Athleta

SeniorProgramManagerMarketingOperations

San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Senior Program Manager - Marketing Operations at Athleta. Skills: program management, social content production, seasonal campaign execution, marketing operations. Own end-to-end program management for all social and paid media content workstreams. Serve as the senior operational lead and escalation point”

What You'll Achieve.

driving process excellence; team capacity; on-time delivery across all channels

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

filter complexity; prioritize with clarity; proactively resolve execution gaps

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6-8 years of project management experience, Demonstrated experience managing people, Deep fluency in social-first content production, Proven ability to simultaneously manage high-volume social programs and structured seasonal campaign timelines, Expert-level proficiency with project management tools, particularly Airtable, stakeholder management and influence skills, Exceptional organizational skills and acute attention to detail, Ability to filter complexity, prioritize with clarity, business acumen

Nice to Have

preferably in the digital/ecommerce space and/or retail environment

What You'll Do.

Own end-to-end program management for all social and paid media content workstreams

Serve as the senior operational lead and escalation point

Design and continuously improve systems

Lead planning and operational coordination for quick-turn productions

Establish and enforce stage gates for reviews

Manage versioning and revision cycles

Anticipate production risks

Oversee seasonal marketing campaign workflows

Develop and maintain comprehensive seasonal calendars

Lead milestone reviews

Translate seasonal marketing briefs into detailed project plans

Coordinate shoot schedules

and set the direction for direct reports

Establish clear role clarity

and performance feedback

Model best-in-class program management behaviors

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

key partner to the Senior Director of Marketing & Creative Operations; in partnership with Social Creative teams; across social programs; across paid and organic channels; across the social portfolio; across brand, creative, production, and digital teams; cross-functional alignment checkpoints; in partnership with Production; in partnership with the Sr. Director; align diverse teams

Communication Scope

stakeholder management and influence skills

Process & Methodology

end-to-end program management, operational lead, accountability structure, production models, stage gates, project plans, timeline management, approval sequences, asset delivery dependencies, program management behaviors, operational discipline

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