VP-Marketing Operations and Chief of Staff

Milwaukee, WI (On-site)

$196K/yr – $294K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns Marketing alignment and program execution, leading the Marketing PMO, governance, and strategic initiatives while partnering with senior leaders to optimize budgets and measure ROI.

  • Owns annual planning, KPI definition, and dashboard updates
  • Provides trusted advisory support to Head of Marketing and leads internal communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with the Marketing leadership team, Chiefs-of-Staff in adjacent functions (Strategy, Field, etc.) and Finance to ensure alignment of business objectives and operational budgets. You will function as an enabler for strategic initiatives, ensuring workstream interlocks, visibility of outcomes, and execution of key priorities, while driving operational efficiencies.
  • Additional responsibilities include leading Marketing’s Program Management Office (PMO), managing departmental capacity and budgets to optimize spending, and executing programs aligned with Marketing’s MYS plan, roadmap, and strategic vision.
  • Additionally, focus on marketing ROI objectives, and provide dependable advice and consultation to the VP and Head of Marketing, leveraging marketing performance data. Play the role of the Head of Marketing’s internal marketing communications lead and support change management initiatives within the department.
  • Marketing Strategy & Measurement
  • - Manage the organization’s annual planning process and strategic roadmap. Lead planning process, track all initiatives and verify execution and dashboard updates as needed, conferring with leadership in determining key performance indicators, scope, and structure of the process.
  • - Serve as a trusted advisor to elevate and amplify the Head of Marketing’s capacity, capability, and effectiveness. Function as a sounding board, serve as liaison or proxy when needed, and manage executive communications.
  • - Oversee the process to ensure appropriate capture and documentation of marketing’s strategic initiatives – establishing an information protocol across the team.
  • - Ensures impact-level marketing measurement and executive reporting on marketing’s contribution to the business.
  • Program Management and Planning
  • - Create, plan, and facilitate staff meetings to accomplish clear and effective decision making, tracking, and reporting on follow-up actions, providing appropriate messaging in both written & spoken form to ensure cross-functional visibility and collaboration across the organization.

Requirements

  • Minimum 15 years of experience in Field Sales & Marketing roles, demonstrating progressively expansive responsibilities in operations, program and/or process management, financial management, P&L ownership, and/or business leadership
  • Understanding of sales cycles and product lifecycles and their respective pressures on the marketing organization to drive demand and revenue
  • B2B, B2C, and B2B2C marketing with experience in field enablement, cross-channel marketing, integration of offline and online advertising, and attribution modeling, marketing mix modeling
  • Persuasive leader with experience driving initiatives with demonstrable outcomes, engaging with executives, and supporting others to articulate a vision.
  • Deep analytical and critical thinking skills. Comfortable using a data-driven approach to assess markets, industries, financial and business models.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Prior experience in large, global enterprise organizations; launched and scaled startups, or experience integrating startups in established mature organizations.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
37K employees (1,074 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$196K/yr – $294K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Marketing Operations median pay in the United States

$109K/yr

Most earn $82K to $154K. Based on 1,829 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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VP-Marketing Operations and Chief of Staff

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