Project Specialist - Grand Rapids, MI

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Job Description
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The Project Management team is responsible for leading marketing processes, overseeing deployment of resources, as well as tracking key department success metrics. This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining communication with all stakeholders, scheduling and facilitating appropriate meetings throughout the Agile and creative development processes, ensuring processes are being adhered to, while proactively identifying areas of improvement for the overall process.

The Project Specialist is a subject matter expert and leader within the Agile process for the Marketing Agile Train. While this role is an individual contributor, the Project Specialist leads a cross-functional Squad, comprised of Marketing Campaign Specialists, Marketing Specialists, Designers, Copywriters, Proofreaders and Site Merchants.

The Project Specialist is also responsible for executing requests for projects, securing approvals, and communicating details from key stakeholders across Marketing teams. This involves assigning, scheduling, supporting and proactively facilitating projects through completion, as well as reporting on all incoming projects to leadership and key stakeholders.

The position requires close attention to project risks for facilitating resolution with input from key stakeholders. The Project Specialist will work closely with internal and external agency partners and all levels of leadership. Ability to lead through influence and impact is critical.

What You'll be Doing:

• Partners across all levels of Marketing and business partners at the onset of a project, and throughout, to understand the scope, allocate appropriate internal/external resources, and define a critical path forward.
• Facilitates all daily Squad meetings for the Marketing Agile Train, including Planning, Backlog Refinement + Stand-Ups.
• Ensures Marketing Squad remains focused on and delivers against daily/iteration goals, specific to PI objectives.
• Manages Creative team workloads + schedules.
• Leads Marketing Squad during Marketing Train events, including PI Planning every 10 weeks.
• Partners with Manager, Marketing Operations to increase effectiveness and efficiency by driving process improvements across the Marketing department.
• Processes all job requests and initial project information.
• Ensures that requested projects have necessary leadership approvals, prior to kick-off.
• Partners across all levels of Marketing and business partners at the onset of a project, and throughout, to understand the scope, allocate appropriate internal/external resources, and define a critical path forward.
• Facilitates all daily Squad meetings for the Marketing Agile Train, including Planning, Backlog Refinement + Stand-Ups.
• Ensures Marketing Squad remains focused on and delivers against daily/iteration goals, specific to PI objectives.
• Manages Creative team workloads + schedules.
• Leads Marketing Squad during Marketing Train events, including PI Planning every 10 weeks.
• Partners with Manager, Marketing Operations to increase effectiveness and efficiency by driving process improvements across the Marketing department.
• AND MORE...