PMO Marketing Activation Senior Manager

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect around the world. We're a human network that reaches across the globe and works behind the scenes. We anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together-lifting up our communities and striving to make an impact to move the world forward. If you're fueled by purpose, and powered by persistence, explore a career with us. Here, you'll discover the rigor it takes to make a difference and the fulfillment that comes with living the #NetworkLife.

What you'll be doing:

• Prioritize and manage the workflow of multiple projects through a line business.
  
• Ability to craft thoughtful and custom projects plans and timelines.
  
• Manage and track scope and hours for efficiency reporting across a line of business.
  
• Communicate priorities, risk and solutions to senior-level internal stakeholders.
  
• Partner with the marketing & strategy leads and Creative Directors to lead and direct teams on brief development, paths forward, problem solving and prioritizations.
  
• Encourages a collaborative approach with departmental team members.
  
• Partners with outside agencies in managing clients' promotional and marketing efforts.
  
• Evaluates creative briefs on complex projects and interprets them for project teams in order to lead communication strategies and implement marketing efforts.
  
• Collaborates on creative development and direction with marketing, design, agency and production teams.
  
• Provides feedback to project team during internal creative reviews.
  
• Presents concepts to clients, obtains feedback and translates that feedback for the project team.
  
• Reviews change requests and responds with schedule/cost impacts along with alternatives.
  
• Manages expectations with departmental teams; Negotiates timelines and budgets and ensures that all deadlines are maintained.
  
• Leverages knowledge and understanding of strategy, business needs, design, creative and production to facilitate effective communication between all departmental teams.
  

What we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
  
• Six or more years of relevant work experience in a project management role.
  
• Six or more years of project management, program management, or integrated marketing experience.
  
• PMO/Intake experience.
  

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience in an external or internal advertising agency.
  
• Successful track record at client service in a marketing or creative environment.
  
• An understanding of creative print, direct marketing campaigns, digital, promotions, ATL, and radio.
  
• Agency or in-house agency experience.
  
• Strong knowledge of the benefits of the above communication channels, with the ability to match the channel with the communication needs of the business.
  
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, both through idea generation and assessment of ideas generated by others.
  
• Team player with excellent relationship building skills.
  
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  
• Adept at crisis management.
  
• Resourceful and solution-oriented.
  
• Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills.
  
• Excellent creative project management skills, highly organized and ability to multitask effectively.
  
• Ability to gain trust and effectively manage expectations.
  
• Strong knowledge of the creative process as well as design and print/digital production.
  

Where you'll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington work location, the compensation range for this position is between $118,000.00 and $219,000.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.