ESG Project Manager

ESG Project Manager
Location: Westerville, OH (Onsite)
Pay: $24–27/hour
Job Type: 6-Month Contract with Potential to Extend or Convert to Direct Hire

PTS Advance is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a global organization in driving strategic business initiatives, governance processes, and cross-functional operational excellence. This role is ideal for a professional with strong program management, stakeholder engagement, and business operations experience who enjoys working across multiple departments to improve organizational effectiveness and support enterprise-wide initiatives. This position is fully onsite in Westerville, Ohio. 

Responsibilities

• Coordinate execution of enterprise initiatives, strategic priorities, and organizational commitments.
• Develop and maintain governance processes, project plans, reporting tools, action logs, and operational workflows.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including Legal, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, Operations, Marketing, and Communications to support key business initiatives.
• Track project risks, dependencies, timelines, and deliverables while driving issue resolution.
• Create executive presentations, leadership briefings, meeting materials, and project updates.
• Coordinate leadership meetings, steering committees, and stakeholder working sessions.
• Support policy management, governance documentation, process improvements, and operational best practices.
• Assist with regulatory readiness efforts, implementation planning, and organizational compliance initiatives.
• Manage budgets, purchase orders, invoices, contracts, consultants, and vendor relationships.
• Support internal communication programs, employee engagement initiatives, community outreach activities, and organizational programs.
• Maintain documentation, reporting, and operational controls to support audits and business reporting requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and overall program effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Project Management, Organizational Leadership, Finance, Public Policy, Sustainability, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5–8+ years of experience in program management, business operations, governance, consulting, project management, communications, compliance, or similar disciplines.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong background supporting executive leadership through strategic planning, communications, governance, and project execution.
• Experience developing business processes, governance frameworks, policies, or operational procedures.
• Experience managing budgets, contracts, consultants, vendors, purchase orders, or financial administration.
• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting sustainability, corporate responsibility, governance, compliance, or enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
• Background in PMO, consulting, business operations, or strategy and operations.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement, policy development, process improvement, or organizational change management.
• Familiarity with regulatory readiness, reporting requirements, or cross-functional governance processes.