Sr. Program Manager, Marketing Operations

DigitalOcean • San Francisco, CA

6d • Remote

About The Position

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Program Manager passionate about bringing planning rigor and scalable operational excellence to marketing, including shaping how marketing operates in the era of AI. As a Senior Program Manager, you will report to the Director of Marketing Operations and serve as marketing leadership’s trusted planning partner. Your role will involve turning priorities into operating cadences, decision-ready materials, and clear owners, milestones, and outcomes. You will own planning and cross-functional coordination across marketing programs, co-owning execution alongside functional leads. Additionally, you will help shape how marketing operates as a team, identifying where AI-powered tools can drive more scalable and efficient ways of working.

Requirements

• Passionate about bringing planning rigor and scalable operational excellence to marketing.
• Experience shaping how marketing operates in the era of AI.
• Trusted planning partner to marketing leadership.
• Ability to turn priorities into operating cadences, decision-ready materials, and clear owners, milestones, and outcomes.
• Own planning and cross-functional coordination across marketing programs.
• Co-own execution alongside functional leads.
• Partner with Product Marketing on launch planning and execution.
• Build and run operating cadences with marketing leadership.
• Define operating models, rituals, and ways of working.
• Partner across marketing, product, sales, engineering, finance, and partner teams.
• Align roadmaps, launches, and go-to-market plays with measurable business outcomes.
• Track budget, resourcing, and approval workflows.
• Surface risks and decision points to marketing leadership.
• Lead co-marketing and cross-functional program execution for partner- and customer-facing initiatives.
• Connect product content to field and business outcomes.
• Synthesize inputs from stakeholders into decision-ready briefings, dashboards, and KPI reporting.
• Identify and implement AI-powered tools and workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Growth mindset
• Naturally like to think big and bold
• Energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor

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.

Benefits

• Competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
• Bonus in addition to base salary
• Equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed