Project Manager I, Marketing, Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT (On-site)

$62K/yr – $93K/yrEntry Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage all phases of assigned projects, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure.
  • Partner with project sponsors and team members to define objectives, requirements, timelines, budgets, and success measures.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, documentation, status reports, and project records.
  • Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, communicate updates, and implement corrective actions when needed.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment, collaboration, and successful project delivery.
  • Support organizational transformation efforts by documenting current and future-state processes and creating implementation roadmaps.
  • Analyze project data and performance metrics to prioritize work, inform decisions, and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or 5 years equivalent combination of experience and training in managing projects, resources and performing data analytics.
  • Minimum of three years of experience in working with remote teams.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scrum Master Certification or the ability to obtain.
  • Analytical skills, experience in data mining and presenting findings in a digestible format for the intended audience.

Preferred

  • Bonus Points - CPSM, CPM, PMP, Project+, or CAPM certification preferred. - Understanding of higher education, WGU, and the procurement profession preferred. - Experience working in an Agile environment.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
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Western Governors University

WGU, www.wgu.edu, is an online university for the 21st century.We are driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. Since its establishment in 1997, WGU has grown into a national university, serving more than 120,000 students from all 50 states.The university continues to open doors for adult learners who need flexibility to achieve their education and career goals. WGU’s innovative competency-based academic approach makes it possible, allowing individuals to fit their education into their lives, not the other way around.WGU was founded by the governors of 19 U.S. states. WGU is also supported by over 20 major corporations and foundations who believe in WGU’s commitment to producing highly competent graduates.

Founded in 1997
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
12K employees (373 in marketing)

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$62K/yr – $93K/yr

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Last Raise
Grant, 10 months ago

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  • May 2025
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Social
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Paid
0.7%

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Project Manager I, Marketing, Salt Lake City, UT

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