Senior Marketing Project Manager

Ferguson Enterprises•Erlanger, KY

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ferguson is hiring a Senior Marketing Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional projects and marketing campaigns across multiple sales and media channels within the Own Brands Group, potentially supporting multiple Kitchen and Bath brands. The role emphasizes clear project and workflow prioritization, consistent processes, and timely, high-quality execution aligned with business objectives. The manager collaborates across teams to manage expectations, balance workloads, maintain strong communication, anticipate roadblocks, and facilitate solutions. The position is based in Erlanger, Kentucky (Cincinnati), with a hybrid schedule of three days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and two remote days (Monday and Friday).

Requirements

At least 5 years of project management experience, including at least 3 years leading complex, cross-functional marketing and creative initiatives from concept through execution.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management platforms; experience with resource planning and workload management tools.
Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent, high-visibility initiatives while balancing priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
Ability to prioritize competing requests while maintaining focus on high-impact work.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor messaging to people across functions and organizational levels.
Experience partnering closely with creative directors, designers, copywriters, and content teams.
Strong understanding of creative development processes, asset production, review cycles, and stakeholder approval workflows.
Ability to influence decisions, drive alignment, and build consensus without direct authority across cross-functional teams.
Self-motivated problem solver who proactively identifies challenges, drives solutions, and supports team success through coaching, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Creative, brand, or marketing agency-side experience.
Experience with project management platforms such as Hive, Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, or Jira.

Responsibilities

Serve as the subject matter expert for project management processes and tools, drive adoption, train team members, and ensure consistent execution across teams.
Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, scalability, and project delivery effectiveness.
Partner with Marketing Strategy, Creative, and project management leadership to prioritize work, align timelines and resources, and balance competing objectives across brand initiatives without compromising quality.
Lead complex cross-functional marketing initiatives across Strategy and Creative teams, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and aligned with business and brand objectives.
Act as the primary point of contact throughout the project lifecycle; communicate proactively with stakeholders, manage risks, identify and resolve roadblocks, and raise issues when necessary.
Facilitate project kickoffs, status meetings, steering committees, and retrospectives.
Maintain project plans, timelines, dependencies, and resource allocations in Hive, ensuring accurate reporting and a single source of truth for project status and progress.
Monitor team capacity and resource availability across internal creative teams and external partners; support workload balancing, forecasting, and realistic timeline development.
Facilitate project intake, prioritization, and planning discussions so resources focus on high-value initiatives aligned with business goals.