Head of Marketing Operations

What You'll Do

Budget & Financial Operations

• 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
• Support quarterly and annual budget planning cycles

Hiring Operations

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and marketing leads to manage headcount planning, requisition tracking, and interview logistics
• Help standardize hiring processes across marketing sub-teams (job descriptions, interview loops, scorecards)
• Keep hiring plans aligned with budget and org design

Cross-Functional Coordination & Executive Partnership

• Bring together the different functions within marketing (brand, demand gen, product marketing, comms, etc.) for regular tactical updates and team-wide readouts
• Own the cadence, agenda, and follow-through for marketing leadership meetings and all-hands
• Partner directly with the CMO on presentation development, including board decks, executive readouts, and strategy docs, ensuring materials are polished, data-backed, and on-message

Marketing Technology & Tools Oversight

• Own visibility and oversight into all tools and platforms marketing is evaluating or onboarding over the next 12 months
• Manage vendor evaluations, procurement conversations, and onboarding/rollout plans for new tools
• Maintain a master view of the marketing tech stack, including licensing, usage, and renewal timelines

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in marketing operations, business operations, or a similar role supporting 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