Sr. Program Manager, Marketing Operations

DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud and AI. The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for planning and coordinating marketing programs, ensuring execution aligns with business outcomes and leveraging AI tools for operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Own planning and cross-functional coordination for marketing programs, co-owning execution with functional leads (e.g., partnering with Product Marketing on launch planning and execution) to keep initiatives moving from kickoff to completion
• Build and run operating cadences with marketing leadership (status reviews, business reviews, planning cycles) that keep priorities, risks, dependencies, and next steps visible
• Help define how marketing operates together — establishing the operating model, rituals, and ways of working that scale as the team and its remit grow
• Partner across marketing's functions, along with product, sales, engineering, finance, and partner teams, to align roadmaps, launches, and go-to-market plays with measurable business outcomes
• Track budget, resourcing, and approval workflows in support of program and partnership investments, surfacing risks and decision points to marketing leadership
• Lead co-marketing and cross-functional program execution for partner- and customer-facing initiatives (e.g., events, campaigns, customer storytelling), connecting product content to field and business outcomes
• Synthesize inputs from product, technical, partner, and customer stakeholders into decision-ready briefings, dashboards, and KPI reporting for marketing leadership
• Help shape marketing operations for the AI era — identifying and implementing AI-powered tools and workflows that drive scalable operational and programmatic excellence

Requirements:

• Experience in program management within marketing operations
• Strong understanding of cross-functional coordination and execution
• Ability to build and run operating cadences with marketing leadership
• Experience in defining operating models and ways of working for teams
• Proven ability to partner across various functions including product, sales, engineering, and finance
• Experience in tracking budgets, resourcing, and approval workflows
• Ability to lead co-marketing and cross-functional program execution
• Strong skills in synthesizing inputs into decision-ready materials
• Experience in identifying and implementing AI-powered tools and workflows