Marketing Operations Lead in Beaverton, Oregon - #73098 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 73098

Marketing Operations Lead
Our client is seeking a Marketing Operations Lead to drive planning, coordination, and execution across a highly collaborative, cross-functional marketing organization. This role will serve as a central operational partner, connecting teams across brand, sport, digital, social, entertainment, and other business functions to keep complex initiatives aligned and moving forward. The ideal candidate is a strong relationship builder who understands how to navigate a matrixed organization, establish clear expectations, and bring structure and accountability to fast-moving work.

This role is on-site in Beaverton, Oregon.

Marketing Operations Lead Responsibilities

• Lead the operational planning and execution of cross-functional marketing initiatives, coordinating priorities, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple teams.
• Serve as a central point of coordination between marketing leadership, functional teams, and business partners, ensuring stakeholders remain aligned on expectations, decisions, and next steps.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, workback schedules, milestones, and operational processes across simultaneous initiatives and planning cycles.
• Drive projects forward by establishing clear deadlines, maintaining accountability, and proactively identifying risks, roadblocks, or areas requiring escalation.
• Facilitate key leadership reviews, cross-functional checkpoints, and planning sessions while ensuring teams are prepared and decisions are translated into actionable next steps.
• Build strong working relationships across a complex, matrixed organization and effectively coordinate work across teams that may have different priorities, processes, and areas of ownership.
• Create and maintain planning tools, documentation, status updates, and other resources that provide teams with a reliable source of information throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve operational clarity, streamline workflows, and establish effective ways of working across interconnected marketing functions.
• Monitor project scope, schedules, and resources to help ensure work is delivered according to established expectations.
• Communicate changes, challenges, opportunities, and dependencies clearly to both leadership and working teams while maintaining a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.

Marketing Operations Lead Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in marketing operations, marketing project management, integrated marketing, or a closely related discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience working within a complex corporate or agency environment with a strong understanding of matrixed organizational structures.
• Strong cross-functional leadership experience, including the ability to coordinate work horizontally across leadership, functional teams, and individual contributors without relying on direct authority.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, priorities, or planning cycles while maintaining detailed schedules and driving teams toward deadlines.
• Exceptional relationship-building and interpersonal skills with the ability to establish trust and work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to create clarity, establish expectations, and communicate risks or challenges before they impact delivery.
• Self-directed and proactive approach with the confidence to establish firm timelines, follow up on commitments, and keep work progressing in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative and adaptable working style with the ability to navigate competing priorities, organizational complexity, and feedback constructively.
• Experience supporting integrated marketing efforts across areas such as brand marketing, sport, digital, social media, entertainment, creative, retail, or related functions is preferred.
• Experience with Airtable, presentation software, or similar project planning and communication tools is a plus.
• Recent experience within a large global consumer brand, particularly within the sportswear, apparel, footwear, retail, or lifestyle industries, is preferred.

Compensation: Up to $42.67/hr. (DOE)

VanderHouwen Contractors Enjoy Exceptional Benefit Perks!
As an eligible contract employee with VanderHouwen, you’ll have access to a full suite of benefits designed with your well-being in mind. Our comprehensive package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a matching 401(k) to help secure your future.

Meet VanderHouwen
What kind of recruiter do you see yourself working with? One who prioritizes your best interest, no matter what? VanderHouwen does, and we’re in it for the long game! Our recruiters focus on YOU, building meaningful, long-term relationships while developing a deep understanding of companies’ staffing needs and workplace cultures. This approach helps us find an ideal job match that aligns with your unique career aspirations and goals.

VanderHouwen is an award-winning, Women & Diversity-Owned, WBENC certified professional staffing firm. Founded in 1987, VanderHouwen places experienced professionals across the nation! Our recruitment teams specialize in either Technology and IT, Engineering, Human Resources, or Accounting and Finance career markets. Partner with us to land your next exciting career!

VanderHouwen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. VanderHouwen does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws.