Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$132K/yr – $165K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 13 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive strategic operations for marketing, overseeing tech stack, process optimization, budget, data reporting, cross‑department collaboration, and team enablement.

  • Strategic planning and planning cycles
  • Tech stack management
  • Data-driven optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic planning: Developing and implementing marketing strategies and plans to achieve business objectives, improve brand awareness, and build customer loyalty.
  • Technology management: Evaluating, implementing, and managing the marketing technology stack (e.g., CRM, marketing automation platforms, CMS) and ensuring the team can effectively use these tools.
  • Process optimization: Designing, streamlining, and refining marketing processes to improve productivity, efficiency, and cross-team collaboration.
  • Budget management: Developing, managing, and monitoring the marketing budget, including tracking budget vs forecast, and providing financial reports to management in partnership with Finance.
  • Data analysis and reporting: Working with Analytics to analyze marketing campaign performance data, generating reports for stakeholders, and providing data-driven insights and recommendations for improvement.
  • Collaboration: Acting as a liaison between marketing and other departments to ensure alignment on goals and efforts. Building rapport with the Chief of Staff community and working with on cross-company initiatives and planning.
  • Team support: Training and supporting marketing staff, and providing internal support and training on marketing platforms.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in operations or strategy, ideally within Marketing and within technology.
  • Demonstrated skills in planning and strategic thinking.
  • Experience in annual planning a plus.
  • Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
  • Technical proficiency with marketing automation tools, CRMs, and other marketing technologies.
  • Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage timelines and resources.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Budgeting and financial management skills.

Preferred

  • Experience in annual planning a plus.

Benefits

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
  • Mental health benefits
  • Family building benefits
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
  • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
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$132K/yr – $165K/yr

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Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy & Operations

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