Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, mentor, and evaluate the Marketing Project Management team, including Marketing Project Managers, Coordinators, and/or related staff.
• Oversee project assignments, workload balancing, and team capacity across active projects and initiatives.
• Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented, and service-focused team culture.
• Conduct performance evaluations, approve timesheets, and support employee development and training opportunities.
• Oversee the intake, prioritization, scheduling, and execution of marketing and communications projects across the Division of Marketing & Communication.
• Establish and maintain standardized project management processes, workflows, documentation practices, and project timelines.
• Ensure visibility across project status, deliverables, dependencies, deadlines, and resource allocation.
• Partner with division leadership to prioritize projects and align timelines with institutional goals and team capacity.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks or bottlenecks, and implement solutions to keep projects on track.
• Facilitate project kickoff meetings, status meetings, workflow discussions, and post-project evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of increasing responsibility within marketing, communications, project management, or related functional areas, preferably in higher education, creative, or agency environments.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Experience working within higher education marketing and communications environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-visibility marketing and communications projects from concept through completion.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, workflows, and project management software platforms such as Wrike, Asana, Monday.com, or similar tools.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse stakeholder groups, including executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee project workflows, manage team resources, and maintain accountability across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, professionalism, and discretion while managing sensitive and confidential information.

Preferred

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
• Experience working with executive-level stakeholders and institution-wide initiatives.
• Familiarity with integrated marketing campaigns, creative workflows, and brand management.
• Experience managing enterprise-level project management systems and reporting structures.

Benefits

• For internal applicants, salary is determined per the Pay Adjustment formula (NJAC 4A:3-4.9 & 4.10)
• benefits include: comprehensive NJ State health, dental and retirement benefits, extensive accrued time off/paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement for employee, spouse, and dependents to attend Rowan University, Glassboro. (Tuition reimbursement will apply to undergraduate degrees only for spouse and dependents).