Marketing Project Manager - Team Lead

AFL manufactures industry-leading fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories and provides engineering and installation services for some of the largest telecom customers in the world. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and today, we manufacture thousands of products, generate an excess of $5B in revenue, and employ approximately 12,000 associates worldwide. At AFL, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset.

We hire and train each individual, investing in them to ensure success in their careers. With a commitment to professional development and growth, let us connect you to your next career opportunity.

What We Offer:

Flexible time off policy
401K Company match (up to 4% - dollar for dollar)
Professional development, training, and tuition reimbursement programs

Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policy options

Opportunities for career advancement with an industry leading company!

Job Summary The Marketing Project Team Lead within the corporate and shared services marketing team leads the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of marketing project management. This role owns marketing workflows, tools, and processes while managing a team responsible for coordinating day-to-day project delivery. The Marketing Project Team Lead serves as the strategic authority on how marketing work gets done, ensuring clarity, efficiency, accountability, and on-time delivery across all initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned project management leader with strong people management skills, a process-driven mindset, and the ability to partner cross-functionally to scale marketing operations.

Responsibilities People & Team Leadership Manage and develop a team of Marketing Project Managers and the Traffic Manager Provide coaching, performance feedback, workload balancing, and career development support

Set clear expectations and accountability for project intake, planning, execution, and delivery

Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement

Project Management Ownership Lead all marketing project management activities across campaigns, content, digital, events, product launches, and brand initiatives

Ensure projects are scoped appropriately, prioritized effectively, and delivered on time and within agreed parameters

Resolve cross-functional delivery issues, project conflicts, and resource constraints that cannot be addressed by Project Managers or Traffic Management or escalate as appropriate

Partner with marketing leadership to align project execution with strategic priorities

Own portfolio delivery performance, prioritization decisions, and escalation resolution across the marketing project portfolio

Process, Workflow & Tool Optimization Own workflow effectiveness and business usage of project management tools while partnering with Traffic Management on platform administration

Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve intake, prioritization, resourcing, and delivery

Design and implement process improvements that scale with the organization

Drive consistency in project planning, execution, and reporting across all marketing teams

Establish and enforce project management standards, documentation, best practices, and governance requirements.

Lead training, adoption, and compliance efforts for project management processes, workflows, and tools.

Traffic & Resource Management Oversee traffic management and capacity planning across the marketing team Ensure work is routed, prioritized, and scheduled appropriately based on business need and team bandwidth

Partner with marketing leaders to forecast resourcing needs and identify constraints

Stakeholder Partnership & Communication Act as a liaison between marketing, creative, sales, product, and external partners on project execution

Facilitate project intake, prioritization, and expectation-setting discussions with stakeholders

Provide clear, consistent visibility into project status, risks, and delivery timelines

Present insights and recommendations to marketing leadership

Partner with stakeholders to manage project budgets, resource requirements, and delivery expectations.

Reporting & Performance Measurement Develop and maintain reporting on project throughput, SLA performance, resource utilization, on-time delivery, and operational effectiveness.

Own delivery performance across the marketing project portfolio, monitoring project health and identifying risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.

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