Manager, Project Management - Campaign Services

Manager, Project Management

Taylor Print Impressions is seeking a Manager, Project Management to lead a team that plans and executes mail campaigns in several verticals, including campaign mail. This leader will own the end-to-end lifecycle of projects from pricing through invoicing. This role requires strong project management skills, internal and client facing communication and an ability to lead through influence across multiple production facilities and leadership structures. This position will report directly to the Business Unit President.

Your Responsibilities:

• Partner with facility leaders to develop capacity plans, balance resources across plants/projects, and establish clear goals, SLAs, and escalation paths.
• Determine plans to flex labor during peak cycles and utilize resources from the broader organization as needed.
• Promote a client-first, solution-oriented culture; facilitate continuous improvement and cross-training.
• Orchestrate end-to-end delivery; pricing, intake, proofing, postal, and logistics.
• Lead kickoff and stand-up meetings; maintain source-of-truth project documentation.
• Source and manage relationships with external vendors, printers, and suppliers.
• Align with production facilities to clearly set expectations, understand status, and conduct post-mortems.
• Partner with sales to understand client requirements and growth opportunities/strategies.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely solutions.
• Monitor WIP; remove production roadblocks; escalate supplier issues; own root-cause and corrective actions.
• Optimize postal strategies (presort, commingling, SCF entry points) and cadence to hit in-home dates.
• Champion use of internal technology to streamline processes and to increase visibility to job status and facility capacity.
• Analyze profitability and performance by utilizing established KPIs.
• Utilize project management skills to create ownership, accountability and to deliver results on track to committed timelines.

You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Project/Operations Management, or related field.
• 5+ years managing complex production or direct mail/print campaigns in a print, lettershop, or marketing operations environment.
• History of success leading teams and delivering projects with tight in-home windows.
• Strong financial acumen: estimating, budgeting.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills; calm under deadline pressure.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $110k - $120k. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The range listed is just one component of Taylor Corporation's total compensation and benefits package for employees.

About Taylor Corporation: One of the largest graphics communications firms in North America, Taylor's family of companies provide a diverse set of products, services, and technologies addressing the toughest communication challenges. For nearly 50 years, Taylor has been a premier provider of powerful and innovative products, services, and expertise for individuals, businesses, and distributors large and small. Our 10,000+ employees spanning 26 states and seven countries work diligently to create the interactive, printing, and marketing solutions that have helped build some of the world's more recognizable brands. Everything we do begins with identifying the unique priorities and needs of our customers and creating one-of-a-kind solutions. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including several health plans to choose from, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay. The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.