Brand Operations Manager: Scalable Governance (Remote)

Aquent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a Brand Marketing Manager focused on brand operations, governance, and scalable brand systems. Remote with West Coast preference and Pacific Time hours, full-time contract through December 2026.

The role emphasizes structured brand work across a global organization by managing intake, improving workflows, and ensuring consistent brand strategy application. You will collaborate with Brand, Legal, Marketing, and agencies, build scalable processes, and develop guidance to reduce

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in brand management, brand operations, or related areas.
• Strong project or program management in a large, complex org.
• Experience managing intake processes, creative workflows, brand governance, or operational systems.
• Proven ability to build or improve scalable processes, not just execute.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Brand, Creative, Marketing, Legal, Product, and agencies.
• Strong analytical skills using data to identify trends and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support a centralized brand intake and governance process—prioritize, route, and track high-priority requests.
• Partner with Brand, Marketing, Creative, Legal, and agency stakeholders to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Develop scalable workflows, tools, and guidance to apply brand strategy consistently.
• Facilitate communication with brand leaders across a matrixed org.
• Oversee tools, resources, and training to improve brand understanding and adoption.
• Analyze brand intake data to identify trends and opportunities to improve processes.
• Develop documentation and scaled guidance to reduce repeat questions and improve efficiency.
• Support governance of a centralized brand classification database with Marketing Legal.

Skills

Brand management

Brand operations

Governance

Marketing operations

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Workflow optimization

Tools

Adobe Workfront

Airtable

Asana

Wrike

Jira

Job description

Aquent is seeking a Brand Marketing Manager focused on brand operations, governance, and scalable brand systems. Remote with West Coast preference and Pacific Time hours, full-time contract through December 2026.

The role emphasizes structured brand work across a global organization by managing intake, improving workflows, and ensuring consistent brand strategy application. You will collaborate with Brand, Legal, Marketing, and agencies, build scalable processes, and develop guidance to reduce