JOB DESCRIPTION
There are four key components of this role, and candidates will need to demonstrate competence across each:
- Operational management
- Rhythm of the business management
- Communications interface
- Cultural steward
Responsibilities:
- Operational management:
- Manage budgeting and reporting, including intersections with finance and procurement, so that marketing budgets are targeted, fully optimized, and ROI maximized.
- Operationalize and track the headcount processes, in alignment with HR and finance, to ensure marketing has the resources needed to succeed and that recruiting is optimized.
- Track and report global KPIs against goals for the team.
- Rhythm of the business management:
- Drive the rhythm for the team, including all-hands, LT meetings, leadership summits, offsites and all-up meeting cadence.
- Ensure connection to SAP, effective participation within SAP Corporate Marketing.
- Coordinate organizational changes including communication cascades, system changes.
- Communications interface:
- Drive team-wide communications using diverse channels to ensure broad understanding and alignment on focus areas and progress.
- Integrate with broader Corporate Marketing and SAP communications channels to ensure priority messages are shared widely.
- Cultural steward:
- Help further the culture of trust and transparency that the team has developed by engaging in initiatives designed to improve the working experience of marketers.
- Analyze results from people surveys and other instruments to identify opportunities to improve trust across the organization.
- Ensure effective execution against people objectives including goal setting, development plans, training and organizational realignments.
- Additional expectations:
- Partner closely with other LT members in Global Partner Marketing to maximize the impact of the function.
- Influence and build relationships with all levels and functions of the global organization.
- Be able to successfully navigate within a highly complex organizational matrix.
Qualifications, experiences and skills:
- 10+ years marketing experience in the B2B software industry, ideally in a complex enterprise organization.
- BS required; MBA preferred.
- Operational excellence, with experience in analytics, budget and/or forecasting.
- Temperament to handle and appropriately deal with confidential information.
- Proven planning experience and capabilities to manage complex business rhythms.
- Excellent writing, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex issues to a range of audiences.
- Interest in, and EQ to support, cultural topics surrounding a large, diverse team.
- Resourcefulness and ability to drive projects autonomously, with limited oversight.
- Flexible and adept at navigating ambiguity and managing multiple projects, deadlines and competing priorities.
- Experience of building strong relationships up, down, and sideways in an organization.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects with a focus on the business outcomes.
- Exceptional problem-solving, business judgement, and analytical skills.
- Natural curiosity, and excitement to stay abreast with the latest technology trends and best practices.
Location:
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Seattle
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