Sr. Operations Manager - Content Excellence

Tech in Motion; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Sr. Operations Manager for Content Excellence in San Francisco (Hybrid) to oversee the CMO's content operations during a maternity leave. This role shapes strategic planning, content supply chains, and ensures high-quality execution across marketing teams.

You will lead learning journeys, governance, and change management for new content tools and AI-enabled workflows, driving measurable business impact for enterprise content initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of experience in content operations, marketing operations, or creative project management.
• Proven track record of managing end-to-end content workflows, digital asset management systems, and multi-channel campaign ops.

Responsibilities

• Learning Journey Strategy & Delivery: Design, structure, and execute learning journeys to onboard and upskill cross-functional teams on new content capabilities.
• Content Operations & Workflow Management: Lead end-to-end content workflow strategy and governance with cross-functional alignment.
• Process Optimization & Systemic Efficiency: Identify opportunities to simplify approvals and speed time-to-market.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Facilitation: Lead operational forums and translate high-level requirements into action plans.
• Change Management & Enablement: Deliver training and documentation for new content tools and AI-enabled practices.

Skills

Content operations

Marketing operations

Creative project management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CMS

DAM

Job description

Job Title: Sr. Operations Manager - Content Excellence

Location: San Francisco California 94080 (Hybrid)

Job Duration: 6 month contract with possible extension

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Operations Manager for Content Excellence to join the Chief Marketing Office (CMO) to cover a temporary maternity leave. In this pivotal, high-impact role, you will lead operational frameworks that elevate strategic planning, streamline content supply chains, and ensure seamless, high-quality execution across key CMO teams and the broader Marketing organization. As our Content Excellence team rolls out modern content capabilities across the enterprise, you will serve as a key operational and change lead. You will bridge strategic alignment with tactical execution, guiding teams through learning journeys, removing cross-functional friction, driving system and process adoption, and ensuring content initiatives deliver measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Learning Journey Strategy & Delivery: Design, structure, and execute comprehensive learning journeys and enablement programs that onboard and upskill cross-functional teams on newly deployed content capabilities, tools, and guidelines.
• Content Operations & Workflow Management: Lead operational support for end-to-end content workflow strategy and governance, ensuring cross-functional alignment across stakeholders.
• Process Optimization & Systemic Efficiency: Diagnose operational opportunities in content processes and asset management, designing scalable efficiencies and guidelines that simplify complex approvals and accelerate speed-to-market.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Facilitation: Facilitate key operational content forums, review sessions, and alignment meetings with strong executive presence, translating high-level requirements into clear action plans.
• Change Management & Enablement: Deliver targeted change management, training, and documentation to support marketing teams in adopting new content tools, guidelines, and modern practices (including generative AI enablement).

Capabilities

• Strategic Content Agility: Thrives in ambiguity, connects broader marketing goals to granular asset workflows, and adapts prioritization effectively based on shift in business strategy.
• Content Governance & Project Management: Applies structured operations methodologies to manage content lifecycles, asset repositories, timelines, and multi-channel deliverables.
• Inspiring & Influencing: Drives consensus among diverse stakeholders-including creative teams, legal/regulatory reviewers, and executive leadership-without direct authority.
• Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; adept at converting complex process updates or brand strategy mandates into clear operational direction.
• Analytical & Continuous Improvement: Skilled at measuring operational bottlenecks, asset utilization, and workflow throughput to continuously optimize content operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 5-7 years of experience in content operations, marketing operations, or creative project management.
• Proven track record of managing end-to-end content workflows, digital asset management systems, and multi-channel campaign ops.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of commercial marketing processes within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry (e.g., MLR/PRC review processes).
• Experience with enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms (e.g., Veeva Vault, Adobe Experience Manager).
• Expertise in Agile marketing methodologies, creative agency workflows, and modern content capabilities (including AI tools for content generation/management).