Senior Marketing Project Manager - Chicago, IL

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13832240 Our healthcare consulting client is seeking a Senior Marketing Project Manager. This is a 3 month, 40 hour per week assignment with potential to extend. This is a hybrid role that sits in the client's Chicago office 3 days per week. Senior Marketing Project Manager will lead complex, high-impact marketing initiatives supporting Consulting and Data & Digital business portfolios. This role is responsible for developing and driving integrated marketing programs from strategy through execution, measurement, and optimization. The Senior Marketing Project Manager will serve as a key partner to business and marketing leaders, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into effective campaigns that drive measurable business outcomes. This is not a traffic management, project coordination, or production-focused role. We are seeking a strategic marketer with strong program leadership skills, end-to-end campaign management experience, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment. Senior Marketing Project Manager Responsibilities\ - Define program objectives, success metrics, and marketing strategies aligned with business goals.\ - Lead the planning and execution of integrated marketing campaigns supporting consulting services and data & digital solutions.\ - Develop and maintain campaign roadmaps, timelines, budgets, and resource plans.\ - Ensure marketing initiatives contribute to overarching organizational and revenue objectives.\ - Identify opportunities to optimize campaign performance, audience engagement, and business impact.\ - Lead multiple strategic marketing initiatives simultaneously across various stakeholders and teams.\ - Manage interdependencies between projects to ensure alignment and successful delivery.\ - Coordinate efforts across content, creative, digital, events, communications, analytics, and business teams.\ - Facilitate collaboration and drive accountability across stakeholders without direct authority.\ - Establish KPIs and success metrics for programs and campaigns.\ - Track campaign performance, program milestones, and overall business impact.\ - Analyze results and leverage data-driven insights to improve marketing effectiveness.\ - Provide regular reporting and recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders.\ - Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and obstacles that may impact program delivery.\ - Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans to maintain momentum.\ - Escalate critical issues and facilitate solution-oriented decision-making.\ - Partner with senior business leaders and marketing stakeholders to align priorities and expectations.\ - Communicate program vision, progress, and outcomes across departments.\ - Build consensus among executive sponsors and cross-functional teams.\ - Foster transparency and trust through clear, proactive communication.\ - Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.\ - Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve marketing effectiveness.\ - Implement best practices related to program management, campaign execution, and performance measurement. Senior Marketing Project Manager Qualifications\ - Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.\ - 5+ years of progressive marketing experience, including ownership of complex integrated marketing campaigns.\ - Proven success managing end-to-end marketing programs from strategy through execution and reporting.\ - Experience supporting B2B marketing initiatives, preferably within consulting, technology, analytics, digital, healthcare, or professional services environments.\ - Strong analytical skills with experience using data to drive decisions and optimize results. - Experience in Workfront is a plus.\ - Proven ability to build processes, governance structures, and operational frameworks with minimal direction.\ - Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.\ - Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.\ - Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.\ - PMP or other project management certification is a plus.\ - Experience supporting enterprise marketing organizations or multiple business units is a plus.\ - Background in marketing operations, campaign operations, or PMO leadership. In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Additionally, drug products may be present in the workplace. Benefits \ \ Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:\ \ Email your resume in Word to:\ \