Project Manager

About the Role

The Project Manager for Marketing & Communications leads the planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that support brand, creative/design, content, digital, and communications strategies. This role manages the full project lifecycle and ensures alignment with organizational priorities, stakeholder expectations, and measurable business outcomes, serving as a central point of coordination to ensure assigned projects are delivered on time, on strategy, and on budget.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full project lifecycle, including intake, scoping, resourcing, prioritization, execution, and delivery for marketing and communications initiatives.
• Develop project plans and define and manage timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across cross-functional teams.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to define goals and requirements.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication, risk identification, and solution-oriented problem solving.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment across content, communications, creative, and digital teams.
• Provide clear escalation pathways and recommendations when risks, delays, or scope changes arise.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project briefs, status reports, and dashboards.
• Establish clear intake and prioritization processes aligned with departmental and organizational goals.
• Lead project team meetings, status updates, and stakeholder reviews.
• Help drive adoption of project management tools and methodologies across the department.
• Identify opportunities for process and tool improvements and efficiencies, and implement changes as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.

Physical Demands

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings and programs.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $85,000.00 - $109,153.00 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
• Health Savings Plans and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and education support
• Generous Paid Time Off

About the Organization

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. The 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.