Job Title: Lead Digital Project Manager
Position Summary:
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ("the Foundation") is seeking top talent for its Lead Digital Project Manager. Reporting to the Director of Project Management, this role leads complex and high-impact initiatives that sit at the intersection of marketing, communications, and technology.
This position plays a critical role in bridging MarComms and Technology teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and execution across digital and platform-driven projects. The Lead Project Manager will drive and accelerate key digital initiatives – such as website refreshes and enhancements – while partnering closely with email and digital teams to support the rollout of new frameworks and capabilities. In collaboration with broader team leads, this role may also help advance and operationalize emerging efforts across areas such as AI, marketing technology, and social media.
This role provides oversight across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational priorities. As a trusted partner to senior leaders and cross-functional teams, this individual brings strong fluency in working with MarComms and technology stakeholders, drives alignment across disciplines, and helps evolve project management practices to support increasingly integrated, digitally driven work.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Leadership
- Lead and manage project teams, including assigning tasks, providing guidance, and ensuring team cohesion
- Develop and implement project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives
- Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders to communicate project status and address concerns
Project Planning
- Partner with senior leadership to define project scope, objectives, success metrics, and deliverables aligned to organizational priorities
- Translate business needs into actionable project plans, ensuring feasibility in partnership with Technology teams
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and constraints, and develop mitigation strategies to maintain momentum
Execution and Monitoring
- Oversee end-to-end project execution, ensuring delivery against timelines, scope, and budget
- Monitor project performance and proactively adjust plans to address risks, shifting priorities, or resource constraints
- Establish and maintain clear project documentation, including timelines, roadmaps, and status reporting for diverse audiences
Digital and Technology Integration
- Act as a key connector between MarComms and Technology, ensuring seamless collaboration across platforms, tools, and workflows
- Partner with technology, email, and data teams to support the rollout of new frameworks, capabilities, and user experiences
- Support the operationalization of emerging initiatives in collaboration with internal subject matter leads
Quality Assurance
- Ensure project deliverables meet organization’s standards and expectations
- Implement and enforce best practices and project management methodologies to enhance project outcomes
- Identify opportunities to improve workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance cross-team collaboration
Team and Stakeholder Enablement
- Provide mentorship and guidance to peers, helping to elevate project management capabilities across the team
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, managing expectations and incorporating feedback into execution
- Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented team environment across departments
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects, with a track record of successful delivery in fast-paced environments
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing timelines, priorities, and stakeholders
- Strong experience partnering with both business and technology teams, with the ability to translate between technical and non- technical audiences
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build trust and influence at all levels of an organization
- Highly proactive and organized, with strong judgment and the ability to independently prioritize and navigate ambiguity
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to synthesize and communicate information clearly across teams
- Skilled communicator who sets clear expectations, drives alignment, and facilitates effective decision-making
- Experience supporting digital initiatives such as website development, email platforms, or marketing technology ecosystems is strongly preferred
- Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Asana) and technology tools (Drupal)
- PMP or equivalent certification is strongly preferred
Compensation & Benefits
Individual compensation for this role is dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, skillsets, and applicable laws. In addition to salary, the Foundation offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- 15+ options for medical insurance (with the Foundation paying 90 percent of the premiums)
- Competitive dental and vision plans
- 401(k) plan with 6 percent employer contribution
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employer paid life and disability insurance
- 18 Vacation Days; 12 Well-Being (Sick) Days; 2 Personal Days; summer Fridays (office closure at 2pm) and a summer holiday week over July 4
- Flexible work environment. We trust all employees to work closely with their manager and colleagues to determine when, where and how programs and projects get done.
Employees are also eligible for a discretionary bonus on an annual basis. The Foundation provides staff and leadership cultivation through regular training courses and events.
Salary Range
$120,000—$140,000 USD
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and thoughtful cover letter describing through examples, their specific qualifications and interest in the position. If you think that your skills are transferable and can add value to this role, please apply. Applicants who best match the position’s needs will be contacted.
About Us:
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research was founded in 2000 with one clear objective: accelerating meaningful therapeutic advances and, ultimately, a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The Foundation applies extraordinary scientific, business and media assets to this singular focus—thus creating a unique and dynamic organization. Since inception, MJFF has quickly grown into the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s disease research, having funded over $2 billion in research projects in both academic and industry labs worldwide.
Visit www.michaeljfox.org for more information.
Research has shown that people from marginalized communities apply to roles only when they meet 100% of the job requirements. If you think that your skills are transferable and can add value to this role, and you are someone who will contribute to our efforts to build and support a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, we strongly encourage you to apply.
Experience leading complex cross-functional projects, managing concurrent initiatives, partnering with business and technology teams, and supporting digital projects. PMP or equivalent preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- leading projects
- planning timelines
- managing stakeholders
Skills & Tools
Asana, Drupal
Job Details
- Category: Project and Program Management
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — United States
- Salary: USD 120,000 – 140,000 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- 401k matching
- Generous paid time off
- Retirement plan
About The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
A nonprofit organization funding research to accelerate therapeutic advances and find a cure for Parkinson's disease. — Industry: Non-Profit Organizations and NGOs