Senior Associate Director, Marketing Systems and Automation

Chicago, IL (Unknown)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize the marketing technology stack and data frameworks, lead change management for platform consolidations, and partner on real-time insights and automation across cross-functional teams.

  • Lead marketing systems, data quality, and automation initiatives across Salesforce, Marketo, and related tools.
  • Drive adoption, training, and change management while collaborating with IT and research/data science teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Administers and optimizes Salesforce and Marketo, including ongoing system management, data quality, and data cleansing.
  • Builds and manages data frameworks that enable audience segmentation, personalized content, and targeted messaging.
  • Develops training materials and leads user training to support system adoption, change management, and new process rollouts.
  • Leads change management for technology consolidation and new platform implementations, partnering with IT on security, backend configuration, documentation, and rollout readiness.
  • Partners with research, data science, and marketing operations teams to deliver real-time reporting and insights on lead generation, geographic trends, campaign effectiveness, and related decision-making needs.
  • Identifies and implements opportunities for marketing and operational automation, including personalization, triggered communications, task routing, database cleansing, QA processes, and digitally enabled workflows.
  • Extends and standardizes marketing automation frameworks; leads scoring models, database governance, automation logic, naming conventions, and reporting structures across the MarTech ecosystem.
  • Supports the evaluation and rollout of AI-powered tools across the marketing technology stack, including predictive lead scoring, machine-driven personalization, and workflow automation to improve performance and efficiency.
  • Defines integration requirements across platforms, technologies, and data domains, and designs technical solutions that connect them into a cohesive digital ecosystem.
  • Serves as a mentor and subject matter resource for other marketing systems administrators while exploring emerging digital technologies and translating innovation opportunities into actionable project plans.

Requirements

  • Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
  • Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
  • The preferred qualifications include Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Master’s degree.
  • Relevant Salesforce professional experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with Marketo or comparable marketing automation platforms, with demonstrated success implementing marketing enablement, automation, and journey orchestration initiatives, required, preferably in higher education.
  • Background with operational technology, automation tools, AI frameworks, and agentic AI workflows, including familiarity with AI-powered marketing capabilities such as predictive analytics, generative content, personalization, and lead scoring.
  • Strong expertise in web technologies, digital platforms, and IT processes; working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
  • Strong understanding of content tagging, personalization strategies, customer journey mapping, and scalable automation program design across multiple teams or business units.
  • Familiarity with data visualization or BI tools such as Tableau is a plus, along with flexibility to work hours as needed to meet business demands.
  • Proven ability to work effectively across multiple departments and with external vendors, including strong cross-functional collaboration and vendor management skills.
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with the judgment to translate insights into practical, actionable solutions independently.

Benefits

  • The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

Salaries

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$110K/yr – $130K/yr

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