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Principal Product Marketing Launch Ops & Programs Manager
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Principal Product Marketing Launch Ops & Programs Manager
Canada; United States
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role As Principal Product Marketing Launch Ops & Programs Manager, you will be responsible for successfully organizing and driving releases and launches that bring Elastic’s products and solutions to market. Areas of critical importance are organization and planning, interpersonal and collaboration skills, attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving.
What You Will Be Doing
Engage across all marketing functions – product marketing, events, corporate programs, communications, and web – and product teams to plan and organize monthly release and launch activities.
Drive projects through problem solving, clear goal setting, proactive follow‑up, and effective program management.
Create, build and maintain accurate plans to enable communication with task owners and stakeholders.
Run effective launch planning, retrospective and status meetings.
Partner with product marketing and product management across multiple product lines.
Innovate by developing and driving processes that increase the efficiency of managing launches and releases which will allow the organization to scale and grow.
Identify processes that work well, those that may be duplicative, and those that are not serving us to continually evolve day to day business.
Communicate clearly verbally and in writing to stakeholders and launch team on plans, goals and status.
Work with product program managers to coordinate launch activities, reach joint decisions and drive continuous process improvement.
What You Bring Ideal candidate will have a proven background in project/program management, and ideally software marketing launch/release management experience.
Domain expertise in the following is a plus: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
Core experience and skills
Leading project teams
Working with Product Marketing, Sales, Pre-Sales, Global Communications, Product Management and Engineering
Very strong written communication skills
Excellent people and project management skills
Problem‑solving and critical‑thinking strengths
10+ years of product marketing and product launch experience with software or technology products
Bachelor’s of Science degree in marketing, business, or IT.
Compensation Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for this role is $148,200 - $192,900 USD (or $137,800 - $176,400 CAD for Canadian locations). In select locations Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, San Francisco Bay Area CA and New York City Metro Area, an alternate range of $173,800 - $228,300 USD may apply.
Benefits
Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
We match up to $2,000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Elastic is an equal‑opportunity/affirmative‑action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply within 24 business hours.
Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology subject to U.S. export controls. If you are located in or are a national of one of the sanctioned countries or regions Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the Luhansk People’s Republic, an export license may be required. National origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility.
Please see our Privacy Statement for more details.
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Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role As Principal Product Marketing Launch Ops & Programs Manager, you will be responsible for successfully organizing and driving releases and launches that bring Elastic’s products and solutions to market. Areas of critical importance are organization and planning, interpersonal and collaboration skills, attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving.
What You Will Be Doing
Engage across all marketing functions – product marketing, events, corporate programs, communications, and web – and product teams to plan and organize monthly release and launch activities.
Drive projects through problem solving, clear goal setting, proactive follow‑up, and effective program management.
Create, build and maintain accurate plans to enable communication with task owners and stakeholders.
Run effective launch planning, retrospective and status meetings.
Partner with product marketing and product management across multiple product lines.
Innovate by developing and driving processes that increase the efficiency of managing launches and releases which will allow the organization to scale and grow.
Identify processes that work well, those that may be duplicative, and those that are not serving us to continually evolve day to day business.
Communicate clearly verbally and in writing to stakeholders and launch team on plans, goals and status.
Work with product program managers to coordinate launch activities, reach joint decisions and drive continuous process improvement.
What You Bring Ideal candidate will have a proven background in project/program management, and ideally software marketing launch/release management experience.
Domain expertise in the following is a plus: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
Core experience and skills
Leading project teams
Working with Product Marketing, Sales, Pre-Sales, Global Communications, Product Management and Engineering
Very strong written communication skills
Excellent people and project management skills
Problem‑solving and critical‑thinking strengths
10+ years of product marketing and product launch experience with software or technology products
Bachelor’s of Science degree in marketing, business, or IT.
Compensation Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for this role is $148,200 - $192,900 USD (or $137,800 - $176,400 CAD for Canadian locations). In select locations Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, San Francisco Bay Area CA and New York City Metro Area, an alternate range of $173,800 - $228,300 USD may apply.
Benefits
Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
We match up to $2,000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Elastic is an equal‑opportunity/affirmative‑action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply within 24 business hours.
Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology subject to U.S. export controls. If you are located in or are a national of one of the sanctioned countries or regions Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the Luhansk People’s Republic, an export license may be required. National origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility.
Please see our Privacy Statement for more details.
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