Senior Manager Marketing Operations

Lime Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lime Talent is seeking a Senior Marketing Operations Manager to lead planning, budgeting and governance for a large consumer business in London and Dublin. You will work with senior leaders to prioritise resources, optimise spend and deliver clear, commercially-focused reporting.

The role requires strong experience in marketing operations, financial acumen and the ability to balance pace with discipline across multiple functions.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading marketing operations in a large or complex organisation.
• Strong budget management and financial acumen with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading marketing planning and budget management across the function.
• Improving visibility of spend, forecasts and investment priorities.
• Working closely with Finance and Procurement on budgets, contracts and agency relationships.
• Developing effective governance and ways of working for major marketing activity.
• Improving processes to make the function simpler, faster and more effective; creating clear reporting for senior marketing stakeholders.
• Supporting resource planning and prioritisation across teams.
• Identifying opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Building strong relationships across Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams.
• Leading and developing the Marketing Operations team.

Skills

Marketing ops

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Marketing automation platforms

Job description

Title: Senior Marketing Operations Manager Location: London / Dublin (2/3 days a week in the office, Dublin office every other week)

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Marketing Operations Manager to join a large, fast-paced consumer business and help strengthen how the marketing function plans, operates and invests.

This role will suit someone who is comfortable bringing structure to complexity, improving ways of working and helping senior marketing teams make better decisions around priorities, budgets and resources.

You’ll work closely with leaders across Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams to ensure activity is well planned, efficiently delivered and aligned to business priorities.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your focus will be on improving the operational effectiveness of the marketing function, with responsibility across planning, budget management, governance and ways of working.

You’ll help create greater visibility of marketing investment, strengthen planning processes and ensure teams have the right frameworks and tools to deliver effectively.

You’ll also play a key role in identifying efficiencies, improving cross-functional working and supporting senior leaders with clear, commercially focused reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading marketing planning and budget management across the function
• Improving visibility of spend, forecasts and investment priorities
• Working closely with Finance and Procurement on budgets, contracts and agency relationships
• Developing effective governance and ways of working for major marketing activity
• Improving processes to make the function simpler, faster and more effectiveCreating clear reporting for senior marketing stakeholders
• Supporting resource planning and prioritisation across teams
• Identifying opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and effectiveness
• Building strong relationships across Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams
• Leading and developing the Marketing Operations team

Who Are You?

• Experienced marketing operations leader with a strong understanding of how large marketing functions operate.
• Strong budget management and financial acumen
• Experience working in a large consumer, retail or similarly complex organisation
• Strong understanding of marketing planning and delivery
• Experience improving processes and ways of working
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders across multiple functions
• Strong analytical and organisational skills
• Experience managing agencies, suppliers or commercial partnerships
• Strong people leadership and team development experience
• The ability to balance operational discipline with pace and flexibility

We are committed to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that a variety of viewpoints fosters innovation and strengthens teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.