
Senior Director – Marketing Campaign Execution, Program Management
Empower
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $138,000 - $200,100 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead the full campaign lifecycle, including intake and discovery, design, build and QA, launch, live optimization, and post-campaign analysis.
- Translate campaign strategy briefs into executable plans by defining scope, channel mix, audiences, assets, timelines, dependencies, risks, and prioritization.
- Partner with Data Science, Product, and IT to define campaign requirements, data needs, decision logic, and personalization while ensuring feasibility, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
- Oversee campaign build and testing activities, including templates, dynamic content, segmentation, triggers, and enforcement of documentation and naming standards.
- Ensure rigorous quality assurance processes are completed prior to launch and that approval workflows and audit trails are maintained.
- Coordinate campaign launch readiness, manage deployment issues, and lead rapid resolution of incidents or defects.
- Drive experimentation, mid-flight optimization, and continuous improvement using performance data and testing insights.
- Deliver post-campaign reporting and learning agendas, identifying insights, root causes, and recommended changes for future campaigns.
- Establish and lead portfolio-level governance, including capacity planning, SLAs, dependency management, risk escalation, and stakeholder communication.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve standardized workflows and playbooks to increase throughput, consistency, and execution quality.
- Define and enforce quality, compliance, consent, suppression, accessibility, and regulatory controls in partnership with Legal and Compliance.
- Build, lead, and develop a multi-layer organization; define role clarity and career paths; coach leaders on execution excellence and cross-functional influence.
- Partner with Marketing Technology teams to evolve platforms and integrations (e.g., MAP, CRM, CDP, analytics) and improve data quality for targeting and measurement.
- Establish dashboards and reporting cadences aligned to engagement, conversion, unsubscribe rates, and other campaign performance metrics.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in campaign operations, lifecycle marketing, marketing operations, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience leading multi-layer teams, including managing senior leaders such as Directors and Senior Managers.
- Extensive experience in multi-channel campaign execution and marketing automation platforms.
- Demonstrated senior-level program and portfolio management experience in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across strategy, creative, technical, and compliance partners.
- Strong data-driven mindset with experience using performance insights to diagnose issues, prioritize trade-offs, and drive continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated experience supporting both B2B and B2C marketing communications and underlying infrastructure.
- Track record of improving campaign cycle time, quality, and scalability through process standardization and platform enablement.
- Experience operating in global or regional execution models, including localization and time zone coordination.
- Experience modernizing campaign workflows through automation and AI under strong governance frameworks.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Advanced degree and/or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile, platform certifications) preferred.
- Background in financial services or other regulated industries preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
campaign operationslifecycle marketingmarketing automationmulti-channel campaign executionprogram managementportfolio managementdata analysisprocess standardizationautomationAI
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluencecollaborationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementstakeholder managementcoachingstrategic thinkingrisk management
Certifications
PMPAgileplatform certificationsadvanced degree