As the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with T1D better while driving toward cures. We invest in the most promising research to turn ideas into life-changing therapies and devices. We work with government, regulatory officials, and insurance companies to address issues that impact the T1D community -- breaking through barriers that limit access to care worldwide. We provide resources and guidance that makes it easier to live and thrive with T1D. This is more than a moment -- we're empowering a movement for the T1D community. Share your support and help educate and empower individuals facing type 1 diabetes.
Our mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life changing breakthroughs to treat, prevent and ultimately, cure T1D and its complications.
Always, we are guided by a single purpose: As we drive towards curing type 1 diabetes, we help make everyday life better for the people who face it.
Breakthrough T1D, Formerly JDRF is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Marketing & Communications team and cover a maternity leave from July 22 – November 1. (possible longer)
The ideal candidate is a highly focused, detail-oriented, and motivated multitasker with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Reporting to the Vice President, Digital & Creative Services the Sr. Project Manager is responsible for planning and overseeing the successful implementation of a new website across national, chapter, affiliate sites. The Sr. Project Manager will ensure all brand-related needs are on time and within budget while meeting business requirements. As a liaison between internal project teams and external agency partners, the Sr. Project Manager standardizes workflows to collect key information to scope projects, aggregate data into digestible information, connect dots, track progress, and ultimately deliver results.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
Brand & Integrated Marketing Project Management
- Lead project management, implementation planning for the website roll out across national, international, and local markets.
- Assist in driving brand consistency and manage all phases of the brand implementation across the website and other branded assets.
- Maintain a strong understanding of business strategies, goals, and missions.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work in close partnership with marketing team, internal partners, and external agencies to ensure all timelines and deliverables are met.
- Manage and set up regularly scheduled project check-ins with all teams involved in integrated marketing and brand roll out.
- Manage teams through all phases of cycle development, including analysis, project design and development, testing periods, production, installation, and final delivery.
- Interface directly with managers, employees, vendors, and others to clearly define project requirements and expectations.
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress.
- Support cross-team collaboration and meetings to achieve shared strategic and program objectives, including managing meeting cadence, preparation, and facilitation.
Project Production & Management
- Consistently apply tools, templates, and methodologies for use in all major efforts.
- Manage multiple projects individually and as a team, all simultaneously.
- Implement a comprehensive management plan for each project and hold regular stakeholder meetings to keep all interested parties updated in project progress.
- Identify complex risks, lead reviews, create risk mitigation and implement action plans.
- Anticipate roadblocks, uncover areas for improvement and implement solutions.
- Operate within Breakthrough T1D’s governance processes, supporting both the delivery teams and business owners to ensure the right balance between control and timely delivery and quality.
- Adhere to Breakthrough T1D’s standards, utilizing industry best practices and techniques throughout entire project execution.
Skills And Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's (B.A./B.S.) degree or equivalent
- WordPress experience is required
- Experience: 5-7 years of relevant project management experience
- Analytical thinker and problem solver able to navigate a high degree of ambiguity and flux
- Experience working with branding and digital marketing agencies, as well as internal creative teams required.
- Demonstrated ability to apply project management skills in a fast-paced environment with multiple senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated communication skills, including the ability to communicate ideas
- Proficiency in basic office software (MS Office, etc.); experience preparing detailed presentations, whilst adhering to strict deadlines
- Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects and priorities
- Experience with project management tools such as Teamwork, Wrike and/or Jira a plus.
Essential Functions
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Additional Information
Requests for medical, religious, and other exemptions will be considered on an individual basis. Breakthrough T1D will comply with all federal, state, and local laws.
Breakthrough T1D supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Breakthrough T1D is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.