Marketing Program Manager - Games (Contractor)

Redmond, WA (On-site)

$55/hr – $75/hrMid Level5+ years expContract

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Marketing Program Manager for game launches, coordinating GTM execution across cross-functional teams.

  • Own end-to-end GTM execution for game features and launches, coordinating timelines and readiness.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in marketing, product launch, or program management in gaming or consumer tech.
  • Standout: Cross-functional coordination across brand, product, creative, PR, channels, and regional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support Product Marketing Managers in executing end-to-end GTM plans from early planning through launch and post-launch support for multiple launches or initiatives in parallel
  • Translate GTM strategy into clear timelines, milestones, and workback plan
  • Track launch readiness across messaging, assets, approvals, localization, and channel
  • Coordinate across cross-functional teams including brand, product, creative, social, community, PR, channel and regional marketing, and operations team
  • Facilitate launch readiness syncs, milestone reviews, and launch checkpoint
  • Ensure alignment of channel plans against GTM priorities and partner with channel owners to confirm readiness and execution
  • Drive clarity on owners, dependencies, and decision point
  • Identify and proactively resolve blockers or execution risks to keep launches on track
  • Coordinate brief submissions, timelines, status updates, and executive summaries
  • Maintain clear, organized, and accessible launch documentation, timelines and source of truth materials for stakeholder

Requirements

  • 5+ years in marketing, product launch, marketing operations or program management experience, with or for an agency or in-house team, preferably in gaming, entertainment or consumer technology industry
  • Proven familiarity with GTM frameworks and global launch
  • Experience supporting cross-functional product, content or feature launch
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills including verbal, written, and presentation skills
  • Strong project management and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues early and provide solutions quickly
  • Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple workflows
  • Critical time management skills for all owned tasks including management of timelines/deliverables for others
  • Proven ability to break down complex ideas and convey them succinctly
  • Proven experience in responding and rapidly adapting to changing business needs
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI, etc.)

Nice To Have

  • An avid gamer – particularly knowledgeable about PC, console, and gaming trends
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255 employees (66 in marketing)

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