Sr Director, Marketing Operations

USA (Remote)

$150K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 15 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end consumer marketing production and channel activation, shaping multi-channel campaigns from brief to launch while driving automation, AI-enabled workflows, and measurable business outcomes.

  • Own a high-performing team delivering multi-channel campaigns
  • Partner with MarTech on Salesforce Marketing Cloud journeys and integrations
  • Drive process simplification, QA, and performance reporting

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative production, copywriting, design and campaign execution for Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Pricing and Optimization initiatives.
  • Run campaign deployment across email, onsite, app, push, SMS, social, paid media, direct mail and emerging channels, on time and error-free.
  • Serve as Consumer's primary partner to the MarTech team on Salesforce Marketing Cloud, including journey orchestration, personalization, automation, integrations and roadmap planning.
  • Simplify workflows, retire legacy processes that no longer earn their place and shorten the path from brief to launch.
  • Put AI and automation to work across production through dynamic content, reusable templates, modular creative and scalable activation frameworks.
  • Set production standards, QA processes, service levels and performance metrics, and report against them.
  • Partner with Performance Marketing and Optimization & Pricing to turn business priorities into campaigns and customer experiences.
  • Lead change management as teams adopt new tools, workflows and ways of working.
  • Build, coach and grow a high-performing team accountable for measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

  • 12+ years in marketing operations or campaign production, including 5+ years leading multidisciplinary teams across campaign execution, marketing technology, workflow and process optimization, trafficking, and creative production.
  • A track record running high-volume, multichannel campaign execution for a subscription, media, ecommerce or other direct-to-consumer business.
  • Working knowledge of enterprise marketing automation platforms and how journeys, audience data and personalization fit together.
  • Hands-on experience bringing AI and automation into creative and production workflows, with results you can quantify.
  • Experience building intake, workflow, QA and SLA processes in project management tools such as Jira or Asana.
  • Proven change leadership: you've moved teams off legacy processes and onto new tools and made it stick.
  • Sound judgment under deadline pressure and comfort being measured on output and business results.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred

  • Digital subscription or news media experience
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud certification
  • Experience with digital asset management, modular content or dynamic creative optimization
  • Budget, agency and vendor management experience
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USA TODAY reflects the pulse of the nation with original, on-the-ground reporting centered on diverse perspectives. Its newsroom of journalists is dedicated to bringing clarity to the news of the day by inspiring conversation and reflection.Keep up with the news wherever you are by using the USA TODAY app or visiting www.usatoday.com.

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2.9K employees (977 in marketing)
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35% CEO approval

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$150K/yr – $170K/yr

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Marketing Team

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763 (26% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

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134.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$10.9K
Traffic Source Mix
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42.7%
Direct
48.9%
Referral
5.2%
Social
2.6%
Paid
0.4%

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Current headcount: ~2.6K
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Sr Director, Marketing Operations

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