Project Manager Director

Accountabilities:

• • Lead and coordinate multiple concurrent projects across service areas such as creative, web, paid media, SEO, and other marketing disciplines, ensuring delivery remains on schedule and within budget.
  • Build, document, implement, and continuously improve project management systems, workflows, processes, and operating standards across the organization.
  • Own project budgets and collaborate closely with finance to monitor costs, margins, profitability, and overall financial performance.
  • Lead resource and capacity planning across concurrent projects and teams, identifying staffing gaps, competing priorities, and delivery bottlenecks before they become risks.
  • Partner with proposal teams to develop accurate project plans, cost estimates, timelines, and resource requirements aligned with client expectations and internal capacity.
  • Facilitate collaboration between departments, ensuring effective handoffs, clear ownership, strong communication, and alignment around project objectives.
  • Establish clear project reporting and proactively communicate progress, risks, dependencies, budget considerations, and required decisions to stakeholders.
  • Train teams on project management methodologies, systems, and processes while driving consistent adoption across the organization.
  • Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accountability, scalability, and delivery quality.
  • Maintain awareness of organizational goals and strategic priorities, recommending changes that connect project execution with broader business outcomes.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to project teams while establishing a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
  • Support leadership with project and financial insights that inform prioritization, resourcing, planning, and strategic decision-making.

  Requirements:

  • 10+ years of project management experience, with a demonstrated track record extending beyond standard project coordination and execution.
  • 5+ years of experience working in a marketing agency environment, ideally with exposure to multiple service lines such as creative, web, paid media, and SEO.
  • Demonstrated experience building, redesigning, or implementing project management systems and processes rather than simply operating within established frameworks.
  • Strong financial acumen, including experience analyzing project budgets, margins, costs, and profitability in partnership with finance or operations teams.
  • Proven experience managing resources and capacity across multiple simultaneous projects, teams, and client engagements.
  • Strong strategic and operational judgment, with a clear perspective on effective project management practices and the confidence to advocate for improvements.
  • Required experience with Asana or comparable project management platforms.
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to facilitate collaboration across multiple departments and keep teams aligned around shared objectives.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and AI-powered productivity tools.
  • Familiarity with cloud-based hosting platforms and version control tools.
  • Excellent written and spoken English communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex project and financial information clearly.
  • Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and operate successfully in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment.
  • Experience serving higher education, nonprofit, or healthcare clients is a plus.
  • Experience formally training teams in project management methodologies is a plus.
  • Experience presenting financial or project performance information directly to senior leadership is a plus.
  • Background combining project management with agency finance, operations, or business management is an advantage.

  Benefits:

  • Fully remote work environment.
  • Competitive compensation based on experience, seniority, and scope of responsibility.
  • Significant autonomy to establish project management direction, systems, and operating practices.
  • Opportunity to build and improve project management infrastructure from the ground up.
  • High visibility with organizational leadership and the opportunity to influence agency-wide operations.
  • Collaborative, high-performance culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Opportunity to work across multiple marketing disciplines and contribute to meaningful client outcomes.
  • Opportunity to shape resource planning, profitability management, project delivery, and organizational processes at scale.