Senior Project Manager

🕒 July 8

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $80k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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SimpsonScarborough

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

📚 Education

📣 Marketing

Education • Marketing

SimpsonScarborough is a full-service agency specializing in higher education branding and marketing. The company provides a range of services including brand strategy, creative, digital, media, and market research. It focuses on helping colleges and universities build inspiring and enduring brands. With insights into the latest trends and challenges in higher education marketing, it aims to support Chief Marketing Officers and their teams. SimpsonScarborough is committed to being an advocate and ally for higher education institutions, providing strategic insights and fostering brand development.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end project management on complex, cross-functional engagements • Develop project plans including budgets, timelines, RACIs, and resource plans • Serve as a key client contact throughout the project lifecycle • Provide client updates, address concerns, and ensure client satisfaction from kickoff to close • Set up and maintain projects in the project management system • Assign tasks, track progress, and ensure timelines and resources are accurately reflected • Identify, communicate, and mitigate project risks, including financial risks • Keep projects on budget and escalate deviations appropriately • Lead internal project calls, including phase kickoffs, status check-ins, and post-mortems • Partner with the sales team on project scoping and define requirements, timelines, and budgets accurately • Improve processes, increase efficiency, and drive innovation in project delivery

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of project management experience • At least 1 year in a Senior Project Manager role within a marketing agency environment • Proven track record managing large-scale, complex projects with multiple stakeholders • Hands-on experience with project planning, task management, budgeting, resourcing, and forecasting in an agency setting • Proficiency with project management software such as Wrike, Asana, ClickUp, or comparable platforms • Strong data fluency, with the ability to analyze and interpret project and financial data • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Confidence leading meetings across teams and organizational levels, in person and remotely • Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail • Ability to independently prioritize, problem-solve, and meet deadlines

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including nationwide health, dental, and vision coverage • 401(k) with employer contribution • Employer-paid life insurance and short-term disability • Flexible time off (FTO) • Sick leave • Volunteer leave • Bereavement leave • Paid parental leave • A day off on your birthday • Two agency-wide closures in the summer and winter • Monthly lifestyle stipend to supplement routine wellness costs like streaming subscriptions, gym, or phone/internet costs