Job Description:

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture 

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. 

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers. 

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more. 

Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.  

WHAT YOU'LL DO  

As a Marketing Project Manager you will be responsible for planning, executing, and managing various marketing projects to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and support overall business objectives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope and requirements and liaise between the many different moving parts of any given project, ensuring timeliness and successful delivery. You will partner with the marketing functional leaders to ensure adequate project resourcing and facilitate prioritization. This position requires a blend of interpersonal skills and communication, an ability to multitask while retaining attention to detail, and a strong strategic and organizational sense to ensure overlapping timelines and requirements do not hinder progress. 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK  

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA office location preferred. Remote will be considered within the United States. 

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME 

Marketing Work Management Tool Consolidation 

• Lead the consolidation into a single project management tool to set the foundation of cross-functional team coordination. Determine the tasks, dependencies, and resources needed to complete each workflow. Develop an implementation plan for project management tool including user training. Partner with project management platform vendor to leverage best practices and assets.  


• Partner with marketing functional leaders to define project objectives, requirements, deliverables and timelines. 


• Develop and manage briefs, workflows and timelines for marketing initiatives, working with cross-functional teams including Product Marketing, Marketing Operations, Campaign Marketing, Design, and Content. 

Ongoing Marketing Work Management 

• Monitor workflow implementation to identify potential risks and productivity opportunities. 


• Partner with team leaders to develop dashboard and calendars that help them manage projects and workload. 


• Collaborate with operational leaders in other functions to coordinate enterprise-wide workflows. 

• Provide a quarterly review of workload along with balancing recommendations for continuous team optimization to meet business objectives. 

Budget Management 

• Partner closely with the marketing leadership and finance business partner to develop a marketing budget management solution across functions and product lines.  


• Manage forecasting, oversee expense management across teams and provide budget allocation recommendations.  

WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, or a related field 


• 5+ years of experience with proven track record in project management, managing multiple timelines and delivering results in a complex organization 


• 3+ years of experience managing large budgets 


• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines 


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams 


• Detail-oriented mindset, with a focus on quality and accuracy in project deliverables 


• Proficient in project management tools and software 


• Proficient in Microsoft 365 


• Knowledge of marketing principles and strategies 


• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment 

BENEFITS 

• Flexible and generous paid time off  


• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance  


• 401(k) employer matching program 


• Parental leave 

• Wellness resources 


• Charitable matching program 


• Hybrid work  


• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington) 


• Community outreach groups 


• Tuition reimbursement 

Fostering A Sense of Belonging 

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.  

About Ascend Learning 

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity. 

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. 

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