Project Manager, Marketing Communications at Corteva Agriscience | Des Moines, IA

Corteva Agriscience

Project Manager, Marketing Communications

Des Moines, IA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end execution of marketing communications projects, coordinating cross-functional campaigns from planning to delivery, while embedding governance, visibility, and continuous process improvements.

Traffic and governance: manage deliverables, routing, and cross-stakeholder visibility to keep programs on schedule.
Campaign planning and execution: partner with managers and internal teams to ensure aligned, timely project delivery and operational alignment.
Operational excellence: monitor progress, identify risks, and optimize workflows and reporting to improve planning and prioritization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate marketing communications projects from initiation through completion, ensuring projects remain on time, within scope and aligned to Marketing Communications objectives.
Develop and maintain project timelines, schedules, workflows and status updates across multiple integrated marketing communications initiatives.
Serve as a traffic management lead for the Marketing Communications team by coordinating deliverables, routing projects and helping maintain project visibility across stakeholders.
Partner closely with Marketing Communications Managers and internal teams to support campaign planning, project execution and operational alignment.
Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks, delays, bottlenecks or scope changes that may impact delivery timelines.
Support workflow optimization and process improvement initiatives that enhance team efficiency, communication and project execution.
Assist in maintaining project governance standards, documentation, reporting processes and operational best practices across the team.
Coordinate with agency partners and external vendors as needed to support project execution and deliverable management.
Utilize project management and workflow management platforms, including Optimizely and other collaboration tools, to manage projects and maintain visibility across workstreams.
Support reporting and operational tracking efforts that help improve planning visibility, prioritization and execution across the Marketing Communications organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Marketing, Advertising, Journalism, Communications or a related field preferred.
Minimum 3-5 years of project management experience, preferably within an advertising agency, integrated marketing, communications or related business environment.
Experience supporting integrated marketing campaigns, managing timelines and coordinating cross-functional project workflows preferred.
Familiarity with project management, workflow management and collaboration tools such as Optimizely, Workfront, Monday.com, Asana, Jira or similar platforms is beneficial.

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Benefits

Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits
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Corteva Agriscience

4.0 Glassdoor

Corteva Agriscience combines industry-leading innovations, high-touch customer engagement and operational execution to profitably deliver solutions for the world's most pressing agriculture challenges. Corteva generates advantaged market preference through its unique distribution strategy, together with its balanced and globally diverse mix of seed, crop protection, biologicals, and digital products and services. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and a technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the company is committed to maximizing productivity for farmers, while working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come.

Founded in 2019

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

23K employees (1,373 in marketing)

www.corteva.com

82% recommend to a friend

80% CEO approval