Head of Marketing Operations
$160,000–$200,000 year
HybridFoster City, California, United States
Job Summary
Own and manage the marketing department's budget end to end, tracking spend against plan, flagging variances, and partnering with Finance on forecasting and reporting. Build visibility into spend by team/channel/program so leadership can make informed tradeoffs while supporting quarterly and annual budget planning cycles. Partner with Talent Acquisition to manage headcount planning, requisition tracking, and interview logistics, helping standardize hiring processes across marketing sub-teams. Bring together brand, demand gen, product marketing, and comms functions for regular tactical updates and team-wide readouts, owning the cadence and follow-through for marketing leadership meetings. Own visibility into all tools and platforms marketing is evaluating or onboarding over the next 12 months, managing vendor evaluations, procurement conversations, and onboarding/rollout plans. Maintain a master view of the marketing tech stack, including licensing, usage, and renewal timelines. Work closely with the CMO on executive presentations, board decks, and strategy docs. This full-time role is based in Foster City, CA, with an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Required Qualifications
- 10 + years of experience in marketing operations, business operations, or a similar role supporting a senior marketing leaders
- Strong financial acumen, comfortable owning a budget and communicating spend clearly to executives
- Experience with hiring/recruiting operations, ideally partnering closely with TA teams
- Excellent presentation and communication skills; experience building exec-level decks
- Familiarity with common marketing tech stack tools (e.g., marketing automation, analytics, project management platforms)
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating across ambiguity
- A collaborative operator who can build trust across a wide range of stakeholders, from individual contributors to the C-suite
- The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
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