Project Manager III

Our client, a leading technology and digital services company, is looking to hire a Project Manager - Contract in Culver City, CA (hybrid).

Pay Rate Range: $70 to $76/hr on w2 (without Benefits), depending on experience

12+ months of contract

Description & Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery for multiple complex digital services and marketing 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 multiple 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, Business, and Marketing teams 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, including weekly status meetings, executive updates, and readouts, with clarity and confidence; distribute status updates on priority projects.
• Proactively identify risks, tradeoffs, and issues; escalate with context and recommendations.
• Partner cross-functionally to identify opportunities to optimize workflows.
• Understand key stakeholders and make strategic decisions about who needs to know what, exercising sound judgment and discretion.
• Take meeting notes and distill discussions into clear action items and decisions; 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 protocols, ensuring clear documentation, decision tracking, and follow-through.

Minimum 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, with 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.
• Direct experience handling critical and confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Experience with project management tools such as Airtable, Quip, Workfront, OmniPlan, Wrike, 10,000ft, or similar platforms, plus Numbers, Pages, iCal, Keynote, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in subscription-based, digital services, SaaS, technology, or consumer 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.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

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PrideGlobal and it's affiliates offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.