Senior Project Manager - Brand Insights, Strategy & Management (Contractor)

About the role

We are seeking a driven, highly organized contractor Project Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our Brand Insights, Strategy & Management team. This role requires strong organizational instincts and a natural ability to communicate across both team and executive levels.

Responsibilities

• Track and manage key team workstreams, ensuring deadlines, owners, and milestones are clearly documented and maintained
• Maintain project trackers and provide regular status updates to stakeholders
• Build and manage project plans from kickoff through delivery with clarity and accountability
• Cook up and manage cross-functional dependencies across teams; flag blockers or risks proactively and help facilitate resolution
• Organize talking points, agendas for weekly SVP-level meetings
• Take notes, capture decisions, and track action items from leadership syncs
• Draft and send executive-facing recaps and follow-up communications
• Help drive decision-making by ensuring the right context and information is surfaced ahead of meetings
• Lead the team's quarterly planning process, including timeline management, template creation, and facilitation of planning sessions
• Synthesize team inputs into a consolidated view of priorities, capacity, and commitments
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure plans are realistic and aligned with broader organizational goals
• Support monitoring and managing the team's intake channel, triaging incoming requests
• Work with the team SMEs to develop a consistent process for evaluating, prioritizing, and routing requests
• Maintain a visible backlog of work to support ongoing planning conversations

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of project or program management experience, ideally within a marketing, creative, or brand organization
• Experience with Brand Insights, Brand Strategy, Creative Strategy, and Brand Management workstreams
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously
• Experience supporting executive-level stakeholders, including preparing materials and facilitating decision-making
• Comfortable owning a quarterly planning process end-to-end — from timeline setting to facilitation to synthesis
• Experience managing intake and prioritization processes across a team or function
• High level of comfort with Slack, Google Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs), and project tracking tools
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and maintain momentum without close oversight
• Agency or in-house creative/marketing team experience preferred

Qualifications

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment

Skills

• Project Management
• Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Executive Support
• Quarterly Planning
• Team Management
• Intake and Prioritization

Benefits

At Salesforce, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial security. This includes:

• Time off programs
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program

Pay

The typical base salary range for this position is $94,000 - $142,300 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $112,900 - $155,200 annually.

Schedule

This is a 6 month contract - full time hours role.