Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.

The Marketing Project Management team drives operational excellence through rigorous project oversight, collaboration across teams, and optimization of marketing workflows. This team leads the execution of complex marketing campaigns that support our University Partner and company goals, brand integrity, and business performance.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading high-impact marketing and creative projects on behalf of our University Partners with a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration, strategic execution, and process improvement. This role requires advanced project management capabilities, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to optimize workflows in a fast-paced environment. The Senior Project Manager supports organizational priorities by managing complex initiatives across channels, leading process innovations and SOP development, and managing the performance and career development of junior team members.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

Leads the planning, scoping, execution, and delivery of multiple large-sized projects simultaneously such as website builds, new partner and program launches, and CMS migrations, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope
Leads group of project managers within the marketing department; Oversee group’s projects to ensure on-time, on-budget, and establish overall project status timeline
Collaborates with Sr. Manager/Director/VP/ELT-level stakeholders across multiple business functions to align priorities and goals; identify dependencies; triage risks and issues; and facilitate expedient trade-off discussions
Monitors and reports on resource capacity of marketing teams, and utilizes creative problem solving to unblock teams and optimize efficiency; flags project prioritization concerns to internal stakeholders as needed
Leads project retrospectives and synthesizes key learnings for ongoing process improvement
Develops project documentation including roadmaps, workflows, status reports, and dashboards
Evolves project management systems to improve operations visibility, reporting, and capacity planning
Creates onboarding plans and oversees the training and development of new project management hires; trains internal stakeholders on marketing project management processes and tools
Leads organizational and departmental process optimization and documentation efforts; Evangelizes improvements through organization
Leads team knowledge sharing and strategic planning; develops and maintains project management team SOPs
Champions adoption and improvement of project management and other creative optimization tools

Additional Position Responsibilities

Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Project Management, Communications, or related field

Marketing, Business, Project Management, Communications, or related field

7+ years of advanced experience in project or program management

5+ years of experience working in Higher Education, Creative Agency, and/or Online Program Management (OPM) company

3+ years of significant experience managing website and digital marketing projects.

Licenses & Certifications

Project management certification (PMP, Agile, etc.)

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

Strong project management and organization skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Teams

Task and time management

Ability to effectively interact with a variety of teams (creative, UX, development, scrum masters, project managers, product marketers) at all levels of management within an organization (specialist, manager, director, VP, ELT)

Strong verbal and written communication

Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

Process development and optimization

Project performance measurement and KPI analysis

Workflow and resource planning

Risk management and strategic problem-solving

Proficiency with sophisticated project management tools

Proficiency with Adobe Workfront

Mentorship and team career development

In-depth understanding of web project workflows, terminology, etc.

Ability to work independently in a global remote environment

Strong understanding of integrated marketing strategies, including SEO, UX, digital, traditional, email, and social media

Ability to multi-task and juggle competing priorities

Quick learner, innovative, proactive, flexible, curious, and adaptable

Strong analysis, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

_Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws.

_Risepoint Offers The Following Comprehensive Benefits