Marketing & Partnership Operations Manager

About the Role The Marketing & Partnerships Operations Manager serves as the operational hub for the unified Marketing & Partnerships shared services organization. The role establishes and maintains the planning cadence, workflows, tracking, reporting, and administrative rigor required to support marketing, communications, events, partner programs, and regional partnership execution. This is a hands-on operational and program-management role. The successful candidate translates priorities into clear workplans, keeps owners and deadlines visible, improves cross-functional follow-through, and gives leadership a reliable view of progress, capacity, spend, risk, and results. The role enables functional leaders to focus on strategy and execution within their areas of expertise.   DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Operating Cadence, Planning & Governance Establish and manage the department operating cadence, including leadership meetings, planning cycles, status reviews, and quarterly business reviews Maintain the integrated Marketing & Partnerships roadmap with clear priorities, owners, milestones, dependencies, and decision points Create practical operating procedures, templates, and governance standards that improve consistency without adding unnecessary bureaucracy Identify delivery risks, unresolved dependencies, and overdue decisions, and  escalate them with clear options for resolution. Support annual and quarterly planni