Senior Marketing Strategy & Operations Program Manager

Russell Tobin; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking a Senior Marketing Strategy & Operations Program Manager to support a leading technology company's Marketing organization. The role combines strategic program management with hands-on marketing operations and requires travel to San Francisco as needed.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in budgeting, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration across Marketing, Product, and Sales.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in program management, marketing operations, or related fields.
• Experience building operating structures in fast-paced environments.
• Strong planning, budgeting, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic budget management and PO support across marketing.
• Own budget tracking, reporting, and partner with Finance on spend visibility.
• Support marketing procurement, vendor onboarding, and systems.
• Provide program management for high-priority marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate marketing business reviews, timelines, and materials.
• Build scalable processes to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Support onboarding programs and learning initiatives.
• Contribute to culture, recognition, and development programs.
• Translate priorities into plans with owners and timelines.

Skills

Program management

Marketing operations

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Vendor management

Analytics

Communication

Job description

Senior Marketing Strategy & Operations Program Manager

Location: San Francisco, CA preferred; open to candidates across the West Coast who can travel to San Francisco as needed
Duration: 12-month W2 contract with potential for extension
Pay: $145-$160/hour, based on experience

Russell Tobin is seeking a Senior Marketing Strategy & Operations Program Manager to support the Marketing organization of a leading technology company.

This role is ideal for someone who brings a strong combination of marketing operations, strategic program management, and integrated marketing experience. You’ll help build the operating structure that enables a growing marketing organization to plan effectively, execute strategic initiatives, manage resources, and work seamlessly across teams.

The right candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly cross-functional environment and can move between strategy and execution with ease.

What You’ll Do

• Provide strategic budget management and purchase order support across the marketing organization.
• Own marketing budget tracking and reporting, partnering with Finance to maintain visibility into spend and identify opportunities for reinvestment.
• Support marketing procurement processes, including vendor onboarding and systems that help keep purchasing organized and predictable.
• Provide program management and strategic support for high-priority marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate marketing business reviews, including gathering inputs, managing timelines, preparing materials, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Build lightweight, flexible, and scalable processes and resources that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Support marketing onboarding programs and help identify opportunities to improve the experience over time.
• Contribute to culture and community initiatives, including offsites, recognition programs, and learning and development.
• Help translate strategic marketing priorities into clear plans, workstreams, owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Partner across Marketing, Product, Sales, Finance, and other teams to improve alignment and execution.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in program management, marketing operations, brand marketing operations, business operations, strategy, chief of staff, or a related field.
• Experience building a marketing operations or business operations function from the ground up within a complex, high-velocity, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong project and program management skills with the ability to coordinate complex initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to translate ambiguous strategic objectives into concrete operational plans and actionable workstreams.
• Experience designing campaign strategies that scale across Creative, Product Marketing, and external partners.
• Experience building cross-functional programs and systems that connect Marketing with Product, Sales, and other teams.
• Strong analytical skills with experience developing reporting frameworks, forecasting models, or performance measurement systems.
• Experience building scalable frameworks, programs, and operational processes.
• Experience supporting culture, community, onboarding, or learning and development programs for distributed teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable working with AI tools and modern productivity platforms.

About the Opportunity

This role combines strategic marketing program management with hands-on marketing operations. You’ll support both the systems that help a marketing organization operate effectively and the strategic initiatives that require strong coordination across teams.

It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building structure in evolving environments, solving ambiguous problems, and helping cross-functional teams turn strategy into execution.

San Francisco-based candidates are preferred, though candidates elsewhere on the West Coast will also be considered if they are able to travel to San Francisco as needed.

For workers in the United States, PrideGlobal and it's affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates

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