Project Manager

Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC) is building the trust layer for the modern world. As AI accelerates how we produce, share, and interact with the world, the risks of fraud, counterfeiting, and misinformation are growing exponentially. Our innovative, highly scalable, and ultra-secure solutions make it possible for consumers, businesses, and intelligent systems to instantly verify what’s real, protect what matters, and transact with confidence. Digimarc’s solutions for loss prevention, authentication, and digital are built to counter the speed and sophistication of today’s AI-enabled threats. Trusted by the world’s central banks to deter the counterfeiting of global currency, we exist to protect truth in every interaction, spanning both the physical and digital worlds.

The Project Manager, will drive end-to-end execution of complex, multi-stakeholder programs spanning internal teams, external partners, and customers. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Strategy & Operations, this role is responsible for building and managing integrated project plans, ensuring alignment on timelines, deliverables, and ownership across all parties.

This individual serves as a central point of coordination, leading communication, meeting cadences, and cross-functional collaboration to keep programs on track. They proactively identify risks, manage dependencies, and drive resolution of issues that could impact timelines or outcomes. The role requires strong operational rigor, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while maintaining momentum across multiple parallel workstreams.

Success in this role is defined by the ability to bring structure to complex initiatives, ensure accountability across stakeholders, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Build and maintain detailed project plans across internal teams and external partners and customers

Ensure alignment on milestones, timelines, owners, and deliverables

Track progress against plan and ensure all actions have clear ownership and due dates

Maintain a single, integrated view of program status across all parties

Manage pilot lifecycle, including planning, kickoff, execution, and closeout

Support post-pilot follow-up by tracking outcomes, capturing learnings, and coordinating next steps

Serve as a key point of coordination and manage ongoing communication, ensuring alignment between external parties and internal teams

Coordinate working sessions, follow-ups, and cross-party dependencies

Track external commitments and ensure progress against agreed timelines

Manage customer requests end-to-end, including intake, prioritization, timeline definition, and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely and high-quality delivery

Establish and manage meeting cadence across stakeholders

Facilitate working sessions, capture notes, action items, and follow-ups

Ensure questions are resolved and decisions are documented

Reinforce accountability across all participants

Identify and track risks, delays, and sequencing conflicts across parties

Surface issues early and clearly communicate impacts to leadership

Drive mitigation planning and ensure actions are tracked to resolution

Escalate when external constraints impact critical path or revenue timelines

Ensure external timelines align with internal commercial and delivery milestones

Identify gaps in ownership or unclear expectations and drive clarity

Coordinate across Product, Sales, Operations, and external stakeholders

Maintain alignment across multiple parallel workstreams

Manage program-related logistics, including:

NDAs and documentation

Facility visits and coordination

Conference and partner meeting logistics

Ensure all required documentation is completed and tracked

Maintain organized records of program materials and communications

3–7 years in program management, project management, operations, or similar roles

Strong program planning skills, including building integrated project plans, dependency mapping, and critical path management

Experience driving execution in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with competing priorities

Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives across hardware, partner integrations, and dashboard reporting is a plus

Experience in SaaS, retail, or multi-party ecosystem environments is a plus

Collaborative – Stronger together. We embrace diverse perspectives and harness our collective talent to realize our full potential.

Curious – Listen and look forward. We think differently and seek out opportunities for growth to exceed our stakeholders’ expectations.

Courageous – Innovate with integrity