Principal, Marketing Architecture & Strategy

USA (Remote)

$142K/yr – $208K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the marketing tech and data stack strategy, turning cross-functional roadblocks into aligned pilots and tool implementations that move marketing outcomes forward.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Define and govern the marketing tech, data, and AI roadmap, turning complex roadblocks into executable pilots.
  • Cross-functional Execution: Represent marketing's strategic interests across tech initiatives and manage milestones with Enterprise Technology partners.
  • Innovation & Measurement: Deploy pilot POCs, translate findings into clear status updates for leadership, and drive continuous improvement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define the strategic vision for Twilio’s Marketing technology, data, and AI systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
  • Be the central point of contact representing marketing’s strategic interests across all cross-functional technology initiatives and engagement.
  • Champion marketing innovation through emerging tools and technology to streamline internal processes, improve business outcomes and results, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Articulate comprehensive business requirements that bridge the gap between creative marketing use cases and technical tool capabilities.
  • Orchestrate the recruiting and management of pilot groups for internal Proof of Concepts (POCs) to test new marketing tools.
  • Partner with Enterprise Technology teams as well as other relevant partners to drive progress and accountability for day-to-day execution through rigorous tracking and milestone management.
  • Serve as a strategic bridge, translating complex technical roadblocks and project "noise" into clear, concise status reports and escalations for marketing leadership.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in Marketing or GTM strategy, marketing technology, growth engineering, or related roles with a proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects.
  • Strong grasp of modern marketing approaches, including PLG & ABM frameworks.
  • Systems thinker who can form a hypothesis, test it with real users, and iterate quickly.
  • Ability to use data to justify prioritization decisions and measure the success of pilot programs.
  • Elite communication and storytelling; ability to distill high-volume information into executive-level summaries.
  • Highly effective at facilitating seamless information flow across teams and silos, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and aligned on objectives and outcomes.
  • Ability to challenge and influence executive-level stakeholders and navigate complex trade-offs regarding prioritization and roadmaps.
  • Deep interest in marketing, AI, productivity, and the future of work.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous and fast-paced environments

Preferred

  • Experience working on or with AI products (e.g., LLMs, copilots, RAG apps, workflow tools).
  • Past roles in startups, innovation labs, or skunkworks teams.
  • Experience leading technology and process changes or large-scale internal tool adoptions.
  • Experience leading significant cross-functional initiatives with minimal oversight.

Benefits

  • What We Offer
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Twilio

3.7 Glassdoor

Today's leading companies trust Twilio's Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) to build direct, personalized relationships with their customers everywhere in the world. Twilio enables companies to use communications and data to add intelligence and security to every step of the customer journey, from sales to marketing to growth, customer service and many more engagement use cases in a flexible, programmatic way. Across 180 countries, millions of developers and hundreds of thousands of businesses use Twilio to create magical experiences for their customers.

Founded in 2008
San Francisco, California, USA
6.6K employees (419 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
70% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$357K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.5%
Direct
57%
Referral
8.1%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
307 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
4.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$614.4M
Last Raise
$378.2M
Post IPO Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $378.2M
  • Mar 2017
    Post IPO Equity
  • Aug 2016
    Post IPO Equity

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