Marketing Strategy & Operations Lead - Marketing Operations

12 month contract with potential to extend

Hybrid/onsite San Francisco area

We're looking for a strategically-minded and operationally excellent Marketing Strategy & Operations Lead to join our team. This role is at the heart of how our global marketing organization operates - from shaping planning cycles and owning key workstreams, to enabling cross-functional alignment and budget accountability. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in SaaS enterprise businesses, preferably within Big Tech environments, and knows how to navigate the nuances of complex, global marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Planning: Drive the annual and quarterly planning process for marketing, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align on goals, resourcing, and execution plans.
• Own Cross-Functional Workstreams: Operate at the intersection of brand, demand gen, product marketing, comms, and more - connecting dots, managing dependencies, and ensuring the org is executing against shared priorities.
• Communicate with Clarity: Craft crisp, high-quality communications - from executive updates to team-wide memos. You're equally comfortable drafting a strategic brief or presenting to a VP.
• Manage Projects End-to-End: Take initiatives from zero to one, often in ambiguous environments. You ask the right questions, develop structure where there is none, and execute with discipline.
• Support Budget & Investment Decisions: Work closely with marketing leaders and finance to track budgets, monitor spend, and make investment decisions that align with evolving business needs.
• Run Global Operations: Coordinate across regional teams, lead global standups, and ensure alignment across markets - keeping cultural nuances and time zones in mind.
• Balance Today & Tomorrow: Make sense of existing business needs while building frameworks to support future growth and marketing evolution
  
  

Requirements

• Masters degree or higher Strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of how marketing functions operate and interconnect in a global org
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - you write with clarity and purpose. Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills (Director, VP )
• Proven track record of launching and managing complex cross-functional projects. Comfort operating independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• 8 years of experience in marketing, operations, or strategy roles. Prior experience in SaaS enterprise businesses; background in Big Tech a strong plus
• Project management excellence and strong organizational instincts
• Familiarity with marketing budgets and business planning processes
  
  

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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Alexa Kline - Recruiter, National Delivery

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 04/04/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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