AI-Driven Marketing Program Manager

MERGE; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 6,800 - 10,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

MERGE is seeking a strategic Marketing Manager to own priority initiatives from strategy through launch, coordinating across brand, creative, and digital teams. You’ll drive cross-functional programs, build roadmaps, and lead execution with a bias for action and a growth mindset.

The role emphasizes AI fluency and scalable operating models to move work from plan to launch. You’ll manage executive reviews, improve workflows, and leverage templates to accelerate work while maintaining high-quality

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing, program or project management, integrated production, creative or agency operations, or a related field — with real ownership of execution, not just coordination
• A track record running programs and project-managing them at the execution level: complex, cross‑functional marketing or creative initiatives taken from planning through launch, with a reputation for flawless execution
• Strong understanding of how marketing moves from strategy through development, review, approval, and execution
• Strategic fluency — enough to understand the intent behind the work, ask thoughtful questions, and execute intelligently
• Sharp project instincts: you anticipate dependencies, risks, and next steps, and you bring structure to ambiguous or evolving work
• Native fluency with AI and LLM tools, and genuine curiosity about how they make a team more efficient, smart, and creative
• Sound judgment about what you can handle independently and what needs to be escalated — with the executive presence to work alongside senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication, strong meeting facilitation, and relentless follow-through
• A proactive, solutions‑oriented approach, a growth mindset, and the cultural instinct to make our work feel modern and cool
• Nice to Have: Agency or professional services experience; Background in marketing production, studio management, or creative operations; Experience improving workflows, governance, or executive review processes; Exposure to acquisitions, analyst relations, pitch consultants, partner marketing, or events

Responsibilities

• Own the initiative: Take a priority marketing program and own its execution from strategy through launch — accountable for the outcome, not just the tasks, and the person who makes sure it lands seamlessly
• Build the roadmap: Translate strategic priorities into clear project plans, workback timelines, milestones, owners, and dependencies — and hold every piece together from kickoff to launch
• Drive the work: Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from planning through review, approval, and launch, coordinating across brand, creative, communications, digital, sales, and beyond
• See around corners: Anticipate risks, identify missing inputs before they become problems, and bring forward recommended solutions rather than just flagging issues
• Facilitate and follow through: Run meetings and working sessions that drive decisions, capture feedback, translate it into action, and ensure nothing falls through the cracks
• Manage executive reviews: Own the review and approval cycles, engaging leaders at the right moments with the right context so decisions happen cleanly and on time
• Improve the machine: Strengthen how marketing operates — intake, briefing, stakeholder alignment, review, and approval — creating operating rhythms that make recurring work easier
• Build the tools: Create practical templates, trackers, and workflows — and use AI and LLM tools to plan, draft, summarize, and accelerate the work — raising the team’s speed and quality at once.

Skills

Program management

Agency operations

AI fluency

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

AI tools

LLM tools

Executive presence

Written communication

Verbal communication

Tools

AI tools

LLM tools

Job description

MERGE is seeking a strategic Marketing Manager to own priority initiatives from strategy through launch, coordinating across brand, creative, and digital teams. You’ll drive cross-functional programs, build roadmaps, and lead execution with a bias for action and a growth mindset.

The role emphasizes AI fluency and scalable operating models to move work from plan to launch. You’ll manage executive reviews, improve workflows, and leverage templates to accelerate work while maintaining high-quality