Staff Program Manager, Marketing Operations

DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud and AI. The Staff Program Manager, Marketing Operations will be responsible for planning and coordinating marketing programs, working closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution and 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:

• Passionate about bringing planning rigor and scalable operational excellence to marketing
• Experience in marketing operations or program management
• Ability to turn priorities into operating cadences, decision-ready materials, and clear owners, milestones, and outcomes
• Experience in planning and cross-functional coordination for marketing programs
• Ability to build and run operating cadences with marketing leadership
• Experience in defining how marketing operates together, establishing operating models, rituals, and ways of working
• Ability to partner across marketing functions, product, sales, engineering, finance, and partner teams
• Experience in tracking budget, resourcing, and approval workflows
• Ability to lead co-marketing and cross-functional program execution
• Experience in synthesizing inputs from various stakeholders into decision-ready briefings, dashboards, and KPI reporting
• Ability to identify and implement AI-powered tools and workflows