Marketing Strategy and Operations Lead

The role

This lead role works as a close advisor to the Chief Marketing Officer and runs the operating framework for the entire marketing function. It sits at the intersection of strategy, planning, finance, and cross-team go-to-market alignment, and includes guiding the organization through a shift toward AI-enabled working methods.

What you would do

• Act as a core member of marketing leadership, shaping priorities and bringing structured thinking to the hardest decisions.
• Turn the CMO's direction into a coherent organizational strategy, with options and recommendations on where to invest.
• Build and maintain the cadence and processes that keep marketing decisions timely and alignment built in.
• Lead annual and quarterly planning and goal-setting, converting strategy into measurable team targets.
• Co-manage marketing budget and headcount with Finance, producing integrated resource plans and investment tradeoff guidance.
• Lead the adoption of AI across marketing workflows to improve speed, leverage, and creativity.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution, including standing up new operating models.
• Partner with Revenue Ops, Sales, Product, and Strategy to keep go-to-market systems aligned.
• Define metrics, reporting rhythms, and executive narratives that track progress against business goals.

What they asked for

• 10+ years in strategy, chief-of-staff, consulting, or marketing/GTM operations, ideally at scaled B2B enterprise SaaS companies.
• Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools applied to operating workflows.
• Working knowledge of AI agents and how to orchestrate them across an organization.
• Solid grasp of B2B demand generation, campaigns, events, lifecycle programs, and pipeline measurement.
• Strong financial judgment for budgets, forecasts, headcount, and investment tradeoffs.
• Advanced program management, able to handle detail and summarize for executives.
• Track record leading organizational change and guiding teams to new ways of working.
• First-principles problem solver who can break down processes and decide what to automate versus keep human.
• Ability to connect cross-functional dependencies and broader business implications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for executives and diverse stakeholders.