Associate Director, Marketing

Stamford, CT (Hybrid)

$108K/yr – $148K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own content governance and operations at scale, aligning publishing workflows, quality standards, analytics, and AI-enabled automation to improve engagement and efficiency across global content assets.

  • Own governance standards, publishing workflows, and CMS stakeholder alignment.
  • Drive data-informed prioritization and continuous improvement of content performance.
  • Experiment with AI-driven automation to accelerate creation, tagging, QA, localization, and publishing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain content governance standards, including guidelines for structure, consistency, publishing workflows, and stakeholder approvals.
  • Serve as the primary business stakeholder for the CMS platform
  • Own the documentation and guidance that support clear and consistent execution of content changes.
  • Establish and promote content management and publishing best practices, ensuring all teams follow standards for quality, accessibility, SEO, and brand alignment.
  • Design and enforce scalable processes for proposing, approving, and implementing content changes.
  • Partner with UX, WebOps, QA, and development teams to ensure smooth delivery and resolution of content issues.
  • Content Performance & Insights
  • Define KPIs and success metrics for web content effectiveness (engagement, conversion, SEO performance, etc.).
  • Partner with analytics teams to monitor performance and surface actionable insights.
  • Use data to inform content governance decisions, prioritization, and continuous optimization.
  • Establish reporting frameworks that provide visibility into content management, team capacities, and opportunities for improvement based on data.
  • AI, Automation & Intelligent Content Operations
  • Define and drive the strategy for integrating AI and automation into content management workflows to improve speed, scale, and consistency.
  • Identify and implement opportunities for automation across content lifecycle processes, including content creation support, tagging, QA, localization, and publishing.
  • Leverage AI-driven insights and analytics to optimize content performance, personalization, and user engagement.
  • Drive experimentation and continuous improvement by piloting new tools or features and approaches, measuring impact, and scaling successful solutions.
  • Upskill internal teams by developing best practices and training materials that enable effective and responsible use of AI in content operations.
  • Process Optimization, Documentation and Team Management
  • Identify opportunities for improving operational efficiency in content publishing and governance.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in digital content operations, web content governance, or content strategy
  • Experience managing or supporting content across international markets
  • Strong understanding of AEM or similar CMS.
  • Strong understanding of content design, accessibility, SEO, localization, and UX best practices
  • Exceptional organizational and documentation skills
  • Confident communicator who builds strong relationships and drives cross-functional alignment
  • Experience using AI tools for automation, operations, or other use cases.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, Medical, Dental & Vision Plans, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401K matching and more!
  • Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity
  • Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities
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35.9%
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