Marketing Project Manager

At Caris, we understand that cancer is an ugly word—a word no one wants to hear, but one that connects us all. That’s why we’re not just transforming cancer care—we’re changing lives.

We introduced precision medicine to the world and built an industry around the idea that every patient deserves answers as unique as their DNA. Backed by cutting-edge molecular science and AI, we ask ourselves every day: “What would I do if this patient were my mom?” That question drives everything we do.

But our mission doesn’t stop with cancer. We're pushing the frontiers of medicine and leading a revolution in healthcare—driven by innovation, compassion, and purpose.

Join us in our mission to improve the human condition across multiple diseases. If you're passionate about meaningful work and want to be part of something bigger than yourself, Caris is where your impact begins.

Position Summary

The Marketing Project Manager will coordinate marketing initiatives across Product Development and the Marketing team. This role serves as the primary connection point between the teams, translating product plans and release updates into clear marketing timelines, deliverables, and decisions. The ideal candidate is an organized communicator who can manage several workstreams at once, bring stakeholders together, and keep launches and campaigns moving in a changing environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact between Marketing, Medical, Commercial, and Product Development, maintaining shared visibility into priorities, timelines, and dependencies.
• Organize and participate in product planning sessions, sprint reviews, and roadmap meetings; translate relevant updates into actionable marketing plans.
• Partner with product directors & managers to gather product information, positioning inputs, and launch details in time to support marketing preparation.
• Communicate marketing requirements, capacity, and timing constraints to Product Development to keep release and go-to-market plans aligned.
• Manage project plans, schedules, tasks, and deliverables across content, brand, demand generation, product marketing, creative, web, and design workstreams.
• Lead project kickoffs and regular status meetings and facilitate retrospective feedback to identify opportunities for improvements.
• Track dependencies, identify risks and resource conflicts, and work with stakeholders to resolve issues that could affect delivery.
• Maintain a shared marketing calendar and worklists covering campaigns, product launches, releases, and key milestones.
• Manage projects from intake through completion, including product launches, feature releases, and major campaigns.
• Define project scope, timelines, stakeholder roles, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Coordinate content, creative, web, and design reviews and approvals.
• Track budgets and resource allocation for assigned projects.
• Develop and improve marketing workflows, intake processes, project templates, tools, and documentation.
• Report project status, progress against timelines, and campaign outcomes to marketing leadership and other stakeholders.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.
• Provide administrative support to upper management on a as needed basis

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years of project management experience in marketing, creative operations, technology, or a related environment.
• Experience coordinating work across teams, including product, engineering, or other technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor updates to different audiences.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Asana, Jira, Monday.com, Trello, or comparable platforms.
• Ability to work effectively amid shifting priorities and ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing product launches or go-to-market initiatives.
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies.
• Working knowledge of content, digital, brand, and demand generation marketing.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or a similar certification.
• Experience with marketing operations or marketing automation platforms.
• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM, Pardot, Asana
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods.
• Ability to lift objects weighing more than 20 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Training

• All role-specific, safety, regulatory, and compliance training will be assigned based on the responsibilities associated with this position.

Travel

• Ability to travel domestically approximately 25% of the time, including attendance at conferences promoting Caris Detect.
• Availability to support occasional evening and weekend events based on business needs.

Other

• Perform job responsibilities in accordance with applicable company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

Conditions of Employment:  Individual must successfully complete pre-employment process, which includes criminal background check, drug screening, credit check ( applicable for certain positions) and reference verification.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Caris Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.