Director, Content Operations

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$153K/yr – $300K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end content production operations, aligning demand with capacity and multi-partner workflows to accelerate delivery.

  • Own the content production pipeline and intake/prioritization governance.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in marketing or creative operations with agency experience.
  • Standout: proven cross-functional alignment across creative, marketing, agency, and technology teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the operational model that governs how work moves through the content production pipeline.
  • Establish intake and prioritization governance that translates marketing demand into clear, prioritized production work.
  • Forecast demand and align work with available capacity across internal creative teams and AOR partners.
  • Define workflows, service levels, and operating guidelines that accelerate production across campaigns, channels, and formats.
  • Establish operational governance and review cadences to track capacity, SLA performance, agency efficiency, and delivery outcomes.
  • Oversee agency operating models, including workflow integration, engagement standards, and performance expectations.
  • Lead agency contract renewals working closely with Procurement and executive partners, evaluating performance and guiding renewal or partner selection decisions.
  • Partner with Content Technology, Standards & Enablement, Content Intelligence, and Strategic Operations to align workflows with platforms, enablement programs, and insights.
  • Define operational metrics with the Content Intelligence team to identify friction points and improve efficiency across the content supply chain.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in marketing operations, creative operations, production operations, or content supply chain roles.
  • Demonstrated success designing scalable workflows supporting complex marketing or creative environments involving internal teams and agencies.
  • Experience managing agency partnerships or vendor ecosystems.
  • Strong systems-thinking mindset with the ability to translate complexity into clear operational frameworks.
  • Proven ability to align cross-functional partners across creative, marketing, agency, and technology teams.
  • Experience leading teams responsible for defining and enforcing operational processes, prioritization of resources, or production coordination.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills in highly matrixed organizations.
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