Who We Are:
At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in travel and expense solutions, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.
The Marketing AI Engineer & Program Manager is a critical operations leadership role responsible for ensuring marketing programs, campaigns, and deliverables move efficiently from intake to impact. This role blends agency-style traffic management, marketing program oversight, and AI-powered workflow automation to align priorities, optimize resources, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Operating in a fast-paced, global SaaS FinTech environment, this individual partners closely with executive leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive clarity, accountability, and results across Marketing’s portfolio.
What You Will Do
Own and operate Marketing’s end-to-end project intake, prioritization, and portfolio management, ensuring work is aligned to business goals, executive priorities, and customer journeys
Design, implement, and continuously optimize AI-driven workflows to automate scheduling, workload balancing, alerts, and stakeholder communications across tools like Asana, Jira, Slack, and Google Workspace
Stack-rank and re-prioritize a high volume of incoming marketing requests in a fast-paced, global, multi-product SaaS environment
Define marketing program objectives, KPIs, and tactical plans, and monitor progress using data-driven performance indicators
Forecast resource constraints using AI-powered alerts and collaborate with Marketing leadership to proactively resolve capacity, budget, or timeline risks
Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and external agencies to ensure seamless execution and delivery
Manage vendor and agency relationships to ensure contract compliance, on-time delivery, and efficient use of offshore and retained resources
Produce weekly executive- and board-ready reporting that clearly communicates measurable outcomes (pipeline, bookings, conversion, ROI) using data aggregated across multiple systems
Track time, spend, and overhead to support profitability analysis, operational improvements, and budget optimization
Lead, mentor, and develop two senior Marketing Operations professionals, fostering shared knowledge and operational excellence across the team
What You Will Bring
7+ years of experience in agency traffic management, project management, or marketing operations, with program- or portfolio-level ownership
2+ years of people management experience leading senior individual contributors
Hands-on experience building or managing AI-powered workflows and automation for scheduling, intake, reporting, or resource management
Strong command of modern marketing and operations tools such as Asana, Jira, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot/Marketo, and Google Analytics
Proven ability to communicate clearly and confidently with executive leadership and Private Equity stakeholders, using outcome-focused, data-driven insights
Demonstrated strength in prioritization, time management, and decision-making under pressure
Analytical mindset with the ability to define KPIs, evaluate program performance, and drive continuous improvement
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Who You Are
An execution-focused operations leader who thrives in complexity and brings order to fast-moving environments
Naturally pragmatic — you prioritize impact over process and solve problems with clarity and confidence
Comfortable saying “no” (or “not yet”) when priorities, capacity, or budgets require discipline
Energized by AI and automation, and constantly looking for smarter, faster ways to scale marketing operations
Highly collaborative, with the ability to influence without authority across teams, levels, and time zones
Detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture and long-term business goals
Calm, credible, and confident when presenting insights to executives, boards, and senior stakeholders