Project Manager – Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC), Digital Lab

Project Manager – Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) | Digital Lab
Location: Mettawa, IL (Hybrid: Mon–Wed onsite | Thurs–Fri remote)
Contract Length: 12-months to start
Pay Rate: $46-51/HR based on benefit elections
 
Orion Group is seeking a Project Manager with experience in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) to support high-impact, personalized (1:1) marketing programs within a fast-paced Digital Lab environment for our pharmaceutical client in Mettawa, IL.
In this role, you will lead the end-to-end execution of CRM and digital marketing initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams and external agencies to deliver high-quality, data-driven campaigns. This is a highly visible role requiring strong organization, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive multiple projects simultaneously.
 
What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage day-to-day execution of CRM and 1:1 marketing programs using Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Lead multiple digital marketing projects simultaneously, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and quality standards are met
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, status reports, and documentation
• Facilitate weekly status meetings and provide updates to stakeholders across marketing, analytics, and technical teams
• Partner with internal teams and external agencies to ensure seamless campaign execution
• Translate business requirements into actionable plans for technical and delivery teams
• Ensure data and campaign assets are accurately loaded into marketing platforms
• Monitor campaign performance and identify opportunities for optimization and improvement
• Manage risks, dependencies, and change requests, proactively addressing issues to keep projects on track
• Drive process improvements, standardization, and operational efficiency across campaigns

 
What You Bring (Required)

• 3+ years of project management experience, ideally in digital marketing or CRM environments
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC)
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Understanding of CRM, email marketing, database marketing, and 1:1 personalization strategies
• Strong ability to gather business requirements and translate them into execution plans
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

 
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a digital marketing, agency, or consulting environment
• Familiarity with campaign performance analysis and optimization
• Experience with Smartsheet or similar project management tools
• Background working with data-driven marketing programs or customer engagement platforms

 
Why This Role

• Work on high-visibility, data-driven marketing initiatives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and leading digital marketing experts
• Opportunity to drive impactful customer engagement strategies at scale
• Fast-paced environment with continuous learning and growth opportunities

 
What Success Looks Like

• Projects delivered on time, on budget, and with high quality
• Strong alignment across marketing, technical, and agency partners
• Continuous improvement of campaign performance and execution processes

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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.