Finance, Procurement, and business stakeholders to drive efficient execution, improve operational maturity, and enhance visibility into work across the organization.

The ideal candidate is a strategic operator who can balance high-level planning with execution excellence. They are highly collaborative, data-driven, and experienced in building processes, leading teams, and driving accountability across complex, cross-functional initiatives.

PMO Leadership & Team Management

Lead and develop a team of Project Managers responsible for coordinating marketing and shared services initiatives

Establish team priorities, workload distribution, performance expectations, and professional development plans

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer service

Provide coaching and guidance to project managers on project planning, stakeholder management, and execution best practices

Build PMO capabilities, standards, and operating models that scale with organizational growth

Portfolio Management, Intake & Prioritization

Own and lead the centralized intake process for marketing and shared services requests

Partner with functional leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and sequence work based on business objectives, capacity, and strategic importance

Ensure projects are properly scoped, documented, resourced, and aligned to organizational goals before work begins

Establish governance processes for project intake, approval, prioritization, and execution

Monitor portfolio health and proactively identify resource constraints, competing priorities, risks, and dependencies

Project Delivery & Operational Excellence

Oversee the successful delivery of marketing initiatives across multiple teams and workstreams

Drive project planning, milestone management, and execution discipline through standardized project management methodologies

Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with stakeholder expectations

Escalate and resolve project roadblocks while facilitating decision-making across stakeholders

Continuously improve project management practices, workflows, governance models, and service delivery processes

Resource Planning & Capacity Management

Lead resource planning and workload management across marketing, creative services, and shared services teams

Maintain visibility into team capacity, utilization, prioritization, and upcoming resource needs

Partner with department leaders to balance demand against available resources and make recommendations on staffing, outsourcing, and prioritization

Develop forecasting processes to support annual planning and operational decision-making

Vendor & Financial Operations

Oversee operational relationships with agencies, contractors, and external partners

Identify opportunities to improve vendor performance, efficiency, and value realization

Monitor project budgets and vendor spend to ensure alignment with approved budgets and financial objectives

Partner with marketing stakeholders and procurement to facilitate contracts, statements of work, invoices, and renewals

Reporting, Analytics & Executive Communications

Develop and oversee reporting frameworks that provide visibility into project demand, throughput, resource utilization, project status, and operational performance

Establish KPIs and operational dashboards to measure PMO effectiveness and service delivery

Deliver portfolio insights and recommendations to marketing leadership to support planning and prioritization decisions

Prepare executive-ready updates, presentations, and operational reviews for senior leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Project Management, or a related field

7+ years of experience in project management, PMO leadership, marketing operations, business operations, or a related discipline

2+ years of people leadership experience, including managing and developing project managers or operational teams

Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities

Strong understanding of project portfolio management, resource planning, and operational governance

Experience establishing and improving workflows, project management methodologies, and business processes

Advanced proficiency with work management platforms such as Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or similar systems

Strong analytical, reporting, and executive communication skills

Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution without direct authority

Preferred

Experience leading a Marketing PMO or creative operations function

PMP, Agile, Scrum, or related project management certification

Experience supporting enterprise marketing, creative services, digital marketing, or shared services organizations

Experience with capacity planning, workforce management, and operational analytics

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