Deal Based Marketing Manager

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation. They are seeking a Deal-Based Marketing Manager to execute strategic marketing initiatives that support high-priority government pursuits, ensuring effective communication and project management across teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Senior Manager and Director to execute strategic marketing campaigns that support high-priority government pursuits across SAIC
• Serve as the day-to-day marketing point of contact for deal teams and senior internal stakeholders, building trust through clear communication, responsiveness, and follow-through
• Lead work through agency partners by clarifying objectives, ownership, inputs, deadlines, review steps, and next actions
• Identify risks, blockers, delays, scope changes, budget implications, and decision needs early, escalating with recommended next steps
• Manage timelines, deliverables, reviews, communications, follow-ups, and project documentation to keep active pursuits moving and visible
• Coordinate creative development for presentations, videos, digital assets, workshops, and customer-facing deliverables with agency and internal teams
• Ensure deliverables meet quality, brand, compliance, and stakeholder expectations before they move forward
• Contribute to messaging and content strategies, helping shape how customer insights and solution differentiators are expressed across marketing assets
• Use approved AI, automation, and collaboration tools where they directly improve execution, speed, quality, or team productivity
• Stay on top of relevant marketing trends, government procurement cycles, and competitor positioning—and regularly present key insights back to the team to inform execution and guide strategic decisions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in marketing, communications, campaign execution, project management, stakeholder engagement, or creative production
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong project management instincts, including timeline ownership, risk tracking, follow-through, meeting preparation, and status reporting
• Experience serving as a trusted point of contact for senior stakeholders, with the ability to communicate clearly, manage expectations, and build strong relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience contributing to messaging, storytelling, and content strategies
• Comfortable presenting updates, recommendations, risks, and decisions needed to cross-functional teams and leadership
• Experience leading work through creative agencies, production partners, internal creative teams, or cross-functional marketing teams
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate project plans, trackers, source-of-truth documents, and stakeholder communications
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and work management tools, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Smartsheet, Teams, SharePoint, and related platforms
• Able to operate in ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and make practical tradeoffs without losing control of the work
• Proactive, organized, adaptable, and comfortable balancing strategic conversations with execution-heavy responsibilities
• Candidates must be a U.S. citizens
• Experience supporting government, federal, defense, technology, or complex B2B pursuits preferred, but not required