Sr. Project Manager Marketing Operations

Sr. Project Manager Marketing Operations

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The Sr. Project Manager Marketing Operations will be responsible for helping DLA Piper's Marketing and Business Development (MBD) team drive operational excellence, collaboration, and transparency in support of the firm's strategic priorities for growth and brand enhancement. This position will support MBD leaders in orchestrating and executing on strategic and interdepartmental projects, serving as a critical link between strategy formulation and tangible implementation to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of MBD functions among our team and across the firm.

Location : This position can sit in any of our US offices and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities :

• Provide project management for MBD workstreams relating to the design, implementation, and launch of the firm's Next-Gen CRM system, a project that will significantly enhance the capabilities of the firm's BD and marketing functions with complex requirements and multiple workstreams. This system will transform business development and marketing at the firm, enabling significant changes and capability enhancements for DLA's business development needs and goals over the next 5+ years requiring thoughtful design and change management planning.
• Play a pivotal role in facilitating the MBD team's realignment in support of firm strategy by ensuring that the process is smooth, efficient, and well-coordinated. Develop detailed plans for the reorganization, outlining the steps, timelines, and resources needed. In collaboration with team leaders, ensure transparent communication and collaboration to keep everyone informed and engaged, and create proper documentation identifying changing roles and responsibilities, so that team members have the tools and support they need to succeed.
• Assist in priority MBD AI optimization projects from project planning through execution and tracking success. Develop project plans, ensure collaboration and engagement, and track the progress of each project, measuring its impact on team performance to ensure that the desired outcomes are achieved. Use appropriate tools and techniques to monitor key metrics and milestones.
• Facilitate ongoing operational change and improvement projects, focusing on ways to optimize opportunities to streamline our processes, reduce redundancies, and ensure that we are all working towards the same objectives leveraging people, process, and technology. Leverage foundational project management skills such as understanding the scope and objectives, developing detailed plans, coordinating resources, setting clear milestones, and defining metrics to measure success for each project.
• Continuously improve the MBD team's knowledge management approach and maintain resources and shared team libraries to centralize core information, foster consistency, improve collaboration, and enhance learning and development and team onboarding.
• Assist with the budgeting process, both in the strategic planning stages and to help manage departmental budget needs throughout the year.
• Support project management in relation to the content development and strategy for firm conferences and events.
• Manage other key projects and resources including facilitating definition of business and / or system requirements, communicating with stakeholders, analyzing and reporting ROI, creating and driving change management and communication strategies, and maintaining project documentation.

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