Project Manager (Marketing & Strategic Initiatives)

About the role

Our client, a leading energy and natural gas company, is looking for a Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives for their Portland, OR location. In this role, you will lead multiple concurrent marketing and strategic projects from planning through execution, managing timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management skills along with an understanding of marketing campaigns, including digital, social, email, events, and PR.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, resources, deliverables, and outcomes across multiple concurrent projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive projects forward and maintain alignment.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and changes; escalate challenges as needed.
• Translate business needs into clear project objectives, roadmaps, and actionable plans.
• Monitor project performance, quality, budgets, and delivery metrics; communicate status to stakeholders and leadership.
• Facilitate meetings, manage priorities, and navigate difficult conversations across teams.
• Coordinate marketing campaigns across the full lifecycle, from brief and creative development through production, launch, and measurement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience managing multiple simultaneous projects.
• Strong experience managing project timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
• Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, solve problems, and make decisions in a cross-functional environment.
• Experience translating business requirements into actionable project plans and objectives.
• Understanding of marketing campaign lifecycles and cross-channel marketing; experience with digital, social, email, events, or PR preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience with business process improvement and/or change management preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related field preferred.
• Utility experience preferred, but not required.
• PMI or equivalent project management certification preferred.

Pay Range: $60–$75 / Hour
Location: Portland, OR – Hybrid; local candidates willing to work onsite 2 days/week
Contract Duration: 6 Months