Job Title: Principal Marketing Project Manager
Location: Spring, TX
Duration: Contract - 8 months
Pay Range: $47.07/hr $61.62/hr (W2)
Job ID: 407788
About BCforward
BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
Job Description
We are seeking a Principal Marketing Project Manager - Campaign Operations & Alliance Programs to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in integrated campaign project management, alliance marketing operations, and cross-functional coordination and a proven ability to deliver on-time campaign launches while building scalable, repeatable operating models.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end management of commercial media campaigns to achieve milestones, approvals, dependencies, and launch requirements on schedule.
- Build and maintain project plans, timelines, trackers, dashboards, status reports, and communication frameworks.
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across marketing, media, creative, category, retail, alliance, analytics, legal, finance, and agency teams.
- Manage campaign intake, briefing, planning, execution, reviews, approvals, launch readiness, and post-launch tracking.
- Establish and manage campaign governance, including ownership models, approval workflows, escalation paths, and decision checkpoints.
- Serve as subject matter expert for alliance-driven execution with understanding of Microsoft, Intel, and AMD processes, funding, approvals, and co-marketing compliance.
- Manage alliance tracking requirements, including partner IDs, project IDs, creative approvals, UX approvals, and documentation.
- Identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and process gaps before they affect timelines.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings, project reviews, working sessions, and executive status updates.
- Drive operational consistency by standardizing workflows, templates, approvals, reporting, naming conventions, and documentation.
- Develop a scalable and repeatable campaign management framework for internal adoption.
- Create process documentation, playbooks, templates, governance models, training materials, and operational guides.
- Train and mentor Marketing Activation Specialists on best practices and the new operating model.
- Ensure complete knowledge transfer and transition readiness before engagement end.
- Provide leadership visibility into portfolio health, risks, launch readiness, and business impacts.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Project Management, or related field.
- 8+ years managing complex marketing programs, integrated campaigns, media operations, or large cross-functional initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience at a Senior or Principal Project Manager level.
- Proven success leading multiple high-priority projects in fast-paced environments.
- Experience with alliance marketing and partner-funded programs, preferably with Microsoft, Intel, and AMD.
- Experience developing scalable operating models, governance structures, playbooks, and process improvements.
- Background working with agencies, creative and media teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
- Technology industry experience preferred. PMP, Agile, PROSCI, or related certification preferred.
Preferred Skills:
- Expertise in alliance and partner marketing processes across Microsoft, Intel, and AMD ecosystems.
- Ability to build and standardize workflows, reporting, and approval paths for scale.
Why BCforward?
At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Opportunities for growth with global clients.
- A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.
Success Metrics
- On-time campaign launches with no project management-related delays.
- Consistent completion of milestones, approvals, alliance requirements, and dependencies.
- Documented, repeatable process with workflows, governance, templates, approval paths, reporting, and operating procedures.
- At least one Marketing Activation Specialist trained to execute campaigns independently.
- Complete knowledge transfer before engagement end.
- Improved visibility, predictability, and accountability across stakeholders.
- Consistent management of alliance requirements, approvals, IDs, and compliance activities.
- Reduced operational risk and improved execution consistency across the portfolio.
About Our Commitment
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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