Senior Manager, Marketing Operations

HighTower Advisors, LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

Mother's lounge

Flexible PTO

Hybrid work pattern

On-site gym

401k matching

HSA contributions

Student loan assistance

Job summary

Hightower is seeking a Senior Manager, Marketing Operations, Project Manager to drive execution across the marketing organization. You will oversee workflow, vendor onboarding, SLA tracking, and reporting, serving as a hub between marketing, onboarding advisor teams, M&A, technology, compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver initiatives on time and at scale.

You’ll lead marketing integrations for newly acquired advisor teams, accelerate adoption of marketing capabilities, and manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in marketing or business.
• 5+ years in marketing operations or growth marketing within financial services.
• Strong leadership with experience managing a high-performing team.
• Experience with digital marketing channels, analytics, and HubSpot (preferred).
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize website projects and vendor onboarding from acquisitions.
• Develop onboarding plans to transition new practices joining Hightower.
• Own marketing tech ecosystem, including platform strategy and budgets.
• Identify opportunities to improve martech with AI and automation.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and other teams to implement tech.
• Develop governance to drive adoption of marketing tools.
• Manage intake and resolution of marketing support requests.
• Support leadership in planning and resource allocation.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Digital marketing

Compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing or business

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Our Story

Founded in 2008, Hightower is a wealth management firm that provides investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices, as well as 401(k) consulting and cash management services to corporations. Hightower's capital solutions, operational support services, size and scale empower its vibrant community of independent-minded wealth advisors to grow their businesses and help their clients achieve their financial vision. Based in Chicago with advisors across the U.S., we operate as a registered investment advisor (RIA).

Your Future Team

The Senior Manager, Marketing Operations, Project Manager is responsible for driving execution across Hightower's marketing organization through disciplined project management, operational leadership, and strategic integration planning. This role oversees marketing workflow management, including website project prioritization, vendor onboarding processes, ticket management, SLA tracking, and operational reporting. This role serves as a central hub connecting marketing, newly onboarding advisor teams, M&A, technology, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, efficiently, and at scale.

A key responsibility of this role is leading the marketing integration of newly acquired advisor teams joining Hightower and Hightower Signature Wealth, ensuring a seamless onboarding experience, accelerating adoption of marketing capabilities, and project managing rebranding and website and social platform migrations.

What You’ll Do

• Own the planning and prioritization of website projects and vendor onboarding for existing teams resulting from acquisitions. Identify marketing integrations risks, dependencies, resource constraints.
• Develop and execute marketing onboarding plans to ensure a smooth transition for new practices joining Hightower and Hightower Signature Wealth.
• Own Hightower's marketing technology ecosystem, including platform strategy, vendor management, contract oversight, budget tracking.
• Identifying opportunities to improve martech capabilities through AI, automation and process optimization.
• Partner with Product, Platform & Innovation, Compliance, and other cross-functional teams to evaluate, implement, and optimize marketing technologies that enhance the advisor and client experience.
• Develop scalable processes and governance that drive consistent adoption of marketing tools and best practices across Hightower and Hightower Signature Wealth advisor teams.
• Oversee the intake, prioritization, and resolution of marketing support requests, ensuring timely delivery and a consistent advisor experience.
• Partner with Marketing leadership to optimize planning, resource allocation, and execution.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in marketing operations or growth marketing within the financial services industry or a related field
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing a high-performing team
• Experience with digital marketing channels, analytics, and performance-tracking tools (Hubspot experience strongly preferred)
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements within the financial services industry
• The ability to stay up-to-date with industry trends and new marketing technologies

What We Offer

• Coverage on the first day of employment for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid parental leave (16 weeks for primary caregiver and 8 weeks for secondary caregiver)
• Mother's lounge onsite
• Flexible PTO plan
• In-office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Fridays
• Free brand-new gym in the Chicago office
• 401k matching plan
• HSA employer contributions
• Student loan assistance
• Base salary of $120,000-$130,000 plus discretionary bonus (exact base salary amount will be dependent on experience)

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Hightower is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related), gender identity or expression, genetic information including sickle cell or hemoglobin C trait, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local law.

You are a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident or possess other unrestricted U.S. work authorization and will not require sponsorship for U.S. work authorization now or anytime in the future.