Team Lead, Marketing Operations Programs

Redlands, CA (On-site)

$85K/yr – $146K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the orchestration of marketing programs and operations, aligning cross‑functional teams, standardizing workflows, and driving adoption of new tools to execute major GTM initiatives at scale.

  • Cross‑functional execution: lead intake, prioritization, and delivery rhythms to ensure visible, accountable program progress.
  • Operational playbooks: design standardized workflows across Marketing, Martech, Lead Lifecycle, and Sales Ops to enable scalable, repeatable delivery.
  • Portfolio leadership: maintain backlog visibility and balance value, effort, and capacity to inform leadership decisions and drive adoption of new processes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team. Coach and guide marketing operations program execution by leading intake, prioritization, and delivery rhythms. Foster a collaborative environment that supports consistent execution, visibility, and accountability. Support onboarding and ongoing development through clear processes, cadence, and transparency into priorities and capacity.
  • Be an expert. Provide operational leadership for marketing programs by connecting Marketing, Marketing Technology, Lead Management Lifecycle, Work Management, and Sales Operations. Design and standardize workflows, operating standards, and playbooks that support consistent execution and scale as programs and technology evolve.
  • Communicate and collaborate. Serve as a central point of coordination across the division to align priorities, timelines, and dependencies. Facilitate clear, consistent communication to prevent duplication, gaps, and conflicting work. Partner closely with senior stakeholders to ensure shared understanding, strong execution, and smooth cross-team delivery.
  • Drive results. Lead cross-functional delivery of major marketing initiatives, including go-to-market efforts, transformations, and technology rollouts. Maintain portfolio visibility across backlog, in‑flight work, and upcoming priorities to shape the operations roadmap and support leadership decision‑making by balancing business value, effort, and capacity. Drive operational readiness so teams are prepared to adopt new processes and capabilities.
  • Enable change and adoption. Drive change management for new tools, processes, and operating models, ensuring changes are clearly communicated, reinforced, and adopted. Measure adoption and feedback, using insights to continuously improve processes and the overall platform experience.
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Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, we have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what we call The Science of Where. We take a geographic approach to problem-solving, brought to life by modern GIS technology.

Founded in 1969
Redlands, California, USA
7.1K employees (543 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$21.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.6%
Direct
36.9%
Referral
9.5%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
361 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
7.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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