Product Marketing Operations Lead

Job Title:     Product Marketing Operations Lead
Location:     US (Remote)
Hire Type:    Contract (3 months+)

Summary:
We're seeking a Product Marketing Operations Lead to build and scale the operating infrastructure that enables our Product Marketing team to deliver strategic business outcomes. This contract role is ideal for a builder who thrives in ambiguity, creates structure, and drives adoption of processes, tools, and workflows that improve execution across a global organization. They will be working most directly with Product Marketing, but also with Business Operations and Regional Marketing. Success requires someone who can connect strategy to execution, improve visibility and accountability, and leverage AI and automation to increase operational effectiveness.

Job Responsibilities:

Refine the Product Marketing Operating Model
Refine, document, and implement GTM planning, prioritization, launch, and reporting processes that improve execution and accountability
Develop the business rhythms, frameworks, dashboards, and operating mechanisms that enable scalable team performance
Problem-solve for and drive adoption of improved ways of working across Product Marketing, BG and CP, Regional Marketing, and other Global Disciplines.

Lead Product Marketing Portfolio and Resource Planning
Maintain visibility into team priorities, initiatives, milestones, dependencies, and budgets
Identify execution risks, resource constraints, and areas requiring attention; lead problem-solving efforts within the cross-functional team
Partner with leadership to facilitate more complex prioritization, sequencing, and capacity planning decisions.

Drive Cross-Functional Execution
Partner across Marketing, Product, Sales, Creative, Regional Marketing, and Operations teams to align goals, resources, and execution plans
Establish mechanisms to proactively surface opportunities, blockers, dependencies, and decision points
Serve as a trusted operational partner for strategic initiatives and marketing priorities.

Enable Go-to-Market Excellence
Help develop and operationalize launch planning frameworks, readiness processes, and governance models
Drive successful launch executions by aligning stakeholders, milestones, resources, and timelines
Connect global strategy with regional activations and execution needs.

Scale Through Systems, AI, and Automation
Implement tools, dashboards, and workflows that improve planning, visibility, reporting, insights development, and knowledge sharing
Leverage AI and automation to reduce operational friction, streamline recurring work, and accelerate decision-making
Measure adoption and business impact of new processes and systems.

Deliver Measurement and Insights
Build reporting frameworks that provide visibility into initiative health, launch readiness, business priorities, and progress against goals
Support quarterly and annual planning processes
Drive continuous improvement by capturing learnings and translating them into operational enhancements.