Marketing Operations Manager

Requisition Number: 72098

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Role Summary

Conducts a broad range of compliance marketing operations activities to ensure the accurate, timely, and compliant production, fulfillment, and distribution of digital and print marketing and investment materials. Serves as an internal project manager for mid- to large-scale projects, managing schedules, resources, deliverables, and interdependencies. Ensures stakeholders and vendors are collaborating to meet established milestones and deliverables. Typically, responsible for a single, defined area of focus (e.g., fulfillment, production, etc.) and manages the execution of associated activities.

Responsibilities:

• Advises internal clients on operational process(es), such as fulfillment, print services, and production. Assigned to a broad client base and can provide the full range of standard operational services. Actively participates in campaign planning meetings to ensure a thorough understanding of campaign objectives, timing, and necessary collateral (print, digital, etc.).
• Develops production/service plans across a wide variety of types and complexity that align with objectives. Presents to client and leads negotiations to land on the final operational plans to support the campaign. Outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the presented choices, ensuring stakeholders understand the effects on project cost and timing.
• Determines availability of internal resources and performs cost/benefit analyses for outsourcing work to vendors. Researches appropriate vendors/suppliers and prepares technical specifications and solicits bids. Awards vendor/supplier contracts and monitors performance, ensuring the client's satisfaction. Coaches vendor to improve performance by identifying quality issues or nonconformance to established service-level agreements.
• Conducts regular reporting of operational activities for assigned campaigns. Manages the production schedule(s), taking steps to adjust resources and timing when challenges arise, or changes occur. Seeks to anticipate unforeseen issues and prepares contingency plans accordingly.
• Ensures execution of operational plans for assigned campaign(s) include the appropriate regulatory provisions. Coordinates control activities such as confirming adherence to brand standards, inclusion of regulatory requirements/disclaimers and overall quality of production results. When deviations are observed, oversees remediation and sees through to conclusion. Recommends changes to standards and protocols for monitoring compliance to address ongoing issues.

Qualifications:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 5+ years of total relevant work experience

Preferred Skills:

• Strong strategic and Analytical Thinking
• Project Management
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration
• Manages a team of marketing operations analysts who perform various functions as part of compliance cycles

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for remote work up to two days a week.

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Community / Marketing Title: Marketing Operations Manager

Company Profile:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Maryland, US

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