Marketing Project Manager

Project Manager

Miller Electric is about building things that matter. We lead the welding industry in building advanced, solution-focused products and meeting crucial needs for welding safety and health.

We're about the partnership and the work. Our products are designed with our users for manufacturing, fabrication, construction, aviation, motorsports, education, agriculture and marine applications. Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and wholly owned by Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW). The company maintains its industry leadership by setting the standard for reliability, quality and responsiveness.

The company began with an innovation that responded to customer needs, growing from a one-man operation in 1929, to the world's largest manufacturer of arc welding products. Miller keeps the tradition alive by focusing on its top priority: people.

The Project Manager will serve as the internal and external operational hub of Miller's Central Marketing, ensuring consistent, high-quality execution, strong cross-divisional alignment, and timely delivery of high-impact marketing initiatives. This role is responsible for orchestrating projects from intake to completion, driving accountability across teams, and safeguarding quality and brand consistency.

This is a new, mission-critical position. The right candidate will be comfortable building processes from the ground up, thrive in ambiguity, and bring both operational rigor and relationship-building skills to a dynamic, decentralized organization. You'll enable central and divisional marketing teams to focus on strategic, high-impact work by bringing structure, clarity, and operational excellence to the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of multiple concurrent projects across brand, digital, creative, video, event, and content workstreams.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocations for marketing campaigns, creative deliverables, product launches, events, and digital initiatives.
• Lead project intake, scoping, prioritization, and scheduling with cross-functional and external agency partners.
• Ensures all project requirements, deliverables, milestones, roles, and responsibilities are captured and communicated.
• Manage project and agency budgets, ensuring work is delivered within financial parameters.
• Balance multiple competing priorities while asking the right questions and making sound decisions with sometimes incomplete information.
• Ensure all deadlines are met through disciplined planning and proactive communication.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Build and maintain strong relationships with divisional marketing teams, internal creative and external agency partners.
• Facilitate alignment meetings to keep divisions informed, engaged, and supported.
• Anticipate roadblocks, escalate appropriately, and maintain transparency with stakeholders.

Process & Systems Management

• Champion adoption and optimization of project management tools (e.g., Asana, PowerBI dashboards).
• Standardize intake and reporting processes across divisions.
• Create portfolio reports for Central Marketing leadership, highlighting wins, risks, and resource needs.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve efficiency and minimize non-essential work in the project management process.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Proactively identify process inefficiencies and propose improvements.
• Mentor team members on project management best practices and champion a culture of operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field—or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in project management, program management, or marketing operations (agency or in-house).
• Proven success leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Strong experience with project management and reporting tools, including Asana, Smartsheet, Microsoft Suite, and PowerBI.
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks early and develop mitigation strategies.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to manage competing priorities in a decentralized organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage executives and cross-functional teams.
• Project Management certification (PMP, Scrum Master, or similar) a plus.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Stakeholders are consistently informed on project progress; divisional teams trust this role as their first point of contact for clarity and updates.
• Projects are delivered on time and within budget; Central Marketing operates as the single source of truth.
• Standardized workflows, dashboards, and reporting processes are embedded into daily operations.

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