Project Manager - Marketing & Communications

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.
National Life Group is seeking a Marketing Project Manager to help build a modern marketing infrastructure with clear planning, execution, and reporting processes. This is a foundational, operationally focused role within Marketing & Brand, supporting the team's core processes, planning cycles, and project prioritization to drive efficiency and operational excellence.
Partnering across marketing functions, the Project Manager oversees the full lifecycle of marketing initiatives from intake and planning through implementation and release while managing resources and keeping work on track.
The Marketing Project Manager develops actionable plans to deliver projects on time and within budget, working across departments to align stakeholder needs with project scope and resources.
Serve as the primary point of contact for inbound marketing project requests, specifications, and desired outcomes from internal and cross-departmental business partners.
Collaborate with business partners, Marketing & Brand teams, and subject matter experts to define project direction, creative strategy, and business objectives for campaigns and initiatives.
Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs, set deadlines, and communicate status to stakeholders.
Develop estimates for project deliverables and required resources based on established timelines.
Build and maintain a clear dashboard of upcoming, in-flight, and on-deck projects, including actual and planned resource allocations.
Track project timelines from onset through final delivery and gather feedback from project owners to inform future programs and process refinements.
Support stakeholders with Workfront processes, and review or author creative briefs to ensure shared understanding of objectives and deliverables.
Proactively manage multiple projects in close partnership with the creative services traffic manager, identifying risks and ensuring timely completion.
Manage deadlines and keep teams accountable to timelines.
Provide consistent, timely feedback, project updates, and guidance to team members.
Host weekly project meetings with team members and managers.
Bachelor's degree.
5+ years of experience in a related field.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines.
Proficiency with the MS Office suite, including advanced Excel skills.
CSM, PMI-ACP, or PMP certification.
Experience with Salesforce.
Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to your and your family’s specific needs. The base pay range for this position is the range National Life reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors, including: prior experience and job-related knowledge; education, training and certificates; The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.
The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and National Life reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
National Life is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis and the role remains open until filled.
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT - founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX - chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company. Fortune 1000 status is based on the consolidated financial results of all National Life Group companies.
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