Position

Marketing Project Manager

About ACE Scholarships

ACE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, founded in 2000 in Denver, Colorado, to provide low-income children with equal access to quality K-12 private schools through partial scholarship support. Over the past 25+ years, ACE has delivered more than 140,000 scholarships worth over $390 million. This school year, ACE is serving approximately 16,000+ children in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, and is actively pursuing other expansion opportunities with the support of a national funding partners. ACE is actively preparing for the Federal School Choice Tax Credit Program which comes into effect January 2027, which will open the floodgates of school choice for hundreds of thousands of students across the country. For more information visit the ACE website at?www.acescholarships.org.?

Our Mission is to advance K-12 educational freedom, with a focus on securing financial support for families so they may access the quality education of their choice.

Our Values:

ACE Founding Principles: Our founding principles are the foundation of ACE and our North Star. We honor ACE’s founders by remaining committed to these principles, and we passionately advocate for the Mission and Vision these principles support.

Accountability: We embrace personal responsibility by taking ownership of our work and focusing on results. We expect both to give and to receive honest feedback.

Innovation: We know ideas matter. We prefer the risks and rewards the come with creativity, to the certainty that attends stagnation.

Adaptability: We position ourselves to take advantage of opportunities, embracing strategic and operational change when it makes our work more impactful.

Optimism: We believe our best days are ahead, and we embrace a forward-thinking mindset. We will make mistakes, but we will remain cheerful in the face of adversity and give people the benefit of the doubt.

Kindness: We value everyone on our team, respect differences and trust one another. This requires courage and strength, as it involves celebrating and giving our undivided attention to others.

Our Founding Principles:

1. The American public education system is flawed
2. Free enterprise and democracy work
3. Parents know the best education environment for their kids
4. Private schools offer great value and have open seats
5. All people are created equal and deserve an equal chance to pursue the American Dream

Position Overview
The Marketing Project Manager will support the execution of our marketing and strategic initiatives. This role serves as a central operational partner to the Chief Marketing Officer and the broader marketing team, helping translate strategy into action and ensuring initiatives move forward with clarity, speed, and accountability.

Unlike traditional long-cycle project management roles, this position will manage a high volume of fast-moving initiatives; from campaign launches and digital improvements to donor engagement efforts and cross-functional initiatives. Success in this role requires strong operational instincts, exceptional organization, and the ability to keep multiple priorities moving simultaneously.

The ideal candidate brings experience from agency, startup, or similarly fast-paced environments where adaptability, ownership, and execution are essential.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in environments where priorities move quickly and execution matters as much as planning.

Primary Job Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Execution

• Manage the planning and execution of marketing initiatives from concept through completion
• Coordinate multiple fast-moving projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines, deliverables, and priorities remain clear
• Translate high-level strategy into clear project plans, milestones, and workflows
• Support rapid-turn initiatives that require agility and efficient execution rather than long, multi-year project timelines

Operational Support to the Marketing Organization

• Act as an operational partner to the Chief Marketing Officer, helping ensure priorities are executed efficiently
• Coordinate key meetings, planning sessions, and project checkpoints across the marketing team
• Help manage priorities, timelines, and internal coordination across initiatives
• Ensure resources and timelines are aligned with organizational priorities

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Serve as the connective tissue between marketing and other teams including development, technology, and programs
• Facilitate alignment across stakeholders and ensure initiatives progress smoothly
• Identify and address potential risks, blockers, or dependencies early

Creative & Strategic Team Support

• Partner closely with creative and strategy teams to ensure projects move smoothly from concept to execution
• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and feedback loops for creative initiatives
• Support brand consistency and help steward the ACE brand across projects and channels

Marketing Operations & Process Management

• Improve and maintain marketing workflows, processes, and project management systems
• Introduce efficient tools, templates, and frameworks that help the team move faster while maintaining quality
• Manage martech-related workflows and help coordinate implementation of marketing technology or digital initiatives
• Help optimize how work moves across teams, improving clarity and reducing friction

Time & Resource Management

• Track project timelines, priorities, and team capacity
• Ensure projects are appropriately resourced and balanced against team bandwidth
• Help leadership understand where additional resources or prioritization decisions may be needed

Process & Operational Excellence

• Establish and refine project management processes, tools, and workflows
• Drive consistency in how work gets planned, prioritized, and executed
• Introduce lightweight but effective frameworks (Agile, sprint planning, etc.) where appropriate

Time & Resource Management

• Track project timelines, priorities, and team capacity
• Ensure projects are appropriately resourced and balanced against team bandwidth
• Help leadership und5erstand where additional resources or prioritization decisions may be needed

Vendor & Partner Management

• Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and partners as needed
• Ensure deliverables meet expectations, timelines, and quality standards

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Proactive problem solver who anticipates needs and removes obstacles
• Able to balance structure with agility in a fast-moving environment
• Comfortable coordinating across teams and stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.?
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage shifting priorities.?
• Strong project management and implementation skills.?
• Comfort working within conservative or religious partner environments.?
• Adept at using automated workflows or task-management tools.?
• Thrives in a startup-like environment and embraces ambiguity.?

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in project or program management (marketing, startup, agency, or related environments).
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Experience with tools like Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Jira, Smartsheets, and Microsoft Office Suite (Sharepoint, Teams, etc.)
• Familiarity with marketing workflows and campaign execution
• Strong alignment with ACE’s mission, values, and founding principles.?
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders.?
• Comfortable operating in both structured and evolving environments.
• Experience in Non-profit, education or mission-driven organizations (preferred, but not required)
• PMP or similar certification (preferred, but not required)

Location, Travel, and Reporting

• This an in-office role in Denver Tech Center office, remote work during travel periods and as approved by manager
• Reports to the Chief Marketing Officer
• 0-5% travel throughout the year

FLSA Status
Full-time, Exempt

Compensation
Annual salary of $75,000 - $90,000 and eligible for annual performance bonuses, plus benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

• Medical Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
• Dental Insurance (with generous employer contribution)
• Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• HSA, FSA, Limited FSA, and Dependent Care FSA pre-tax spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Free, Employer-paid Short-term, Long-term, and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) with 6% employer match with immediate vesting
• Monthly cellphone stipend
• Scholarships for employee’s whose children are actively enrolled in a K-12 private school ($3,500/child, up to $10,500/year).
• On-site amenities in Colorado Home Office include employer paid parking, gym, cafe and building security, in-office amenities include coffee and snack bar, and walking treadmill.