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Program manager
Marketing | san francisco or palo alto, ca, united states or remote (north america)
Vmware’s modern application platforms business unit (mapbu) has a bold mission—catalyze enterprise transformation through softwareAs a strategic part of the corporate narrative, the modern apps marketing team is involved in broader marketing and go-to-market effortsAs part of a dynamic business unit, the team is also agile and responsive to product and specialist teams.
As the program manager for this strategic marketing team, you will work closely with executives across the business unit and corporate marketingYou are instrumental to communicating out the success and learnings of the teamThe team of over 100 marketers around the world thrive because of the structure you provide.
Job responsibilities:
The modern apps marketing team is looking for a strategic program manager to support the senior director of marketing and their team.
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
ReportingCoordinate fortnightly, quarterly and ad hoc reporting of team highlights to the corporate marketing team.
Qbr prep and okr supportTrack key metrics and prepare for quarterly business reviews by drafting slides and ensuring all okr metrics are uploaded to the okr tracking tool.
Research project management: the team commissions research to inform product direction and use in awareness and lead-gen campaignsManage four annual publications with a focus on managing communications amongst key stakeholders at critical points in the process.
Corporate policy guru: for this growing team to succeed, they can’t get mired in unfamiliar processesFamiliarize yourself with company procedures related to travel, expenses, purchase orders, etcYou won’t need to have all the answers, but you will need to know how to find all the answers.
Deadline managementAssist the senior director in managing projects across the various marketing teamsManage agenda for weekly leadership meeting including soliciting topics and tracking action items.
Town halls and other team eventsBuilding team morale is a strategic imperative! manage the agenda for the team’s monthly town hall meetings including confirming all speakers, managing town hall deck, coordinating and presenting new faces and distributing recording and materials after the callManage ad hoc team events such as escape rooms, virtual happy hours, etc.
Required skills and experience:
Project and program management: the team has a mix of long-running programs and ad-hoc projectsYou own the execution of these to keep them running, even as new demands surface.
Communicator: you are a keen listener, tracking changes in prioritiesYou know when a clarifying email needs to be drafted and sentAnd you build trust with others by doing what you say you’ll do.
Organizer: you’ll need to stay on top of a lot of threads between different leadership teams, different reporting cadences, and urgent deadlinesYou know how to make sure things don’t slip through the cracks, but also when to prioritize for urgency.
Collaborator: you’ll bring together different teams to get the job doneRelationships are not transactional and you know how to improve processes over time with good teamworkYou work with and treat executives and individual contributors with the same high-level of respect.
Finisher: you recognize and accept responsibility for projects and see them through to completion.
Category : marketing
Subcategory: marketing
Experience: manager and professional
Full time/ part time: full time
Posted date: 2021-09-22
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