Program and Process Manager II, Product Marketing

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end management of programs or major cross-functional workstreams, aligning project teams to shared goals, critical timelines, and deliverables that support broader strategic objectives.
• Act as the central connector across cross-functional teams, resolving blockers, tracking key dependencies, and ensuring consistent communication and alignment throughout the product creation process.
• Champion and apply best practices in program and portfolio management, contributing to the refinement of tools, templates, and methodologies. Drive integrated program planning, creating and maintaining work plans, program dashboards, milestone tracking, and status reporting for internal stakeholders.
• Proactively identify risks and dependencies, developing mitigation strategies and escalating issues that could impact program health or delivery timelines.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders and program sponsors to align execution with strategy, translating complex objectives into actionable workstreams.
• Lead cross-functional meetings and milestone reviews, developing clear documentation of action plans, and follow-ups to drive progress.
• Contribute to process optimization initiatives by mapping workflows, surfacing inefficiencies, and helping implement scalable improvements across programs.
• Support resource and prioritization conversations by analyzing program capacity needs and providing insight into trade-offs.
• Collaborate with leadership and team members to define program scope, outcomes, and critical path; ensure clarity and accountability across contributing functions.
• Serve as a program lead in broader portfolio discussions, supporting alignment with enterprise priorities and business impact goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, with 5+ years of experience in program, project, or process management, preferably within a product development environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional programs or initiatives with multiple stakeholders and high business impact.
• Strong knowledge of program and project management tools (Smartsheet, Monday, Asana, or similar).
• Proficiency in program planning, critical path development, risk management, and integrated workstream oversight.
• Proven ability to align execution to strategy, driving cross-functional collaboration and resolving team misalignment or delivery challenges.
• Strong stakeholder management and influence skills, including experience collaborating with senior leadership.
• Strong command of Microsoft Office and collaboration platforms (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams).
• Analytical and systems thinker with the ability to optimize workflows and implement scalable process improvements.
• Comfortable working in an evolving environment; adaptable, proactive, and continuously improving how programs and teams operate.
• Goal-oriented with strong organizational and time-management skills.

Benefits

• Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.
• Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.
• Bonus- in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.
• Location- You will spend 4 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.