Associate Marketing Operations Strategist
Join Toptal as an Associate Marketing Operations Strategist to play a pivotal role in guiding marketing projects toward success.
About Toptal: Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand.
With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.
Job Summary: We are seeking an Associate Marketing Operations Strategist to collaborate with senior leaders in Marketing Strategy, Growth Product, Revenue, Creative, and Events to ensure marketing operations are directly aligned with business needs.
Your work will involve coordinating projects across product, brand, content, events, and creative operations, balancing analytical acumen with strong project management abilities.
This position blends a comprehensive approach to both strategy and hands-on project management, requiring strong analytical skills, operational rigor, and a working knowledge of marketing principles.
Responsibilities:
- Project manage initiatives and projects across marketing functions, ensuring alignment with business needs.
- Manage workflows, improve processes, and facilitate review cycles to deliver projects on time and with quality.
- Perform regular and ad-hoc analyses using SQL, Google Sheets, or other reporting tools to provide actionable insights and verify activities.
- Support lifecycle and campaign operations in SFMC and HubSpot.
In the first week, expect to:
- Onboard and review our operating frameworks.
- Independently participate in and complete company-wide training sessions.
- Meet your team, colleagues from the broader Marketing team, managers, and key stakeholders.
- Onboard and familiarize with critical business tools and vendors.
In the first month, expect to:
- Audit current boards, queues, and reporting to understand workflows and quality bars.
- Write clear, structured creative briefs, coordinating with stakeholders and tracking execution through creative teams.
- Develop an understanding of Toptal’s business and how its services and brand are marketed.
In the first three months, expect to:
- Maintain marketing libraries, ensuring accuracy and accessibility of data.
- Facilitate seamless cross-functional communication and provide status updates on milestones and deliverables.
- Contribute to the planning and execution of marketing automation campaigns in Salesforce Marketing, Cloud and HubSpot.
In the first six months, expect to:
- Identify opportunities to optimize processes, automate repetitive tasks, and improve workflow coordination across marketing.
- Establish durable playbooks and dashboards used by senior stakeholders.
In the first year, expect to:
- Operate as a project manager on key projects for the marketing function under the guidance and strategy of project owners.
- Own processes and execution for specific marketing channels, intaking requests from stakeholders, coordinating with creative/design teams, reviewing and finalizing work products, and launching them.
- Collaborate with the Marketing Strategy team to help identify, scope, and address new growth opportunities and develop a broader marketing strategy.
- Consult with other marketing leaders to help design new marketing processes and operations.
Qualifications and Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- 2-4+ years of marketing operations, project management, campaign execution, or comparable experience.
- You are data-driven, comfortable with spreadsheets for reporting, analysis, audits, and projects.
- You have hands-on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud and/or HubSpot.
- You have strong project management skills and the ability to document processes.
- You have supported creative workflows, including intake, briefs, and QA.
- You are process-oriented, ensuring activities are scalable, documented, and repeatable.
- You are proactive and adaptable, thriving in fast-paced, changing environments while keeping projects on track.
- You collaborate effectively across teams, building trust and alignment, and you adopt a growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
- You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Toptal is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
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