Senior Marketing Business Ops Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing Leadership to drive team initiatives, including planning cycles, offsites, and strategic cross-functional projects
• Translate executive vision into actionable plans and guide the broader team on operational needs
• Manage the Marketing Leadership Team (MLT) meetings, including agendas, action items, and cascading communications
• Act as a force multiplier for the SVP by ensuring alignment and accountability across all marketing workstreams
• Identify opportunities to improve departmental performance and lead high-impact special projects such as MarTech audits or agency evaluations
• Collaborate with Communications/PR teams to draft high-level communications, including internal newsletters and board presentations
• Work closely with the Executive Assistant to ensure leadership time is aligned with critical business priorities

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in an operations, chief of staff, or senior project management role within a marketing or high-growth business environment
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a relevant field
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder workstreams with high organization
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to distill complex strategy into clear, actionable instructions
• Proactive mindset with the ability to anticipate and mitigate roadblocks
• Ability to handle sensitive departmental information with discretion and good judgment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a similar high-growth marketing operations capacity
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus across different marketing functions and hold teams accountable without formal authority

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off, holidays, and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office and Monthly Phone/Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity and Commuter Benefits

About the Company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. We are both a space company and a data company, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to help solve the world's toughest obstacles.