Principal Marketing Project Manager

Job Title: Principal Marketing Project Manager Location: Spring, TX (Onsite 2-3 days per week) Duration: Contract - 8 months Job Description We are seeking a Principal Marketing Project Manager — Campaign Operations & Alliance Programs to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in integrated campaign project management, alliance marketing operations, and cross-functional coordination and a proven ability to deliver on-time campaign launches while building scalable, repeatable operating models . Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end management of commercial media campaigns to achieve milestones, approvals, dependencies, and launch requirements on schedule. Build and maintain project plans, timelines, trackers, dashboards, status reports, and communication frameworks. Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across marketing, media, creative, category, retail, alliance, analytics, legal, finance, and agency teams. Manage campaign intake, briefing, planning, execution, reviews, approvals, launch readiness, and post-launch tracking. Establish and manage campaign governance, including ownership models, approval workflows, escalation paths, and decision checkpoints. Serve as subject matter expert for alliance-driven execution with understanding of Microsoft, Intel, and AMD processes, funding, approvals, and co-marketing compliance. Manage alliance tracking requirements, including partner IDs, project IDs, creative approvals, UX approvals, and documentation. Identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and process gaps before they affect timelines. Facilitate stakeholder meetings, project reviews, working sessions, and executive status updates. Drive operational consistency by standardizing workflows, templates, approvals, reporting, naming conventions, and documentation. Develop a scalable and repeatable campaign management framework for internal adoption. Create process documentation, playbooks, templates, governance models, training materials, and operational guides. Train and mentor Marketing Activation Specialists on best practices and the new operating model. Ensure complete knowledge transfer and transition readiness before engagement end. Provide leadership visibility into portfolio health, risks, launch readiness, and business impacts. Required Skills & Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Project Management, or related field. 8+ years managing complex marketing programs, integrated campaigns, media operations, or large cross-functional initiatives. Demonstrated experience at a Senior or Principal Project Manager level. Proven success leading multiple high-priority projects in fast-paced environments. Experience with alliance marketing and partner-funded programs, preferably with Microsoft, Intel, and AMD. Experience developing scalable operating models, governance structures, playbooks, and process improvements. Background working with agencies, creative and media teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership. Technology industry experience preferred. PMP, Agile, PROSCI, or related certification preferred. Preferred Skills: Expertise in alliance and partner marketing processes across Microsoft, Intel, and AMD ecosystems. Ability to build and standardize workflows, reporting, and approval paths for scale. #J-18808-Ljbffr BCforward