SVP, Deputy Program Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$250K/yr – $275K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

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Job Summary

Owns end-to-end recruitment marketing for the U.S. Army account, coordinating cross-agency teams to drive program performance and continuous marketing advancements.

  • Lead strategic and operational marketing initiatives
  • Partner with senior Army leadership to optimize process, budgeting, and staffing

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Deputy is a strategic orchestrator who reports to the Program Account Manager for the U.S. Army Account, with primary accountability for leading all recruitment marketing activity.
  • As the central point of contact for the Director of Marketing for the Army Enterprise Marketing Office (AEMO), the Deputy must combine technical acumen with strategic vision to assess program effectiveness, identify and evaluate new technology capabilities to drive measurable results, and champion continuous marketing advancements.
  • Coordinating across the entire cross-agency functional leadership team (IAT) and U.S. Army Workstreams to ensure seamless program execution, issue escalation and resolution, while engaging with Senior Level Army leadership.
  • Operational Excellence: An essential enabler and partner to the PMO lead in steering operations for the overall U.S. Army account. Drives process consistency, proposal development, activity planning, budgeting, and cross-agency staffing.
  • Demonstrates mastery of contractual and operational boundaries, managing cost, schedule, and performance against agreed deliverables within cost-type/project-based contracts.
  • Full-Funnel Marketing Experience: Seamlessly shifts between strategic and program conversations across call center operations, data & privacy management, content development, prospect experience, and political atmospherics.

Requirements

  • Requires at least 12+ years experience in marketing or communications
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher
  • Confidence to lead teams and represent the agency
  • Fosters effective teamwork and strong relationships
  • Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and consistently adds value.
  • Great creative instincts and passion for helping develop and sell award winning creative work.
  • Commands and fosters an environment of respect and trust
  • Adaptable and flexible Mindset & Behaviors
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