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Head of Marketing Strategy & Operations

Replit· GTM
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Hybrid (Foster City, CA)$220k - $260kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Head of Marketing Strategy & Operations to run the business side of marketing, own the marketing budget, planning cadence, and executive storytelling. First operations hire on a growing marketing team, partnering with the CMO and Finance.

Responsibilities

  • Own the marketing budget end to end with Finance: allocation across teams and channels, tracking against plan, forecasting, variance flags, and tradeoff conversations
  • Build visibility for leadership on spend by team, channel, and program
  • Run quarterly, half-year, and annual budget planning, and present to Finance and the executive team
  • Own marketing's vendor and agency contracts end to end: evaluations, procurement, renewals, and cost clarity
  • Own marketing's planning cycle: translate company goals into marketing objectives, OKRs, and resourced plans
  • Pressure-test plans, frame tradeoffs, and help the CMO decide where marketing bets are placed
  • Design lightweight processes and internal tools for planning, intake, and reporting
  • Run the operating rhythm for the marketing leadership team: meetings, all-hands, readouts, agendas, decisions, follow-through
  • Keep marketing functions connected so plans, launches, and budgets move together
  • Partner with the CMO on board materials, executive readouts, and strategy documents; surface risks and drive decisions
  • Represent marketing in cross-functional planning with Finance, Sales, and Product
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition on headcount planning, requisitions, and interview processes
  • Standardize basics across sub-teams (job descriptions, interview loops, scorecards) and help new leaders land well

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in marketing strategy and operations, business operations, strategic finance, management consulting, or similar role supporting a CMO, GM, or business unit leader
  • Experience owning a sizable marketing or departmental budget end to end with ability to discuss spend, forecast, and variance
  • Built or run a planning cycle (annual or half-year, OKRs) and an operating cadence for a leadership team
  • Drafted board or executive materials for a senior leader and understand readouts vs narratives
  • Experience with headcount planning and hiring operations alongside a Talent team
  • Run vendor evaluations and procurement with Finance and maintain a clear view of contracts and renewals
  • Comfortable as an individual contributor (this is the first ops hire)
  • Ability to scope light, move fast, and create just-in-time processes for a fast-moving team
  • Ability to build trust across individual contributors to the C-suite
  • Bonus: comfort building own tools with AI; company uses Replit

Skills

Required:Budget managementPlanning and OKR developmentExecutive storytelling and board materials

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Equity
  • 401(k) with 4% match (US Only)
  • Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
  • Short Term and Long Term Disability
  • Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
  • Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)
  • Monthly Wellness Stipend
  • Autonomous Work Environment
  • In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
  • Quarterly Team Gatherings
  • In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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