Partnerships Marketing Manager

Derflan is seeking a Marketing Manager III to support a high-impact consulting engagement within a global technology organization focused on the end-to-end execution of a high-visibility partner awards and marketing program. This role will focus on the operational execution of a large-scale industry awards program, including finalist and winner assets, partner communications, vendor coordination, event logistics, juror travel, release forms, marketing collateral, and key program milestones. The ideal candidate brings experience in marketing operations, partner marketing, program execution, or event marketing and is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable coordinating a large volume of deliverables across multiple teams. This role requires someone who can keep complex workstreams moving while partnering across creative, legal, travel, vendor, and partner-facing organizations on tight timelines. Role Description: Marketing Manager III – Partner Awards & Marketing Operations Annual Base Salary: $111,312 + Full Benefits Key Responsibilities Support the end-to-end execution of a high-visibility partner awards and marketing program, ensuring operational excellence across asset management, vendor coordination, communications, and event logistics. Manage program deliverables and timelines leading up to key awards milestones and the final awards ceremony. Quality-check finalist and winner assets, including logos, badges, collateral, and other materials, ensuring accurate partner and category pairing, spelling, and formatting. Package and distribute finalist and winner assets to external vendors and internal partner teams. Create and maintain organized asset repositories using tools such as Box and SharePoint. Coordinate travel logistics for industry jurors in partnership with internal travel teams. Support speaker scheduling, release form collection, and other event-related logistics. Organize and track client release forms, approvals, and KPIs for 40+ finalist entries. Maintain accurate tracking of program assets, approvals, communications, and outstanding deliverables. Manage updates to the awards management platform leading up to major program milestones. Execute high-volume communications to finalists, partners, jurors, and other stakeholders. Manage mail merges, manual communication formatting, response tracking, and RSVP reminders for the awards ceremony. Compile and package feedback for participants who do not advance as finalists, maintaining a complete communication process throughout the awards lifecycle. Coordinate with external vendors to ensure marketing assets, materials, and other deliverables are accurate and completed on schedule. Identify outstanding items, follow up with stakeholders, and proactively *escalate* risks that could impact program timelines. Work across organizational boundaries, partnering with travel, legal, creative, vendor, marketing, and partner-facing teams to define, manage, and prioritize deliverables. Maintain detailed program documentation, trackers, timelines, and status updates. Help ensure a consistent, professional experience for partners, finalists, jurors, vendors, and internal stakeholders. Basic Qualifications Experience in marketing, marketing operations, partner marketing, event marketing, program management, or a related discipline. Experience supporting the execution of complex marketing programs, campaigns, events, or partner initiatives. Strong organizational and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail. Experience coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders, deadlines, and dependencies. Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and external vendors. Experience managing marketing assets, collateral, documentation, approvals, or high-volume communications. Ability to quality-check detailed marketing materials for accuracy, consistency, spelling, formatting, and correct categorization. Experience maintaining project trackers, timelines, deliverables, and status reporting. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and adjust quickly as program needs change. Strong follow-through and ability to independently identify and resolve outstanding action items. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines and highly visible deliverables. Experience with Microsoft Office and collaboration/document-management platforms. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting awards programs, industry events, conferences, partner programs, or other large-scale marketing initiatives. Partner marketing, marketing operations, or event marketing experience. Experience coordinating event logistics, travel, speakers, jurors, or external participants. Experience managing release forms, approvals, and other compliance-related documentation. Experience with awards management, event management, or similar program platforms. Experience using Box and SharePoint for asset organization and distribution. Experience executing mail merges and managing high-volume stakeholder communications. Experience working within a large enterprise technology organization. Experience partnering with legal, creative, marketing, travel, partner-facing, and external vendor teams. High-visibility role supporting a large-scale partner awards and marketing program. Fast-moving environment with multiple simultaneous deadlines and program milestones. Significant cross-functional collaboration across marketing, partner-facing, creative, legal, travel, vendor, and event teams. High degree of ownership across marketing operations, asset management, communications, tracking, and program execution. Opportunity to support a program with significant visibility across internal leadership, external partners, and the broader industry. Best suited for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex marketing programs, managing details, and driving multiple deliverables through completion. Why Join Us As a Derflan consultant, you'll have the opportunity to support a highly visible partner marketing program within a leading global technology organization. This role offers broad exposure across partner marketing, marketing operations, events, creative, legal, and vendor management while providing significant ownership over the execution of a major industry awards initiative. Benefits at Derflan Consultants working at least 30 hours per week receive: Two weeks paid vacation and 10 federal holidays Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage 401(k) with matching contributions Home office expense reimbursement Derflan is a boutique consulting firm supporting some of the world's most innovative organizations. We specialize in placing exceptional professionals into impactful consulting roles that drive operational excellence, business growth, and measurable results for our clients. #J-18808-Ljbffr Derflan