[Hiring] Marketing Strategy & Planning Specialist @Elastic

Role Description

We're looking for a Marketing Strategy & Planning Specialist to join the Global Growth and Experiences Marketing (GGEM) team. You'll report to the Head of Strategy & Planning (Chief of Staff), and work closely with the VP and senior leaders in the GGEM team.

Think of this role as the team's connective tissue:

• On the business side, you'll keep our global growth and experiential (field) marketing budget on track and our special projects moving.
• On the people side, you'll run programs that shape our team culture, like our all-hands, and build relationships across the whole department to find ways everyone can work better together.

This is an early-career role for someone who is sharp, persistent, and trusted with sensitive information, and who also genuinely enjoys people and communications. You'll learn how a global marketing organization plans, spends, and delivers, and you'll help make it a great place to work while you do.

This role is remote within Canada, with a preference for Mountain / Pacific time.

What You Will Be Doing

• Budget & Financial Operations
  • Help oversee the global growth and experiential marketing budget: track spend against plan, reconcile actuals, and flag variances early.
  • Partner with Finance and regional marketing teams on forecasting, accruals, and quarterly budget reviews.
  • Help hold marketing teams accountable to finance best practices and standards.
  • Use our finance and planning tools to track budgets, spend, and approvals.
  • Build clear budget summaries and trackers that make it easy for leaders to understand where we are and what needs a decision.
• Team Culture & Connection
  • Own our team culture programs, including planning and running our all-hands from agenda to follow-up.
  • Create moments that bring a globally distributed team together, and keep them fresh by gathering feedback and trying new things.
  • Build solid relationships across the whole department.
  • Help people work better together by connecting the right folks, smoothing out friction, and making it easy to collaborate across teams.
• Project & Program Coordination
  • Coordinate special projects on behalf of the group and the VP, from kickoff through completion.
  • Keep projects organized with clear plans, status updates, and documented next steps.
  • Spot risks and gaps early, select what needs to be escalated and to whom, and raise it with a recommended path forward.
• Communication & Executive Support
  • Write concise, well-tailored emails, updates, and presentations for audiences ranging from regional teams to senior leaders.
  • Prepare materials for business reviews, QBRs, and leadership meetings.
  • Handle confidential business and financial information with discretion.
  • Help maintain the team's operating rhythm: planning calendars, recurring reviews, and process documentation.
• Process & Tools
  • Learn and use our finance, planning, and project management tools, and suggest ways to make our processes simpler and faster.

Qualifications

• Experience in project coordination, program management, marketing operations, finance operations, event or internal communications, or a similar role. Internships and early-career experience count.
• Strong attention to detail, with a habit of double-checking numbers, dates, and next steps.
• Solid project management skills.
• Persistence in following up until tasks are completed.
• Good judgment in solving problems and escalating when necessary.
• Discretion with confidential information.
• Comfort with numbers and budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Real warmth and people skills.
• Comfort learning new software tools quickly.
• Collaborative and proactive attitude.
• Located in Canada.

Bonus Points

• Experience planning team events, all-hands, or internal programs.
• Experience at a B2B or SaaS company.
• Exposure to marketing, field marketing, or events.
• Familiarity with tools like G-Suite, Zoom, Slack, Workday Strategic Sourcing, and Allocadia.

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 new hires in this role is:

• $68,200 — $107,900 CAD

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.

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 $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.