Marketing Project Manager - Team Lead

Job Category
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Project Mgmt - Technical Project & Program

• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Duncan, SC 29334, USA

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 $3B 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!

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.

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

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 elevate 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

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.

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…