Senior Marketing Project Manager - Chicago, IL

Project overview

Our healthcare consulting client is seeking a Senior Marketing Project Manager. This is a 3 month, 40 hour per week assignment with potential to extend. This is a hybrid role that sits in the client's Chicago office 3 days per week. Senior Marketing Project Manager will lead complex, high-impact marketing initiatives supporting Consulting and Data & Digital business portfolios. This role is responsible for developing and driving integrated marketing programs from strategy through execution, measurement, and optimization.

The Senior Marketing Project Manager will serve as a key partner to business and marketing leaders, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into effective campaigns that drive measurable business outcomes. This is not a traffic management, project coordination, or production-focused role. We are seeking a strategic marketer with strong program leadership skills, end-to-end campaign management experience, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment. Senior Marketing Project Manager Responsibilities

• Define program objectives, success metrics, and marketing strategies aligned with business goals.
• Lead the planning and execution of integrated marketing campaigns supporting consulting services and data & digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain campaign roadmaps, timelines, budgets, and resource plans.
• Ensure marketing initiatives contribute to overarching organizational and revenue objectives.
• Identify opportunities to optimize campaign performance, audience engagement, and business impact.
• Lead multiple strategic marketing initiatives simultaneously across various stakeholders and teams.
• Manage interdependencies between projects to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Coordinate efforts across content, creative, digital, events, communications, analytics, and business teams.
• Facilitate collaboration and drive accountability across stakeholders without direct authority.
• Establish KPIs and success metrics for programs and campaigns.
• Track campaign performance, program milestones, and overall business impact.
• Analyze results and leverage data-driven insights to improve marketing effectiveness.
• Provide regular reporting and recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and obstacles that may impact program delivery.
• Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans to maintain momentum.
• Escalate critical issues and facilitate solution-oriented decision-making.
• Partner with senior business leaders and marketing stakeholders to align priorities and expectations.
• Communicate program vision, progress, and outcomes across departments.
• Build consensus among executive sponsors and cross-functional teams.
• Foster transparency and trust through clear, proactive communication.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve marketing effectiveness.
• Implement best practices related to program management, campaign execution, and performance measurement. Senior Marketing Project Manager Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive marketing experience, including ownership of complex integrated marketing campaigns.
• Proven success managing end-to-end marketing programs from strategy through execution and reporting.
• Experience supporting B2B marketing initiatives, preferably within consulting, technology, analytics, digital, healthcare, or professional services environments.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to drive decisions and optimize results.
• Experience in Workfront is a plus.
• Proven ability to build processes, governance structures, and operational frameworks with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• PMP or other project management certification is a plus.
• Experience supporting enterprise marketing organizations or multiple business units is a plus.
• Background in marketing operations, campaign operations, or PMO leadership. In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Additionally, drug products may be present in the workplace. Benefits

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Chicago, IL, US
• Rate: 43-50 EUR/h