Tech Program Manager - Marketing Data Ops

Technical Project Manager, Marketing Data & Analytics (DataOps)


Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Tech Program Manager - Marketing Data Ops for a contract position in Redmond, WA. The opportunity will be one year with a strong chance for a long-term extension.



Position Summary: We are seeking a Technical Project Manager with a strong data development background to help bridge the gap between our data engineering teams and marketing stakeholders. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, marketing operations, and privacy, ensuring that data platforms and dashboards are designed to scale, tell meaningful stories, and directly support marketing decision-making. Our data engineering foundation is strong—we've built centralized data warehouses, integrated multiple marketing data sources (web, email, and more), and implemented a modern semantic layer and data fabric architecture. The next phase is value realization: ensuring the data we've built is usable, scalable, and aligned with real marketing needs. This role exists to ask the right questions early, challenge assumptions on both sides, and prevent downstream surprises.



Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Serve as the Bridge Between Marketing and Data Engineering

Translate marketing strategies and use cases into clear, actionable data requirements

Ensure data engineers understand how data will be used, not just what needs to be built

Partner with analytics and BI teams to evolve dashboards from static scorecards into insight-driven storytelling tools

Lead Marketing DataOps and Delivery

Manage end-to-end delivery of marketing data initiatives across engineering, analytics, and business teams

Anticipate scale, latency, data volume, and freshness needs before pipelines are built

Validate assumptions around audience size, segmentation, and activation requirements early in the process

Challenge Assumptions on Both Sides

Question data engineering designs related to: Data grain, scale, and performance Semantic definitions and metric consistency Pipeline architecture vs. actual usage patterns

Question marketing requirements related to: Feasibility and data availability Privacy, consent, and regulatory constraints Long-term scalability vs. short-term requests

Enable Data Storytelling and Business Impact

Partner with analytics teams to ensure dashboards answer real business questions: What happened? Why did it happen? What should we do next?

Advocate for end users (marketers, analysts, leaders) in data product design

Participate in Privacy, Governance, and Compliance Reviews

Collaborate with engineering, legal, and privacy teams during data and product reviews

Ensure marketing use cases are privacy-aware and compliant by design

Balance innovation, speed, and regulatory responsibility

Qualifications:

Experience in data development, analytics engineering, or data engineering

Strong understanding of DataOps principles and modern data platforms

Hands-on experience working with: Data warehouses Marketing data sources (web, email, campaign, customer data) Semantic layers and analytics tooling

Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

Preferred:

Experience supporting marketing, growth, or customer analytics teams

Familiarity with marketing data concepts such as: Audience and data segmentation Attribution and performance measurement Activation and downstream consumption

Experience participating in privacy, governance, or compliance initiatives

Is a self-starter who does not wait to be told what to do

Actively asks questions and challenges assumptions early

Is comfortable operating in ambiguity and cross-functional environments

Brings ideas, opinions, and suggestions—not just status updates

Takes ownership of outcomes, not just timelines

This role requires someone who is energized by collaboration, complexity, and building systems that truly work for the business.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring that our marketing data platform: Scales with business growth Avoids costly rework and surprises Produces insights that drive action—not just reports Aligns technical excellence with real marketing impact

If this job is a match for your background, we would be honoured to receive your application!



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