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Lincoln International · 4 days ago

Marketing Project Manager

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $115K/yr

7+ years exp

Lincoln International is a trusted investment banking advisor to business owners and senior executives, offering a range of services including mergers and acquisitions advisory. They are seeking a Marketing Project Manager to enhance collaboration and cohesion across their global marketing team, ensuring that marketing initiatives align with broader firm objectives and drive measurable business impact.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary connector across marketing sub-functions (Digital & Analytics, Brand & Content, and Events) to ensure alignment and maximize impact

Partner with Directors of Marketing to plan, sequence, and integrate campaigns around key business priorities and client touchpoints

Coordinate across sector and product teams to link events, content, and outreach—for example, ensuring that event themes are supported by relevant pre- and post-event content and targeted communications

Support the creation of integrated marketing plans that bring together content, digital, and event strategies under unified firm-wide themes

Track marketing activities across functions to identify opportunities for reuse, amplification, stronger integration and sharing of best practices across industry and product teams

Support the management of timelines, deliverables, and dependencies for major marketing initiatives, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality execution

Partner with internal teams and external vendors to ensure effective campaign execution and measurable performance

Maintain shared visibility through centralized calendars, dashboards, and project tracking tools (e.g., Monday.com)

Develop clear project briefs capturing objectives, audience, key messages, and performance metrics for each initiative

Partner with the Digital & Analytics team to assess the performance of marketing campaigns, events, and content against defined KPIs (e.g., invite rates, attendance rates, engagement, lead generation, conversion, ROI)

Leverage analytics dashboards and reports to identify what’s working and where improvements can be made

Present findings and insights to marketing leadership and key stakeholders to inform future strategies and prioritization

Support a culture of data-driven decision-making within the marketing team, ensuring creative ideas are paired with measurable outcomes

Support Directors of Marketing in optimizing workflows and processes to improve collaboration, transparency, and consistency across teams

Maintain the master marketing calendar and facilitate regular cross-team updates

Help identify and implement enhancements to marketing systems and tools that improve team efficiency and integration

Lead post-initiative reviews to capture lessons learned, performance data, and best practices

Facilitate regular marketing huddles, campaign check-ins, and cross-functional planning sessions

Partner with leaders in sector, product, and regional teams to ensure alignment on marketing activities and priorities

Provide clear and consistent communication on project progress, challenges, and successes to marketing leadership and firm stakeholders

Qualification

Integrated marketing principlesMarketing analyticsProject managementCampaign planningProject management toolsMarketing platformsAnalytical thinkerCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsDetail orientedTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field

7–10 years of professional experience in marketing coordination, project management, or integrated campaign management, ideally within a professional services or B2B environment

Strong understanding of integrated marketing principles, campaign planning, and marketing analytics

Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, balancing deadlines and stakeholders

Experience working with project management tools (e.g., Monday.com, Smartsheet) and marketing platforms (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, CRM systems)

Strong analytical mindset with demonstrated ability to interpret marketing data and provide actionable insights

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident interfacing with senior business leaders