Global Brand & Advertising Program Lead (Maternity Cover)

Morgan McKinley; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley has partnered with a global tech client to recruit a Senior Manager, Brand and Advertising on a maternity cover. The role sits at the centre of global brand and advertising, driving cross‑functional programs from planning through to creative development and execution.

You will work across priority marketing projects spanning brand launches, campaigns, and rollout planning, navigating ambiguity with structured plans, and partnering across a matrixed marketing organisation to keep

Qualifications

• Experience leading brand or advertising projects across cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to translate ambiguity into clear, executable plans.
• Experience managing budgets with finance and procurement.
• Experience in global or multi‑market environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate high‑priority brand and advertising projects across teams, stakeholders and timezones.
• End‑to‑end program management with timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, all the way to delivery.
• Support planning and rollout of major brand initiatives, communications planning, leadership approvals and execution.
• Partner across the brand, creative, media, content and operations teams to ensure alignment and progress.
• Build and maintain clear plans, status updates, decision logs, meeting cadences, and action trackers.
• Coordinate input across senior stakeholders, ensuring the right decisions are made at the right time.
• Help translate strategic direction into practical action plans and next steps.
• Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies and elevate with clear recommendations.
• Provide continuity across in‑flight programs during the leave period.
• Manage budgets across programs, including forecasting, tracking spend against plan, purchase orders, and reconciliation with finance.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Communication skills

Cross-functional coordination

Time management

Job description

Morgan McKinley has partnered with a global tech client to recruit a Senior Manager, Brand and Advertising on a maternity cover. The role sits at the centre of global brand and advertising, driving cross‑functional programs from planning through to creative development and execution.

You will work across priority marketing projects spanning brand launches, campaigns, and rollout planning, navigating ambiguity with structured plans, and partnering across a matrixed marketing organisation to keep