Staff Operations Manager, Communications & Marketing

Foster City, CA (On-site)

$173K/yr – $220K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own strategic alignment and operational backbone for a VP of Comms and Marketing, turning cross functional initiatives into accountable programs with governance, budget forecasting, and executive ready storytelling.

  • Cross department leadership: drive governance and program execution across the department, translating plans into action.
  • Executive collaboration: partner with senior leaders to push strategic initiatives and operationalize decisions.
  • Calendar, content and budget: manage executive-facing meetings and forecast headcount and budgets with leadership input.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a thought partner and strategic advisor to the VP of Comms & Marketing, standing in on meetings, challenging ideas and offering a different perspective, and following up on action items with the team accordingly.
  • Manage central operations for the department, partnering closely with the leadership and team PMs to maintain and scale a holistic mode of operation.
  • Drive strategic planning, goal setting and tracking, and department governance and team meetings.
  • Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, facilitate special projects, and ensure action items are executed on behalf of the VP.
  • Operate at a tactical, strategic, and operational level, handling the oversight of projects that do not neatly fit within the organizational chart or that fall between departments or leadership areas of responsibility.
  • Assisting with cross-functional strategic matters: commercialization, service and operations orchestration, etc.
  • Provide analysis, recommendations, and options regarding high impact decisions.
  • Partner with the VP’s Executive Assistant to collaboratively ensure calendar is organized and aligned with critical priorities.
  • Manage agenda and content preparation for internal and external executive meetings.
  • Support the VP of Comms & Marketing brand, producing content and presentations both internally and externally.
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Zoox

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Zoox is transforming mobility-as-a-service by developing a fully autonomous, purpose-built fleet designed for AI to drive and humans to enjoy.

Founded in 2014
San Mateo, California, USA
4.3K employees (106 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
286.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$17.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.2%
Direct
50.5%
Referral
6.3%
Social
2.2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
47 (1% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$1B
Last Raise
$200M
Convertible Note, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2019
    Convertible Note • $200M
  • Jul 2018
    Series B • $465M
  • Nov 2016
    Series A • $50M

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