Senior Project Manager - Contract

Walker Sands•Chicago, IL

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Walker Sands is seeking a high-impact Senior Project Manager for a 6-month contract role to support continued growth. This agency partners with B2B technology and services companies to drive meaningful business results. The Senior Project Manager will manage a portfolio of accounts, collaborating with various teams to ensure projects meet client expectations and agency goals. This role also involves optimizing processes, mentoring junior team members, and driving client outcomes. The contract may convert to a permanent position based on performance and business needs.

Requirements

4+ years of project management experience in a marketing or agency environment with exposure to creative, strategy, and digital marketing projects types and deliverables.
Experience with Project Management tools like Trello.
Familiarity with digital marketing platforms that support marketing automation and paid media like Hubspot, Pardot, Google Analytics, etc.
Strong understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Understanding of project reporting metrics like hours tracking, budget management, and timeline management.
Experience with managing up to 15 projects or clients at a time, with the ability to shift priorities based on client and internal feedback.

Responsibilities

Develop timelines, collaboratively staff resources with service team leads, and lead kickoff meetings.
Lead internal project kickoff meetings to ensure internal alignment to scope and client outcomes.
Anticipate risks during project planning and proactively propose ways to mitigate those risks.
Oversee project execution with cross-functional teams while ensuring alignment to scope, timeline, and budget.
Conduct QC/QA checks and alignment of deliverables to client outcomes and program scope.
Lead internal status meetings and provide clear project updates to the team.
Monitor budgets and team utilization to ensure profitability and resource availability.
Lead effort to resolve complex challenges related to scope, resource constraints, or timeline risks.
Act as a primary point of contact for internal team, providing guidance and removing internal roadblocks.
Promote seamless communication between internal team, account management, and client to ensure alignment on outcomes and deliverables.
Serve as a secondary point of contact for clients and participate in client meetings to speak to project status.
Activate action items to keep projects on track.
Provide feedback on project workflows and identify processes to improve.
Ensure all project assets are organized on Google Drive and accessible to project teams.
Contribute to department and agency process improvement.