Marketing Project Manager

Verdes Cannabis•Albuquerque, NM

39d•$58,000 - $75,000

About The Position

The Marketing Project Manager is responsible for the organized, on-time execution of all projects originating from the marketing department, as well as cross-functional initiatives that require marketing coordination. This person serves as the operational backbone of the team, maintaining visibility across all active work, keeping stakeholders aligned, and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. In addition to project management responsibilities, this role provides meaningful administrative and operational support to the Director of Marketing and, as needed, to the Verdes executive team. This includes meeting preparation, internal reporting, communications drafting, and other support that keeps leadership operating efficiently. The ideal candidate is a certified project management professional with a natural instinct for organization, a proactive communication style, and the maturity to work effectively across departments and with senior leadership. Experience in a marketing, creative, or retail environment is preferred.

Requirements

Candidates with an active PMP certification are strongly preferred. Candidates with a CAPM certification and/or actively pursuing a PMP certification are also strongly encouraged to apply.
Associate’s Degree or higher in Business Administration, Marketing, Project Management, or similar.
3–5 years of experience in a project management, marketing operations, or closely related role.
Proficiency with Asana or a comparable project management platform, with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain structured workflows.
Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects across different stakeholders and timelines without losing detail or momentum.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting professional internal communications and preparing materials for senior leadership.
High degree of organizational discipline and personal accountability; this role sets the standard for operational follow-through on the team.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment where priorities can shift and ambiguity occasionally requires good judgment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a marketing, creative, or brand team in a project management or operations capacity.
Familiarity with cannabis retail operations or experience working in a regulated industry.
Experience providing administrative or operational support to senior leadership or an executive team.
Exposure to marketing tools and platforms common to retail or ecommerce environments (familiarity with campaign timelines, promotional planning, content production workflows, etc.).
Experience establishing or formalizing project management practices in an organization that previously lacked them.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end tracking and coordination of all active marketing projects using Asana, ensuring that tasks, owners, deadlines, and dependencies are clearly documented and consistently maintained.
Facilitate project intake, scoping, and prioritization in partnership with the Director of Marketing, establishing clear timelines and resource requirements before work begins.
Serve as the primary point of coordination for cross-functional projects that involve marketing alongside retail operations, production, wholesale, or other departments, keeping all parties informed and accountable.
Work closely with internal staff, contractors, architects and other stakeholders on space-oriented projects, such as new store buildouts/openings and remodels.
Proactively identify risks to timeline or scope, surface blockers early, and facilitate resolution so that projects stay on track without requiring escalation.
Conduct project closeouts including documentation of outcomes, lessons learned, and any follow-on action items, building institutional knowledge over time.
Maintain and continuously improve the marketing team’s project management infrastructure in Asana, including templates, workflows, naming conventions, and status reporting standards.
Identify recurring inefficiencies in how work moves through the team and propose process improvements that reduce friction without adding unnecessary overhead.
Support the onboarding of new team members by orienting them to team workflows, project tracking standards, and communication norms.
Provide regular administrative and operational support to the Director of Marketing, including meeting preparation, agenda creation, follow-up tracking, and calendar coordination as needed.
Assist in the preparation of internal marketing reports, performance summaries, and presentation materials intended for the Director of Marketing or the Verdes executive team.
Draft and refine internal communications on behalf of the Director of Marketing, including cross-departmental updates, project status communications, and team announcements.
Support executive team needs on an as-needed basis, including coordination of cross-functional initiatives, documentation of meeting outcomes, and follow-through on action items.
Manage the marketing team’s shared calendar, including campaign milestones, content deadlines, promotional windows, and key internal review dates.
Coordinate with the Director of Marketing and other department leadership on the Verdes innovation calendar, ensuring that projects involving new product development are timed and tracked appropriately across multiple different workstreams.
Coordinate internal and external meetings on behalf of the marketing team and Director, including logistics, materials preparation, and note-taking where appropriate.
Own certain procurement and vendor-related activities that support successful project execution.
Maintain organized shared documentation for the marketing function, including project records, vendor contacts, promotional calendars, and operational reference materials.
Assist with vendor and agency coordination as needed, including tracking deliverables, managing timelines, and facilitating communication between external partners and internal stakeholders.

Benefits

PTO accrual (tenure-based increases) & NMPSL sick leave accrual
Health Insurance with employer contribution
Vision Insurance with employer contribution
Dental Insurance with employer contribution
Employee Assistance Program: 100% employer paid
Voluntary Life Insurance: 100% employee paid
401K (auto enrollment at 3%)
Voluntary Long-term Disability: 100% Employee Paid
25% Employee Discount
Loyalty Program.
100% paid Maternity/Paternity Leave – For four weeks, after one year of employment
Paid Sabbatical Leave of four weeks after five years of employment
Paid Voting Leave – up to two hours
Referral Program – $400 for a referral who is retained for 6 months
Flexible schedules and remote work available based on position
Pet Friendly – based on work location and position & pet insurance offered