Marketing Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Communications / Marketing Project Manager to support a major infrastructure modernization initiative with a leading utilities organization. The successful candidate will oversee communications coordination, stakeholder engagement, and project deliverables, ensuring that communications activities are effectively managed, reviewed, and approved.

This is a 12-month contract opportunity providing leave coverage, with an anticipated start in late November or early December to allow for knowledge transfer and a comprehensive transition before the incumbent's leave in January.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the development, production, review, and approval of corporate and project-related communications.
• Support communications activities associated with a large initiative.
• Facilitate collaboration between internal stakeholders, project tea.ms, external vendors, and communications partners
• Coordinate media-related activities and support the preparation of external communications.
• Maintain and organize project documentation, shared drives, and communications tracking systems.
• Manage communications workflows, approval processes, and project dockets to ensure timely delivery.
• Monitor project milestones, identify potential risks or delays, and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Ensure communications activities align with corporate standards, project objectives, and established approval procedures.
• Independently manage assigned deliverables while maintaining regular communication with key stakeholders.
• Support the continuity of communications activities throughout the maternity leave coverage period.

Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in marketing project management, communications project management, corporate communications, or a related role.
• Strong experience coordinating communications deliverables across multiple stakeholders and approval processes.
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, utility, or organizational transformation projects is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with media relations, corporate communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong organizational skills, with experience maintaining document repositories, project trackers, and communications workflows.
• Ability to proactively identify project risks, manage competing priorities, and escalate issues when necessary.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision while collaborating across multiple teams.
• Experience working within regulated, unionized, or complex corporate environments is considered an asset.