Manager, Brand Marketing Operations & Strategy

Manager, Brand Marketing Operations & Strategy

Summary
We’re seeking a strategic and operationally-minded Manager, Brand Marketing Strategy & Operations to join our rapidly growing Marketing team.
Marketing Strategy & Operations is the connective tissue of the organization. As we scale, you’ll be key in helping us build the operating structure that keeps them moving.
In this contractor role, you’ll support marketing budget management and procurement, culture programs, monthly reporting, alongside supporting the strategy and execution of a portfolio of high-touch strategic projects — the work that needs real program management, cross-functional coordination, and leadership visibility.
You’ll report to the Brand Marketing Strategy & Operations Lead. This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who thrives in ambiguity and complexity, who is energized by working across many teams, and who would rather build the system than run the same play twice.
This contractor role is also perfect for someone who meets the requirements below, and who is passionate about enabling teams to do their best work in service of our mission to develop safe and beneficial AI. This is a full-time contract engagement of approximately 6 months with the possibility of extension, with some flexibility to travel needed.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic budget management and purchase order support across the full brand team, keeping spend visible, accurate, and moving

• Own brand marketing budget controlling and reporting, and partner with Finance to proactively surface opportunities for reinvestment

• Support marketing procurement systems, including vendor onboarding and the processes that keep purchasing predictable

• Provide program management execution and strategy support for our strategic brand programs

• Coordinate marketing business reviews and provide strategic support to it, including inputs, timelines, materials, and follow-ups

• Build lightweight, simple, and flexible org processes and central resources

• Contribute to culture and community programming for the marketing organization, such as offsites, recognition, and learning and development

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in program management, marketing operations, brand marketing operations, business operations, strategy, chief of staff, or related roles

• Experience building a marketing operations or business operations function from the ground up in a complex, high-velocity and multi-stakeholder environment

• Experience designing campaign strategies that scale across creative, product marketing, and external partners

• Experience building cross-functional alignment programs and systems that connect marketing with product, sales, and other teams

• Experience designing culture, community, or learning and development programs for a distributed team

Location: San Francisco, CA (or Remote, PST)
Duration: 12 months
Compensation: $160/Hour