Role Description
Elastic is looking for a Marketing Program Manager to join the Marketing PMO team, focused on supporting the execution of strategic projects and operational initiatives across the marketing organization. You will partner closely with an existing Strategic Projects Program Manager, as well as cross-functional teams, to help plan, coordinate, and deliver key initiatives that drive alignment and improve how marketing operates. To be successful in this role, you should be highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable running multiple work streams. You are someone who is proactive in nature and enjoys bringing structure to ambiguity, keeping projects on track, and ensuring teams are aligned and moving forward.
What You Will Be Doing
• Own the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of multiple high-priority marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and timelines.
• Maintain project plans, timelines, project documentation, and tracking tools to keep organized and on schedule.
• Act as the strategic connective tissue between cross-functional teams and marketing executives, facilitating collaboration and driving consensus on critical decisions.
• Proactively identify, map, and mitigate complex cross-project dependencies and risks.
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities, helping teams stay focused and aligned as plans evolve.
• Evaluate current marketing operations and processes, then design and implement workflows and governance models to improve coordination and efficiency across teams.
• Partner with the project team and leaders to provide clear, actionable updates and roadmaps, ensuring transparency around project health, risks, and milestones.
• Help remove blockers by coordinating across teams and ensuring next steps are clear.
Qualifications
• Previous experience managing cross-functional projects in a marketing organization.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with distributed teams, and the ability to build strong working relationships with them.
• Excellent, proactive communication skills with an ability to lead meetings and drive alignment.
• A love for process and an understanding of how to map out team processes/timelines, improve upon them, and iterate.
• 3-6 years of experience in project or program management.
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Workfront or similar platforms).
Compensation
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is:
• $106,900 — $169,100 USD
• In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below:
• $128,200 — $202,700 USD
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Benefits
• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.