Senior Project Manager

Mars United Commerce Powered by Marilyn is a global commerce company that delivers all the solutions clients need to grow their business today and tomorrow. Founded by the late Marilyn Barnett, we’ve become global leaders in four key commerce disciplines – Strategy & Analytics, Digital Commerce, Content & Experiences, and Retail Consultancy – that together form a United Commerce Ecosystem that provides all the expertise clients need to navigate the commerce marketing landscape. Our 800+ Martians across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia exist to drive growth for our people, our clients, and our communities all across the globe.

We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager. Ideal candidates will have experience managing marketing campaigns within an advertising or marketing agency. Candidates must reside within a commuting distance of Mars United Commerce's Bentonville or Chicago offices.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the day-to-day management and execution of all workflow in collaboration with key Agency cross-functional teams
• Responsible for helping to prioritize projects and deliverables
• Keeper of the cross-functional team’s schedules and owner of resourcing and workflow management
• Develop project critical paths and timelines
• Manage job jackets & job-level budgets, ensuring completion of programs within estimated hours and costs
• Work closely with Finance leads to support overall billing and budget management
• Maintain and update necessary reporting
• Quality control and mitigate risk
• Internal systems expert and keeper of process
• Responsible for billing and workflow systems & training/implementation
• Contribute to ongoing process refinements and ways of working

SKILL SETS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business or related field
• 5-7 years of marketing or advertising experience, agency or project management experience preferred
• Experience in retail is a plus
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage time, adhere to strict timelines, multitask and work well under pressure
• Detail orientation and ability to ensure that projects are developed in line with client’s brand style and guidelines
• Ability to lead and drive alignment across teams and seniority levels
• Proactive nature in the seeking of work/responsibility
• Dependability in execution of work and as member of assigned team
• Enthusiastic, solution-oriented attitude in accepting work/new challenges
• Desire to learn all aspects of the assigned client scope of work and tactics
• Effective interpersonal skills working well across functions
• Conscientious work ethic

Mars United Commerce is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, ancestry, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or handicap, HIV, veteran, marital or family status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable state and/or federal laws, except where a bonafide occupational qualification applies.

Mars United Commerce has developed a wide variety of inclusive benefit plans and policies that address and promote the needs of all employees and their family members, including comprehensive group health plans, a parental leave program that includes paid maternity and paternity benefits for pregnancy, adoption and surrogacy, flexible paid time off, a broad and confidential employee assistance program, ongoing wellness support initiatives, trusted financial health advice and guidance, promotion of education through tuition support and assistance, and a flexible and supportive work environment and culture.

Compensation Range: $59,850 - $82,740 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be October 31, 2025.

Bentonville: $59,850- $74,860

Chicago: $59,850- $82,740

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