Marketing Operations & Program Manager

Merck•Bedford, MA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Location: The Senior Marketing Operations & Program Manager is a remote position located in the US with 10% travel required to meet business needs. Your Role: The Senior Marketing Operations & Program Manager plays a central role in enabling how marketing works—bringing structure, clarity, and consistency to planning, prioritization, and execution. This role partners across the Process Solutions Marketing Center and key stakeholders to develop scalable processes, practical tools, and coordinated programs that improve effectiveness and drive alignment to business priorities. This position will play a critical role with focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality, integrated marketing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in marketing, business, communications or a related field
7+ years of experience in marketing operations, program management, or marketing strategy related roles in B2B environments

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience building and improving marketing planning processes, frameworks, or operating models
Experience developing scalable tools, templates, and playbooks that improve consistency and effectiveness
Experience identifying and driving process improvement, simplification, and operational efficiency
Ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption without direct authority
Familiarity with integrated marketing, campaign planning, or go-to-market processes
Skilled in prioritization, project management, and stakeholder management
Preference given to candidates with life science industry experience

Responsibilities

Lead and continuously improve marketing planning processes, including timelines, templates, and governance to ensure consistency and alignment.
Drive the evolution and adoption of integrated marketing frameworks and standardized ways of working, connecting business priorities to execution.
Develop and maintain tools, templates, and guidance that enable teams to plan and execute effectively with clarity and consistency.
Drive cross-functional projects and key initiatives (e.g., planning cycles, Marketing Day, marketing program budget review) ensuring alignment, coordination, and delivery.
Bring structure and transparency to priorities, workflows, and interdependencies across teams.
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and improve how marketing operates; embed a test-and-learn, optimization mindset.
Define and embed marketing excellence standards and best practices that elevate the quality, consistency, and impact of marketing.