Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing leadership during annual and quarterly planning cycles to align cross‑functional timing across production, media, retail, PR, partnerships, and finance.
• Translate Brand and General Marketing strategies into integrated execution roadmaps.
• Identify priority conflicts or resource constraints early and recommend sequencing adjustments.
• Establish structured launch frameworks that clarify accountability and cross-team coordination.
• Lead recurring strategic alignment checkpoints to ensure clarity on priorities, risks, and required decisions.
• Maintain and manage the enterprise marketing master roadmap to ensure cross-channel synchronization.
• Provide structured visibility into launch readiness, timing and budget risks, while tracking decisions and escalation pathways to maintain momentum and accountability.
• Deliver executive-ready summaries that connect execution status to business impact.
• Coordinate implications of scope, budget, or timing changes across the marketing portfolio.
• Assess downstream impacts on production schedules, retail readiness, and financial planning.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in marketing operations, integrated marketing planning, or project management within a cross-functional marketing organization
• 5+ years of experience working in production, media, PR, experiential, and/or partnerships workstreams highly preferred
• Experience defining reporting requirements and translating data into clear, executive-level insights and recommendations
• Automotive OEM experience is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

Preferred

• Masters or MBA is a plus.
• Automotive OEM experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Kia provides team members with competitive benefits including premium paid medical, dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents, 401(k) plan matching of 100% up to 6% of the salary deferral, and paid time off. Kia also offers company lease and purchase programs, company-wide holiday shutdown, paid volunteer hours, and premium lifestyle amenities at our corporate campus in Irvine, California.