Project Manager- Contract Role, Part-time

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Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAbout Shift Paradigm
Shift Paradigm is a client services business that focuses on implementing and activating technology and data to make sales and marketing work. Our people bring combined experience across technology, data & analytics, business strategy and campaign operations to accelerate our clients\' businesses. We keep pace with change in modern marketing and technology in order to create both effective, scalable and future-proof solutions for our clients that span both the Fortune 500 list and emerging industry leaders. We have also built strong relationships with the world\'s most influential martech platforms and are key partners to them and their clients.


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We\'re looking to add experienced Project Managers to add to our contractor bench for upcoming project-based work. While there is no immediate need, we\'re building a go-to group of strong, reliable PMs we can call on for special projects as they arise. This is a part-time, freelance opportunity (estimated 10–20 hours per week when active), supporting martech projects in a fast-paced agency environment. Ideal candidates will be comfortable jumping into cross-functional teams and actively driving projects to successful delivery.

We are looking for someone with martech experience. If you don’t have experience with SaaS system implementations and migrations, this role will unfortunately not be the right fit for you. Please ensure your resume clearly articulates the types of projects you’ve worked on. If we’re missing this relevant information we won’t be able to proceed with your application. Thank you!

Example project types might include but are not limited to:

  • Strategic Assessments
  • Migrations
  • Implementations (ESP, CRM, CDP, Attribution Tools, 6Sense, etc)
  • GTM Strategy + Playbooks + Audience Research + ABM
  • Staff Augmentation Retainers, Revenue Process Design
  • Tech Stack & Data Optimization
  • Template + Nurture + Reporting + Team Enablement and Training
  • Digital marketing campaigns including email development, landing pages, traffic management, master template builds, HTML only builds, journeys, trigger monitoring and maintenance
  • Site migrations and builds

Responsibilities

  • Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects involving cross-functional teams.
  • Understand the engagement requirements. While our PMs are not technical SMEs, they have technical experience and an understanding of the platforms and processes involved in our engagements.
  • Report on account and project data, including burn, timeline impacts and revenue forecasting.
  • Lead project health meetings (internally and externally), providing accurate and up-to-date data and analysis.
  • Create and maintain detailed and accurate project plans, driving forward progress and holding project resources accountable for task completion, planned hours and actual hours.
  • Identify project risks and opportunities for mitigation and communicate to the full project team.
  • Optimize communication flow among the internal team, effectively communicating risks, dependencies, blockers and impacts to timelines internally and externally.
  • Plan and forecast resourcing, as well as project workload in a weekly and proactive manner.

Qualifications/Experience

  • 4+ years experience in a Project Manager role, in a fast-paced, agile environment.
  • Experience in Project Management principles and methodologies (waterfall, agile, hybrid) so as to blend them with Delivery frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of the project lifecycle, managing the development, maintenance, monitoring, controlling and completion of all projects.
  • Martech experience required.
  • Experience using PPM tools (Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, etc.)
  • This is a fully remote position, requiring a 1099 contractor relationship
  • Must have current US work authorization

Key Competencies

Proactive, adaptable, detail-oriented, strong communicator, team player, analytical problem-solver

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