Project Manager

Project Manager
Location: Hybrid in Culver City, CA
Schedule: 40 hours
Duration: 12 months
Pay: $73-$76.10 DOE

The Planet Group is looking for a Project Manager to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 12-months contract, working a hybrid schedule out of Culver City, CA.

Project Manager | Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in project management, program management, or operations management
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders and navigate executive-level discussions across all levels of management
• Strong organizational skills with excellent task-tracking and acute attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information clearly
• Proven track record of meeting timelines and taking initiative to make confident decisions quickly and under pressure
• Proven ability to maintain productivity and momentum through ambiguity -- bringing structure to unclear, fast-paced, deadline-driven problems (this is of the utmost importance)
• Direct experience handling critical and confidential information with integrity and discretion
• Experience with project management tools such as AirTable, Quip, Workfront, OmniPlan, Wrike, or 10,000ft (or similar), plus Numbers, Pages, iCal, Keynote, and Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in subscription-based or digital services businesses
• Experience in large, matrixed, or highly complex organizations
• Background in business, operations, strategy, or transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and manage competing priorities
• Familiarity with project management methodologies
• Experience overseeing multi-quarter roadmaps or complex delivery schedules
• Experience supporting executive forums, leadership reviews, or high-visibility programs
• Passion for learning, continuous improvement, and sharing best practices

Project Manager | Description:

• Own end-to-end project delivery for multiple complex initiatives, from intake and planning through execution and close-out
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and marketing teams, navigating technical requirements, dependencies, and delivery timelines across the services
• Translate high-level goals into clear project plans, roadmap timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision points
• Assist with annual and quarterly forecast planning for upcoming marketing priorities
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Growth, Media, Email, Platform, Editorial, the Business, and Marketing on shared initiatives, keeping teams aligned amid competing priorities
• Maintain alignment on changing scope and ensure accurate timelines; coordinate meetings and ensure all vital parties are involved
• Own and maintain roadmaps, project scope, creative review trackers, production schedules, and master timelines
• Run structured project rhythms (weekly status meetings, executive updates, readouts) with clarity and confidence; distribute status on priority projects
• Proactively identify risks, tradeoffs, and issues; escalate with context and recommendations
• Partner cross-functionally to find opportunities to optimize workflows
• Understand key players to make strategic decisions about who needs to know what (inclusion with discretion)
• Take meeting notes and distill them for clarity; partner with Resource and Brand Management to ensure alignment
• Maintain momentum and accountability without micromanaging, adapting plans as conditions change while protecting critical outcomes
• Collaborate with other Project Managers on tracking standards and protocol, and ensure clear documentation, decision tracking, and follow-through