Description
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale , unleashing the potential of businesses and people.
We're looking for a Marketing Strategy & Planning Specialist to join the Global Growth and Experiences Marketing (GGEM) team. You'll report to the Head of Strategy & Planning (Chief of Staff), and work closely with the VP and senior leaders in the GGEM team.
Responsibilities
Budget & Financial Operations
- Help oversee the global growth and experiential marketing budget: track spend against plan, reconcile actuals, and flag variances early.
- Partner with Finance and regional marketing teams on forecasting, accruals, and quarterly budget reviews.
- Help hold marketing teams accountable to finance best practices and standards.
- Use finance and planning tools to track budgets, spend, and approvals.
- Build clear budget summaries and trackers for leaders.
Team Culture & Connection
- Own team culture programs, including planning and running all-hands.
- Create moments that bring a globally distributed team together.
- Build solid relationships across the department.
- Help people work better together by connecting the right folks.
Project & Program Coordination
- Coordinate special projects on behalf of the group and VP.
- Keep projects organized with clear plans and status updates.
- Spot risks and gaps early, and recommend paths forward.
Communication & Executive Support
- Write concise emails, updates, and presentations for various audiences.
- Prepare materials for business reviews and leadership meetings.
- Handle confidential business and financial information with discretion.
- Help maintain the team's operating rhythm.
Process & Tools
- Learn and use finance, planning, and project management tools.
- Suggest ways to simplify and speed up processes.
Requirements
- Experience in project coordination, program management, marketing operations, or finance operations.
- Strong attention to detail and project management skills.
- Persistence and good judgment.
- Discretion with confidential information.
- Comfort with numbers and budgets.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Real warmth and people skills.
- Comfort learning new software tools.
- Collaborative and proactive.
Nice to Have
- Experience planning team events or internal programs.
- Experience at a B2B or SaaS company.
- Exposure to marketing or field marketing.
- Familiarity with tools like G-Suite, Zoom, Slack, Workday Strategic Sourcing, and Allocadia.
Compensation
- The typical starting salary range for this role is: $68,200-$107,900 CAD
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Health coverage for you and your family
- Flexible locations and schedules
- Generous number of vacation days
- Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave