Director of Marketing Operations

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own marketing operations and MarTech at scale with FCA-regulated risk controls; own the stack, data flows, and cross-functional handoffs from plan to execution, while optimizing ROIs and compliance-driven governance.

  • Own the MarTech roadmap and systems architecture across Salesforce, HubSpot, Iterable, Apollo and related data platforms.
  • Lead governance and operating model to align marketing, sales and product handoffs and ensure compliant communications.
  • Drive attribution, lead routing, lifecycle automation and reporting across BU funnels with an eye on risk reduction and resilience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the strategy & plan for marketing operations
  • Define and own the long-term MarTech roadmap and execution aligned to OakNorth’s commercial objectives.
  • Establish a clear operating model across marketing, sales and product handoffs.
  • Lead prioritisation of systems investment, tooling decisions and integration strategy.
  • Partner with the Design & Brand lead to enforce brand and tone-of-voice at the systems level.
  • Own commercial systems architecture
  • Oversee the architecture and optimisation of Salesforce, HubSpot, Iterable, Apollo and associated data platforms.
  • Drive improvements in attribution, lead routing, lifecycle automation and reporting across the BU funnels.
  • Ensure systems are integrated, scalable and operationally resilient (PRA SS2/21, FCA/PRA Operational Resilience PS21/3)
  • Reduce operational risk and eliminate single points of failure across the stack.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in marketing operations; 3+ years at Director / Head of level.
  • Deep expertise in managing a marketing stack at scale: SalesForce, marketing automation (HubSpot, Iterable or equivalent), CMS, consent management, attribution, analytics.
  • Hands-on experience in a UK FCA/PRA-regulated firm.
  • Strong commercial acumen and experience enabling frontline teams through systems and data.
  • Excellent lateral leadership skills, i.e. influencing without direct authority and ability to drive cross-functional alignment.
  • Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on ownership when required.

Preferred

  • Operationalised AI in customer-facing marketing in a regulated context.
  • Revenue Operations experience in B2B SaaS
  • Affiliate channel governance.
  • Third-party risk management in a regulated firm.
  • US lending or international expansion exposure.
  • Operational Resilience operating experience.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday
  • Hybrid role
  • Personalized benefits – opt-in to what matters to you
  • Subsidised Private Medical Insurance with Bupa
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Wellbeing and social events
  • In-house Barista Bar in London office
  • Support causes that matter to you – Volunteering time off
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OakNorth

The digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We provide bespoke credit and banking services to businesses with £1m-£100m turnover across the UK and US.With funding ranging from £1m to tens of millions, we have lent billions to businesses across a whole range of sectors, performing among the top 1% of commercial banks globally.To date, OakNorth financing has helped create tens of thousands of new jobs and affordable homes.

Founded in 2015
London, England, GBR
574 employees (16 in marketing)