Job Description

Program/Project Manager

Contract – 6+ month contract

Hybrid in Irvine - 3 days a week

The Program/Project Manager will be primarily responsible for actively leading and managing the end-to-end project/program plan(s) of key Marketing strategic initiatives inclusive of (but not limited to) the scope, schedule, budget, and cross-functional resources required while proactively mitigating risks that may arise to ensure all aspects of the program are delivered successfully.

In this position, the project/program manager will work collaboratively within our Marketing function and broader organization to identify and engage with stakeholders, capture requirements, lead status meetings, develop project/program metrics, tools/artifacts, and develop leadership stakeholder communication documents that demonstrate planning, project health, and progress to overarching transformation initiatives.

The Program/Project Manager will report to the Director of Marketing Operations. With this role, the opportunities are endless as a key team member on the Marketing team, leading the way in terms of how we evolve project delivery within the Brand organization.

About the Job:

The Program/Project Manager is a key role within the Marketing Operations team. This role will be primarily responsible for actively leading and managing the end-to-end project/program plan(s) of key Marketing strategic initiatives inclusive of (but not limited to) the scope, schedule, budget, and cross-functional resources required while proactively mitigating risks that may arise to ensure all aspects of the program are delivered successfully.

In this position, the project/program manager will work collaboratively within our Marketing function and broader organization to identify and engage with stakeholders, capture requirements, lead status meetings, develop project/program metrics, tools/artifacts, and develop leadership stakeholder communication documents that demonstrate planning, project health, and progress to overarching transformation initiatives.

The Program/Project Manager will report to the Director of Marketing Operations. With this role, the opportunities are endless as a key team member on the Marketing team, leading the way in terms of how we evolve project delivery within the Brand organization.

The Day-to-Day:

• Oversee and actively manage the delivery of work against select core Marketing pillars from the

initial phases of the brand calendar development / ideation to deployment actively manage

interdependencies.

• Work closely with the Lead to outline the key work streams, maintain Kanban board of work to be

done for the team, and oversee progress against the work, supporting team lead on progress, key

deliverables, and identification of key risks.

• Leads stakeholder & project team meetings and helps drive content/key messages for meetings

with Senior Leadership (and leads the meetings).

• Accountable to effectively plan, facilitate, and ensure assigned initiatives are on track

(monitoring/reporting progress and follow-up on action items).

• Support annual planning process planning for supported teams to ensure longer term view /

development of key initiatives, team planning against inputs into future year’s calendar

• Develop and facilitate detailed workplans to inform quarterly business reviews, ensuring alignment

between high-level business KPIs and actionable execution strategies to drive impactful outcomes.

• Escalates issues & roadblocks with proposed solutions and can resolve issues autonomously for

complex problems.

• Document ways of working and decision management, communication within the team

• This role is both strategic and tactical, requiring an agile thinker with strong planning ability,

interpersonal and communication skills.

• Anticipate issues that would impair the team’s ability to delivery and define mitigation strategies

• Work across with Cross functional leaders and the change management office to inform

on team efforts, highlight key blockers / areas of opportunity.

• Champion development of project/program management within Marketing, developing portfolio

capabilities and tools to better manage the work, collaborating across the PM team.

• Active involvement and influence in building out ways of working maturity and capabilities by

participating and establishing project/program management standard tools and best practices.

• Development of dashboards of existing project / program plans and status, that can be leveraged

by teams/senior leadership to understand progress.

Experience

• At least 7-8 years related project/program management work experience and/or management consulting.

• BA/BS degree, MBA, a plus

• Strong knowledge and exposure in PM technical expertise categories - Planning &Programming, Process Optimization, Communication

• Strong expertise in program management system Monday.com

• Strong judgment, issues management, and problem analysis techniques

• Knowledge/experience in Agile and Change Management methodologies a plus

• Positive, self-motivated attitude and detail oriented with excellent follow-up skills.

• Strong communication skills and cross-functional collaborator

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Experience driving work within Marketing organization / non-technology environments

• QSR/Fast Casual/Restaurant/Retail/CPG Industry Experience

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