Strategic Partnerships AI-Enabled Marketing Operations Program Manager

Strategic Partnerships AI-Enabled Marketing Operations Program Manager
Program/Project Management Bellevue , Washington Consulting Sep 14, 2026

Strategic Partnerships AI-Enabled Marketing Operations Program Manager

We are seeking an experienced Marketing Operations Program Manager to serve as the operational hub and "air traffic controller" across Strategic Partnerships' integrated marketing portfolio. This individual will bring structure, visibility, and execution rigor across five strategic partnerships and multiple cross-functional teams while establishing the AI-powered operating model that enables the organization to scale campaign execution and reporting.

The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at stakeholder communication, proactively manages risks and dependencies, and can confidently navigate ambiguity while bringing order to complex marketing ecosystems. Beyond traditional project management, this individual will identify opportunities to leverage AI, Copilot, automation, and operational tooling to streamline planning, reporting, communications, and campaign management activities.

• Serve as the central coordination point across five Strategic Partnership teams and five creative teams.
• Maintain end-to-end visibility across integrated marketing programs, ensuring stakeholders have accurate status, timelines, dependencies, and next steps.
• Act as the operational lead responsible for campaign planning, execution oversight, communications, and reporting.
• Establish consistent operating rhythms to improve execution quality, transparency, and accountability.

• Lead execution of the quarterly planning process across five strategic partnership portfolios.
• Coordinate planning inputs, milestone tracking, resource alignment, stakeholder communications, and deliverable reviews.
• Ensure campaign priorities, dependencies, and key milestones are clearly documented and communicated.
• Drive planning readiness and alignment across partnership, creative, and operations teams.

• Manage weekly reporting and communications for integrated campaigns and programs, representing approximately 20 initiatives per quarter.
• Gather updates from partnership and creative teams and synthesize information into concise, executive-ready reporting.
• Maintain campaign dashboards, reporting cadences, and stakeholder communication plans.
• Ensure teams remain aligned on deliverables, schedules, approvals, and launch readiness.
• Identify, assess, and proactively upscale program risks, resource constraints, timeline conflicts, and cross-team dependencies.
• Develop mitigation plans and facilitate rapid resolution of blockers.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into delivery risks and required decisions.

• Coordinate monthly partnership reviews and planning meetings across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Manage agendas, communications, action-item tracking, and follow-through.
• Support key planning moments, campaign reviews, and business updates.
• Directly program manage strategic campaigns without dedicated production or PM support.
• Own cross-functional coordination, timeline management, stakeholder communications, and execution readiness.
• Ensure strategic campaigns stay on track despite competing priorities across the broader portfolio.

The first phase of this role is learning the business, understanding campaign workflows, stakeholder needs, and operational rhythms. The second phase is transforming those workflows through AI and automation.

• Assess existing planning, reporting, and campaign management processes to identify automation opportunities.
• Design and implement AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual administrative work and improve operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain an AI-powered campaign operations framework leveraging approved AI tools.
• Develop reusable prompts, agents, templates, and playbooks that streamline:
  • Status reporting
  • Meeting preparation and recaps
  • Quarterly planning
  • Risk identification
  • Campaign communications
  • Executive reporting
  • Knowledge management
• Establish a scalable system for campaign intelligence, allowing teams to quickly access historical plans, learnings, timelines, and dependencies.
• Partner with leadership to identify opportunities where AI can improve decision-making, visibility, and resource planning.
• Continuously optimize…