JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. To accomplish this, JDRF has invested more than $2.5 billion in research funding since our inception. We are an organization built on a grassroots model of people connecting in their local communities, collaborating regionally for efficiency and broader fundraising impact, and uniting on a national stage to pool resources, passion, and energy. We collaborate with academic institutions, policymakers, and corporate and industry partners to develop and deliver a pipeline of innovative therapies to people living with T1D. Our staff and volunteers in chapters across the United States and our five international affiliates are dedicated to advocacy, community engagement, and our vision of a world without T1D. For more information, please visit (link removed) or follow us on Twitter @JDRF.

As a JDRF team member, you can look forward to interesting and challenging work, building strong relationships with fellow staff and our network of volunteers, and having a meaningful impact on the lives of everyone affected by this devastating disease. JDRF supports a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If so, JDRF International is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Marketing & Communications team. The ideal candidate is a highly focused, detail oriented and motivated multitasker with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Reporting to the Vice President, Digital & Creative Services and partnering closely with the Chief Marketing Officer and VP, Marketing Strategy, the Sr. Project Manager is responsible for planning and overseeing the successful implementation of a new JDRF brand strategy across national, chapter, affiliate, and volunteer organizations. The Sr. Project Manager will ensure all brand-related needs are on time and within budget while meeting business requirements. As a liaison between internal project teams and external agency partners, the Sr. Project Manager standardizes workflows to collect key pieces of information to scope projects, aggregate data into digestible information, connect dots, track progress, and ultimately deliver results.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Brand & Integrated Marketing Project Management

• Lead project management, implementation planning for large scale omni-channel brand strategy roll out across national, international, and local markets.
  
• Assist in driving brand consistency and manage all phases of the brand implementation.
  
• Maintain a strong understanding of business strategies, goals, and missions.
  

• Protect confidential and sensitive information.
  

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work in close partnership with marketing team, internal partners, and external agencies to ensure all timelines and deliverables are met.
  
• Manage and set up regularly scheduled project check-ins with all teams involved in integrated marketing and brand roll out.
  

• Cascade brand and rollout information across national, field, affiliate and volunteer footprint.
  
• Manage teams through all phases of cycle development, including analysis, project design and development, testing periods, production, installation, and final delivery.
  
• Interface directly with managers, employees, vendors, and others to clearly define project requirements and expectations.
  
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress.
  
• Support cross-team collaboration and meetings to achieve shared strategic and program objectives, including managing meeting cadence, preparation, and facilitation.
  

Project Production & Management

• Identify and document the full landscape of assets and touchpoints that will require rebranding.
  
• Determine and define project scope and objectives.
  
• Consistently apply tools, templates, and methodologies for use in all major efforts.
  

• Manage multiple projects individually and as a team, all simultaneously.
  
• Create a work plan that includes a schedule, milestones, control, and risk factors.
  
• Implement a comprehensive management plan for each project and hold regular stakeholder meetings to keep all interested parties updated in project progress.
  
• Identify complex risks, lead reviews, create risk mitigation and implement action plans.
  
• Anticipate roadblocks, uncover areas for improvement and implement solutions.
  

• Pinpoint how teams can leverage existing strengths and improve its weaknesses through various business process improvements.
  
• Operate within JDRF's governance processes, supporting both the delivery teams and business owners to ensure the right balance between control and timely delivery and quality.
  
• Adhere to JDRF's standards, utilizing industry best practices and techniques throughout entire project execution.
  

Financial/Tracking/Analytics

• Identify anticipated budget revisions, additions, deletions, needs associated with revised brand strategy and implementation and escalate to ensure forecasting is accurate.
  
• Track and report on KPIs and project health, as well as business value.
  

Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's (B.A./B.S.) degree or equivalent
  

• Experience: 7-9 years of relevant project management experience
  
• Analytical thinker and problem solver able to navigate a high degree of ambiguity and flux
  
• Experience working with branding and digital marketing agencies, as well as internal creative teams required.
  
• PMP certification is a plus but not required.
  
• Experience with a brand re-launch across multiple stakeholders.
  

• Demonstrated ability to apply project management skills in a fast-paced environment with multiple senior stakeholders
  
• Demonstrated communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate ideas
  
• Proficiency in basic office software (MS Office, etc.); experience preparing detailed presentations, whilst adhering to strict deadlines
  
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects and priorities
  
• Comfortable in a highly visible role with the capacity to easily develop stakeholder relationships and create trust
  
• Experience with project management tools such as Wrike and/or Jira a plus.
  

Target Salary: $110-120k

Essential Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional information:

To protect the health and safety of our staff, employees, regardless of position, are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have a COVID-19 booster shot (excluding states where prohibited). Requests for medical, religious, and other exemptions will be considered on an individual basis. JDRF will comply with all federal, state, and local laws.

JDRF supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
JDRF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.