Director, Brand and Experience Operations

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the CBXO and Brand & Experience Leadership Team in operationalizing and executing strategic priorities and key business initiatives.
  • Coordinate leadership team meetings, operating reviews, quarterly planning sessions, offsites, and follow-up actions.
  • Develop leadership presentations, organizational updates, executive communications, and business review materials.
  • Maintain visibility into key organizational priorities, risks, dependencies, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
  • Partner with functional leaders to track progress against commitments and ensure alignment across teams.
  • Help establish and manage operating rhythms, governance processes, and leadership reporting.
  • Resource Planning & Allocation
  • Support resource allocation processes across Brand & Experience disciplines to ensure alignment with business priorities, client commitments, and strategic initiatives. Serve as key interaction point with Finance partners and P&L business leads.
  • Facilitate resource planning discussions and help identify capacity constraints, staffing gaps, and utilization opportunities.
  • Maintain resource forecasting models and reporting tools that provide visibility into team workloads and demand trends; maintain and validate trends and assumptions in monthly reconciliation.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, resource management, consulting, PMO, Chief of Staff, or related leadership roles.
  • Proven ability to operationalize strategy, drive cross-functional initiatives, and support senior executive leaders in complex organizations.
  • Experience with resource allocation, workforce planning, capacity management, budgeting, forecasting, utilization reporting, and business performance analysis.
  • Strong understanding of financial drivers and ability to translate operational data into business insights and recommendations.
  • Exceptional communication, executive presentation, and relationship-building skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple functions without direct authority.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with experience leveraging dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to support decision-making.
  • Experience driving operational excellence, process improvement, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
  • Experience supporting brand, creative, design, marketing, product, digital, consulting, or professional services organizations preferred.
  • Proficiency with business intelligence and planning tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, or similar platforms.

Benefits

  • Generous Medical, Dental, Vision And Other Great Benefits
  • Paid parental and medical leave programs
  • 401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
  • 15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
  • Hybrid work model
  • Tuition reimbursement and student loan reimbursement assistance
  • Inclusive employee resource groups
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tms

tms unites technology and marketing and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions — from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery. Headquartered in Chicago with 10 offices worldwide, we are responsible for some of the world’s most successful and iconic long-term marketing platforms, including McDonald’s Happy Meal and MONOPOLY programs. Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for clients including McDonald’s, adidas, T-Mobile, Starbucks, Vue and O2.

Founded in 1986
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8K employees (420 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
24.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.9%
Direct
50.4%
Referral
7.9%
Social
5.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
213 (8% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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