Project Manager
Portland, Oregon - Added Aug 28th, 2026
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Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives
Our client, a leading energy and natural gas company, is looking for a Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives for their Portland, OR location. In this role, you will lead multiple concurrent marketing and strategic projects from planning through execution, managing timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management skills along with an understanding of marketing campaigns, including digital, social, email, events, and PR. If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!
Pay Range: $60-$75 / Hour
Location: Portland, OR – Hybrid; local candidates willing to work onsite 2 days/week
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Key Responsibilities for Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives:
Requirements/Qualifications for Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives:
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
[AF / BH #14324]
Our client, a leading energy and natural gas company, is looking for a Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives for their Portland, OR location. In this role, you will lead multiple concurrent marketing and strategic projects from planning through execution, managing timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management skills along with an understanding of marketing campaigns, including digital, social, email, events, and PR. If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!
Pay Range: $60-$75 / Hour
Location: Portland, OR – Hybrid; local candidates willing to work onsite 2 days/week
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Key Responsibilities for Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives:
- Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, resources, deliverables, and outcomes across multiple concurrent projects.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive projects forward and maintain alignment.
- Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and changes; escalate challenges as needed.
- Translate business needs into clear project objectives, roadmaps, and actionable plans.
- Monitor project performance, quality, budgets, and delivery metrics; communicate status to stakeholders and leadership.
- Facilitate meetings, manage priorities, and navigate difficult conversations across teams.
- Coordinate marketing campaigns across the full lifecycle, from brief and creative development through production, launch, and measurement.
Requirements/Qualifications for Project Manager – Marketing & Strategic Initiatives:
- 5+ years of project management experience managing multiple simultaneous projects.
- Strong experience managing project timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, solve problems, and make decisions in a cross-functional environment.
- Experience translating business requirements into actionable project plans and objectives.
- Understanding of marketing campaign lifecycles and cross-channel marketing; experience with digital, social, email, events, or PR preferred.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Experience with business process improvement and/or change management preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related field preferred.
- Utility experience preferred, but not required.
- PMI or equivalent project management certification preferred.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
[AF / BH #14324]
Job ID: 14324
