Marketing Operations Specialist (Contract)

Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expContract

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end operations for marketing initiatives including PO lifecycle tracking, contractor approvals, special projects interfacing, and All-Hands production, while leveraging low-code automation and strong data dashboards.

  • Lead PO lifecycle tracking and vendor onboarding coordination.
  • Design contractor approval pipelines with justification metrics.
  • Overlap with high-priority projects and global event production.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Operations & Logistics Support (The "Assistant" Core)
  • PO Lifecycle Tracking: Maintain an operational tracking system for the end-to-end lifecycle of purchase orders (POs) opened on behalf of the CMO office and special projects, ensuring zero delays in vendor onboarding.
  • Contractor Approval Pipelines: Design a structured routing and tracking workflow for contractor requests requiring the CMO's sign-off, automatically aggregating necessary justification metrics from requesting managers before routing.
  • Special Project Interface: Serve as the primary operational and logistics interface for high-priority initiatives, such as tracking inventory thresholds and vendor communication pipelines for the global merchandise store overhaul.
  • All-Hands Broadcast Production: Manage the end-to-end technical orchestration, digital backend setup, and interactive tool configuration (e.g., Zoom Webinar, Slido Q&A, and slide asset formatting) for global marketing All-Hands meetings.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of marketing operations experience
  • The "Builder" Persona: Highly proficient in low-code/no-code automation platforms (e.g., Zapier, Microsoft Power Platform, Make.com, or platform-native workflow rules).
  • Data & Dashboard Fluency: Experience building clear, scannable trackers and dashboards in Excel/Sheets, Notion, Airtable, PowerBI, or equivalent tools.
  • AI-Literate: Comfortable leveraging generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilots) to write basic scripts, clean text, or automate prompt-based data formatting.
  • Technical Production: Experience managing the backend settings, polling features, and configuration of enterprise webinar tools (Zoom Webinar, Webex, or Teams).

Benefits

  • Magnit offers Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K.
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Founded in 2015
Santa Clara, California, USA
18K employees (731 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
90% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$664.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.4%
Direct
42.4%
Referral
17.4%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
501 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
17.5 years
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
11

Funding

Total Funding
$65M
Last Raise
$10M
Series C, 17 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2008
    Series C • $10M
  • Aug 2008
    Series C • $27M
  • Jun 2007
    Series B • $18M

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