Senior Manager, Project Management – Marketing

Risepoint

Senior Manager of Marketing Project Management leading teams and overseeing initiatives for Risepoint's education technology services. Ensuring timely and effective execution of online degree program projects.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the planning, scoping, execution, and delivery of multiple large-scale projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time, on-scope completion
Lead and oversee project scheduling and resource capacity within the marketing PM department; establish overall project status timelines and ensure team delivery is on time and within budget
Collaborate with Sr. Manager, Director, VP, and ELT-level stakeholders across multiple business functions to align priorities, identify dependencies, triage risks, facilitate trade-off discussions, and provide decision support in complex or constrained delivery scenarios
Directly manage a team of 3–6 project managers and project management specialists; set clear role expectations and performance standards, provide ongoing coaching and development, conduct quarterly performance check-ins and annual reviews, and address performance concerns proactively and constructively
Own, monitor and report on resource capacity of creative teams; use creative problem-solving to optimize utilization and reduce bottlenecks; escalate project prioritization concerns as needed
Lead project retrospectives and synthesizes key learnings for ongoing process improvement
Develop project documentation including roadmaps, workflows, status reports, and dashboards
Evolve project management systems to improve operations visibility, reporting, and capacity planning
Create onboarding plans and oversee training and development of new project management hires; educate internal stakeholders on marketing project management processes and tools
Lead organizational and departmental process optimization efforts; develop and maintain team SOPs and champion adoption of improvements across the organization
Champion adoption and continuous improvement of project management and creative optimization tools

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of advanced experience in marketing project or program management
3+ years managing website and digital marketing projects; solid understanding of web project and digital marketing campaign workflows
3+ years of experience as a people manager, with demonstrated success hiring, onboarding, day-to-day coaching, ongoing professional development, and addressing performance concerns
Demonstrated ability to manage daily/weekly capacity of large, cross-functional managed resource teams
Proven ability to develop scalable processes, create SOPs, and optimize workflows to streamline project schedules
Advanced proficiency in project management tools and Microsoft Office Suite (SharePoint, Teams)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project ManagementWorkflow DevelopmentCapacity PlanningSOP DevelopmentResource Management

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationProblem-SolvingPerformance Management