[Remote] Marketing Development Funds (MDF) Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is a company seeking a Marketing Development Funds (MDF) Program Manager to oversee their MDF program. The role involves managing the MDF claims process, tracking budgets, and analyzing campaign performance while driving operational improvements.
Responsibilities
- Manage MDF claims process (partner eligibility → request → approval → reimbursement)
- Track budget, spend, and forecast in partnership with finance/accounting
- Analyze campaign performance, ROI, and partner effectiveness
- Potentially manage partner incentives (e.g., spiffs)
Skills
- 3-5+ Years of Direct experience managing or supporting an MDF program, channel marketing funds program, partner incentive program, or similar co-marketing funding model
- Strong program management skills with the ability to drive work from intake through approval, execution, payout, and reporting
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workflows and deadlines simultaneously
- Ability to work cross-functionally and build productive relationships with partner teams, partner marketing, operations, finance, accounting, and field stakeholders
- Experience managing approvals, claims, budgets, and payouts within a policy-driven framework
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with both internal teams and external partners
- Analytical mindset with experience tracking budgets, reconciling spends, and identifying opportunities to improve process efficiency
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and multiple stakeholders
- A high bar for quality while balancing the need to move quickly and maintain SLA adherence
- Familiarity with SaaS/technology companies and experience operating in a larger, matrixed organization
- Systems: Salesforce, Jira, Highspot, Asana, G Suite, Slack
- Strong Project Manager (cross-functional, multi-stakeholder environment)
- Experience managing budgets and forecasting spend is critical
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