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About the Role
The Senior Project Manager is a critical leader responsible for managing marketing, creative, content, and integrated deliverables for key client accounts. You will act as the primary internal lead for project execution, collaborating with account leads and stakeholders to establish delivery frameworks, strengthen client relationships, and ensure project success. This client-facing role involves communicating timelines, project risks, and tactical requirements, as well as complex project planning, staffing, and deadline management.
Responsibilities
- Manage the intersection of account ownership and production for seamless delivery.
- Act as the owner for timelines and brief needs, maintaining strong trust through consistent communication.
- Articulate strategic plans and consult with clients and internal leads, ensuring deliverables align with briefs.
- Ensure all deliverables meet client goals, company standards, and quality requirements.
- Contribute to the development of templated processes, including project kickoffs, scoping, resourcing, and contract management.
- Support in streamlining creative workflows, optimizing internal production pipelines, and refining the handoff process.
- Take ownership of project staffing and act as the gatekeeper of team priorities.
- Implement consistent project management processes across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Lead operational execution and manage scope change requests to prevent project derailment.
- Manage project-specific budgets, develop detailed Statements of Work (SOWs), and navigate the budget-setting process.
- Prepare and present project status reports, budget updates, and comprehensive retrospectives.
- Ensure all project-specific impacts and coordination are based strictly on client goals and agreed-upon scope.
Requirements
- 7+ years of project management experience in an agency environment.
- Proven track record of leading multiple concurrent, complex, and highly visible projects.
- Deep experience running diverse project types, including digital marketing, creative and content deliverables.
- Ability to think on your toes and find resourceful solutions to problems without heavy oversight.
- Ability to develop new execution processes aligned to best practices.
- Exceptional ability to coordinate across functions and practices to deliver effective content marketing strategies that meet client business objectives.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workflows across multiple time-zones.
Skills
- Project Management
- Client Communication
- Strategic Planning
- Quality Assurance
- Process Development
- Creative Operations
- Resource Management
- Workflow Management
- Change Management
- Budgetary Control
- Financial Reporting
- Scope Management
- Communication
- Presentation
- Negotiation
Location
- Remote
- New York, NY (Hybrid)
- San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or CAPM certification preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 to $150,000
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Generous paid time off
- Extended summer and winter breaks
- Early log-off on Fridays (Empower Hours)
- FSA options
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Annual Growth Mindset stipend
- Monthly technology reimbursement
- Wellness benefit program
- 501c3 donation matching program
- Mentorship opportunities
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Monthly recognition and team celebrations
- Employee referral bonuses
- New business referral bonuses
- Quarterly Highwire events and team gatherings
- Dog-friendly office environment
About the Company
- Highwire is a strategic marketing communications agency focused on innovation and industry partnerships.
- We partner with ambitious companies and established brands to navigate complexity, lead markets, and grow with purpose.
- Our integrated expertise spans strategic marketing and communications, corporate reputation, creative, and insights.
- We deliver bold ideas and measurable impact across B2B technology, healthcare, cybersecurity, energy, professional and financial services.
- Highwire believes that storytelling fuels transformation and that impactful stories represent all voices and perspectives.
- We foster an inclusive environment where everyone can feel safe, celebrated, and worthy.
- Our people-first culture is driven by four core values: Team Empowerment, Growth Mindset, Inclusion Always, and Fierce Distinction.
- We seek individuals with big ideas, strong opinions, and the energy to bring them to life.
- We offer a supportive, inclusive, and collaborative workplace where you can grow and do your best work.
Equal Opportunity
- We foster an inclusive environment where everyone—regardless of age, race/ethnicity, size, shape, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and different abilities–can feel safe, celebrated and worthy.
- Our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging is foundational and embedded in our business and culture.
- We aspire to change our industry and build a better future for all.