Senior Marketing Operations Lead - Planning & Budget

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

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.