Sr. Creative Project Manager

DoorDash USA•Los Angeles, CA

7d•$108,800 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Creative Project Manager (I5) is the operational driver who moves the creative work from brief to delivery – connecting Creative, Production, Business Leads, Resourcing, Integrated Marketing and Channel teams with the clarity and momentum each project needs. You own the project plan, timeline, status and execution for a portfolio of projects. You bring strong PM discipline, production savvy, and a genuine appetite for improving how creative work gets done. This role manages a portfolio of 10-20 projects in a quarter spanning quick-turn content, paid social, digital and CRM campaigns, to large integrated campaigns, across all DoorDash audiences.

Requirements

10+ years of project management experience in a creative agency or in-house brand/creative team.
Proven experience using project management tools (Monday.com, Airtable, Asana, or similar).
Strong track record of managing complex, multi-deliverable projects, with multiple stakeholders and steering them to on-time delivery.
Comfortable with data-driven reporting and maintaining clear project health metrics.
Self-starter mindset, with the ability to handle multiple projects with minimal oversight.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing integrated campaigns and familiarity with performance and retention channels is strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with capacity planning or resourcing models
Prior exposure to and practice with AI-enabled tooling for workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Brand & Creative teams (including Creative, Social, Brand Partnerships) and Cross-functional Partners (including Integrated Marketing, Media) – driving effective and efficient projects from start to finish.
Own project intake end-to-end; build timelines, confirm resource assignments with the Creative Ops Lead and Business Lead, surface timing risks early, and hold the line on brief quality before any work kicks off.
Manage asset production and delivery, ensuring brand consistency and legal compliance, overseeing QA, and coordinating delivery to trafficking.
Own project health reporting: maintain objective status in real time, lead weekly project reviews, and flag risks before they become delays.
Execution & daily management: track progress daily, update timelines and resource allocations, communicate status proactively to stakeholders, and ensure production partners and creatives are aligned on timing and deliverables.
Help manage third-party creative relationships, interfacing regularly with freelancers and production vendors
Own project closeout: ensure all deliverables are transferred, documented, and stored correctly, with no loose ends.
Contribute to capacity planning by surfacing project volume trends, flagging resourcing gaps, and keep project data clean and current in planning tools.