Senior Project Manager, Marketing

Senior Project Manager, Marketing

World Vision is hiring a Senior Project Manager, Marketing to manage complex, cross-functional marketing and digital initiatives alongside leading portfolio and project management practices.

Role : Senior Project Manager, Marketing

Reports to : Senior Director, Private Segment Product Marketing Operations and Strategy

Location : Hybrid, preference for Seattle / Portland region

Requirements : Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (eight years). In addition to education or education equivalent, requires five years work experience in project management or related field. Work experience must include a minimum of three years of project management experience. Previous supervisory work experience strongly preferred. Project management certification strongly preferred.

Work Authorization : Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A for any employer

Travel : No

Estimated hiring range : $94,710 $112,590

The Sr. Project Manager, Marketing is a strategic leader responsible for the end-to-end delivery of high-visibility, multi-team marketing projects that drive business growth. This role works cross-functionally with creative, digital, analytics, fundraising channels, agencies, technology, and other teams to ensure projects align with organizational goals and deliver measurable results. The Sr. Project Manager proactively navigates ambiguity, resolves issues, and keeps stakeholders informed and engaged.

Responsibilities will include :

• Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life; actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.
• Lead / manage end-to-end delivery of high-visibility, multi-team projects from concept through execution and evaluation.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring effective resource allocation.
• Facilitate alignment across marketing, agencies, technology, and other teams.
• Elevate early and often to the accountable Sr. Director for project deviations from desired scope or timeline slips.
• Provide real-time visibility to leadership through dashboards, health indicators, and capacity tracking.
• Facilitate collaboration and remove delivery barriersact as the connective tissue between teams, identifying blockers and driving resolution.
• Example projects : Transform Sponsor Experienceconnecting disparate components between global efforts, sponsor experience initiatives, and in-year changes (e.g., delinquency and related elements).
• Support the Sr. Director in managing the division's portfolio of projects, integrating internal projects into organizational processes.
• Consolidate project intake, prioritization, and status reporting into a unified view using Jira.
• Develop dashboards and portfolio-level metrics for leadership, creating a model for retrospectives after each release of capabilities.
• Define a lightweight, consistent PM playbook for embedded PMs inside marketing teams.
• Provide onboarding, tools, and templates (e.g., scoping docs, status updates, retrospective guides).
• Coach embedded PMs to ensure consistent execution.
• Champion best practices in project management and marketing operations, driving continuous improvement.
• Support a growing movement towards agile ways of working; introduce and reinforce Scaled Agile, Scrum, and similar standards and practices, enabling flexibility and learning loops.
• Keep informed of organizational announcements, activities and changes via regular reading of the WVUS Intranet and other corporate communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

You bring these skills :

Salary & Benefits

WVUS Pay Grade Level : 225

Estimated hiring range : $94,710 - $112,590

The posted hiring salary range reflects pay for U.S. locations and is determined using market data and internal compensation guidelines. Actual compensation may vary depending on the candidate's geographic location, job-related experience, and applicable laws. A different range may apply in certain locations.

About World Vision

We're a global Christian humanitarian organization. We partner with children, families, and their communities to empower them as they reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For 75 years, World Vision has followed Jesus' example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. We serve every child regardless of faith.

What Happens Next?

Due to the high volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an initial phone conversation with a recruiter. We encourage you to submit a PDF resume and a cover letter. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time.