Sr. Marketing Program Manager

About this role

We are hiring a Sr. Marketing Program manager to serve as the engine of our day-to-day operations, driving the execution of our core growth programs and tactical marketing initiatives. This is a high-impact individual contributor role at the center of how Nielsen's marketing organization plans, executes, and delivers on its most important content-driven campaigns while also supporting the operational rhythm of the broader marketing organization.

You will bring structure and rigor to fast-moving workstreams, ensuring our business-as-usual marketing efforts are delivered with precision. You will coordinate closely with cross-functional partners—including creatives, content writers, and events managers—to move deliverables through the pipeline with high velocity. What You’ll Do Integrated Program Management Program Ownership: Serve as the primary program manager for core growth programs, owning project delivery from kickoff through post-mortem.

Roadmap Management: Independently manage project plans, schedules, and asset trackers, ensuring functional teams are aligned on timelines and dependencies. Process Implementation: Apply standardized marketing frameworks and processes to core growth programs and support their adoption across marketing teams to improve organizational efficiency. Operational Coordination & Visibility Program Visibility: Build and maintain integrated project plans and act as the connective tissue to ensure dependencies are visible across teams.

Status Reporting: Facilitate regular program syncs to surface blockers and synthesize status updates into clear reports for cross-functional stakeholders. Documentation Management: Manage a single source-of-truth for campaign documentation, including briefs, trackers, and KPI dashboards, in a centralized location. Problem Solving & Team Synergy Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster strong collaboration across functional teams to translate marketing goals into actionable workstreams.

Problem Resolution: Drive the resolution of complex operational problems, identifying issues, such as capacity constraints or resource gaps, in a timely manner. Process Improvement & Excellence Workflow Optimization: Support the continuous improvement of operational workflows, such as intake and approval workflows, leveraging feedback to refine operational systems for scalability. Tool Adoption: Champion the consistent use of project management tools to ensure all campaign tasks and milestones are logged and visible.