Senior Marketing Operations Specialist

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

$157K/yr – $196K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and translate marketing strategy into scalable martech infrastructure while governing Braze/CDP data, and lead end-to-end ad operations and lifecycle messaging for measurable campaigns.

  • Own enterprise ESP data flows and CDP integrations
  • Lead ad operations and campaign lifecycle frameworks
  • Drive deliverability, governance, and testing across channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Sit at the intersection of marketing, engineering, and analytics - acting as a translator who turns complex marketing strategies into technical requirements, infrastructure, and scalable solutions.
  • Serve as the primary owner of our enterprise ESP (Braze) - managing data inflows and outflows, CDP integrations, and unsubscribe governance to ensure a best-in-class orchestration.
  • Function as our end-to-end Ad Operations team - setting up event passback to paid ad platforms, installing and configuring tracking pixels, and strategizing on how to optimize spend efficiency through our event implementation.
  • Oversee the operational lifecycle of campaigns from inception to delivery - establishing UTM tracking guidelines, designing scalable data ingestion processes, and building ESP infrastructure that empowers rapid experimentation.
  • Implement robust campaign monitoring, delivery alerting, and validation frameworks to ensure flawless technical setup and message execution.
  • Champion data governance, documentation, and deliverability best practices across our martech stack, ensuring full compliance with CAN-SPAM and safeguarding IP and domain health.
  • Drive innovation across our lifecycle messaging channels, building advanced personalization capabilities that allow us to engage customers in unique, timely, and meaningful ways.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience governing enterprise ESPs and CDPs (Braze experience is a major plus), managing data inflows and outflows, and maintaining data hygiene.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience owning Ad Operations execution, including setting up pixel configurations, server-side tracking, and targeting parameters across a variety of channels (Search, Social, Display, OTT, etc).
  • Strong, fluent SQL skills and are comfortable querying, transforming, and modeling complex datasets to support targeting and custom audiences.
  • A rare hybrid, equal parts marketer, engineer, and analyst, with an exceptional ability to translate marketing strategy into technical architecture and execution plans.
  • Strong working knowledge of email deliverability best practices, IP/domain health management, and regulatory frameworks such as CAN-SPAM.

Preferred

  • Experience with Braze Liquid logic, Connected Content, and complex canvas/journey orchestration.
  • Experience in highly regulated fields, such as financial services, that operate under limited targeting constraints.
  • Familiarity working with modern data stack (e.g. Snowflake, dbt, Looker, Segment).

Benefits

  • Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
  • Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
  • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
  • Robust tuition reimbursement program
  • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
  • Competitive days of annual PTO
  • Competitive parental leave
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Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We do that through smarter lending products, better tools, and relentless focus. Our approach is shaped by real stories and real challenges, and we’re building solutions that actually help.How we work matters just as much as what we’re building. Our five cultural principles guide how we show up, make decisions, and deliver for our customers every day:Every Second Counts. Choose to Do Hard Things. Pursue Excellence. Lead Together. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously.We’re a remote-first team, moving fast and having fun while doing meaningful work. Perks include a $1,000 Earniversary travel perk, generous PTO, an annual office stipend, and swag drops throughout the year.Sound like your kind of place? Explore open roles at earnest.com/careers.Earnest Operations, NMLS #1204197nmlsconsumeraccess.org

Founded in 2013
Oakland, California, USA
364 employees (36 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
67% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
532.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$970.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.4%
Direct
58.8%
Referral
5%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~364

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$316.3M
Last Raise
$20M
Series C, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2017
    Series C • $20M
  • Nov 2015
    Debt Financing • $200M
  • Nov 2015
    Series B • $75M

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