Demand Generation Manager

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$87K/yr – $167K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead demand-gen automation and direct mail programs for Adobe, owning multi-channel nurture, MAO, and Direct Mail COE.

  • Own multi-channel nurture and direct mail programs across Marketo and related martech.
  • Must-have: 3+ years of B2B marketing automation and demand gen experience.
  • Standout: Direct Mail COE leadership with playbooks, tooling, and vendor governance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with campaign, journey, content, marketing operations, and sales teams to build and launch sophisticated, multi-channel automation programs across Marketo, Sendoso, and the broader martech stack.
  • Take responsibility for the planning and delivery of automated email nurture, newsletter, and direct mail programs, in integrated campaigns.
  • Build and manage BDR-focused programs that support targeted marketing-assisted outbound (MAO). Understand the sales process and align closely with business development teams to ensure programs deliver impact across the full funnel—from pipeline creation through deal progression.
  • Serve as a leader within the Direct Mail COE, owning documentation, playbooks, wikis, enablement materials, and channel guidelines. Develop and uphold a direct mail and gifting playbook.
  • Build and maintain a repository of high-value “door opener” programs, featuring highly personalized offers aligned to audience needs and sales motions.
  • Act as the primary point of contact with direct mail vendor, managing communication, enablement, and optimization.
  • Be a database whisperer: manage audience targeting and segmentation, and cooperate across business units on campaign planning, orchestration, and maintaining send calendars.
  • Analyze, communicate, and present campaign results, delivering in-depth performance insights and recommendations to continuously optimize programs.
  • Manage quarterly testing and experimentation plans, applying a test-and-learn mentality to creative, offers, personalization, timing, and automation logic.
  • Develop content variations and derivatives using Adobe GenStudio to support scalable, personalized program execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with an emphasis in business, marketing, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of B2B marketing experience owning, developing, and optimizing nurture and lifecycle programs using marketing automation technology.
  • Marketo certification required.
  • Intermediate to advanced email marketing experience, plus hands-on experience integrating direct mail & gifting into demand generation programs.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret large datasets, identify meaningful trends, and translate insights into action.
  • Experience navigating a large enterprise environment and growing through cross-functional collaboration.
  • Outstanding project management skills—able to balance multiple priorities, drive work to completion, and gain alignment across collaborators.
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Passion for demand generation, marketing automation, and delivering thoughtful, customer-centric experiences across channels.
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