We’re looking for a Project Manager that is responsible for managing and tracking designated work-streams across our Lifecycle Marketing team. The Project Manager is highly organized, efficient and results driven. An expert in managing and tracking marketing projects and cross-functional team management, you will be the traffic manager of key decisions, balancing the tactical needs of the various projects with the communication skills required to handle stakeholder input and shifting realities. As our PM you will spearhead the team’s marketing deliverables and the cross functional relationships within them, inclusive of creative agencies, internal studios, stakeholders, partner teams across Global and Consumer Marketing. 

The ideal candidate needs to have the skill to both make the right decisions and communicate them convincingly, acting as the project team quarterback that other team members consistently seek out for answers that are fast, authoritative, and right.  

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON?

As a member of the broader team, the Lifecycle Marketing Project Manager will manage various projects aimed at driving early engagement and retention within a Brand Member’s Lifecycle. You will be the primary point of contact for our team’s agency partners and internal studios, managing project deliverables, (marketing toolkits, strategic frameworks, new lifecycle experiences and member milestones) and producing artifacts that drive clarity for our own team and our stakeholders. 

A typical day/week is never the same. You will be looking to manage all activities around the project that ensure on time, on expectation, and on budget projects.  No project is created equal but you will use your years of experience to drive your work and the success of the project on a day to day basis.  

Key responsibilities will include:

• Own the portfolio of all marketing projects across Lifecycle Marketing’s Early Engagement and Retention teams, inclusive of scope, schedule, and budget
• Spearhead relationship with our creative teams. Bring our project portfolio to life from brief to in market implementation while driving collaboration and managing change -- lead kickoffs, working sessions, and retrospectives 
• Manage vendors and project budgets, tracking milestones, updating project trackers, communicating key shifts, being nimble to changing requirements 
• Work cross functionally across Brand Marketing and Consumer Marketing to understand and recommend how we integrate Lifecycle work-streams across OneMarketing, tracking key dates and gates and relevant deliverables
• Understand and advocate for digital best practices, become the expert in how our creative executions can and cannot come to life across Nike’s core digital capabilities 

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH?

In this role, you will work with a diverse set of individuals, teams, and functions across company headquarters and Global organizations. This role sits within the Lifecycle Marketing team but is encouraged to build and sustain strong relationships with Global Marketing & Business partners to meet brand and business objectives. Primarily, you will work with our marketing and creative partners as well as be a main point of contact for our stakeholders. You will grow collaborative working relationships with Marketing, Digital Product, Design, Stores, and Operations functions, in addition to outside vendors & agencies. You will also work closely with Geo teams to foster a strong flow of communication and open dialogue to understand and deliver on team needs and priorities. You’ll help enable our team’s in-market success and track KPIs, ensuring the work we drive results in meaningful business outcomes. 

WHAT WILL YOU BRING?

• Minimum 5+ years of proven experience in Project or Program Management, inclusive of managing simultaneous budgets and driving projects against an overarching roadmap portfolio. An understanding of how to mitigate risk, see around the corners and troubleshoot potential timeline conflicts ahead 
• Strong understanding of digital and/or lifecycle marketing + CRM, inclusive of relevant channels: email, push/inbox, app and dot com, SMS, paid media, omnichannel marketing. 
• Subject matter expertise in managing digital marketing projects, creative production timelines, agency relationships (either through in house or agency experience) and a POV on content planning best practices 
• Experienced relationship manager with the temperament of a leader: flexible, resilient, empathetic, and assertive. An understanding of how to pitch and present to leadership teams 
• A bias towards action and a passion for driving member loyalty and engagement 
• Strong digital literacy with command of Air Table, Smartsheet, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote. Mac proficiency strongly preferred. 

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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