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Job Description:
This role is ideal for a strategic, execution-focused marketing technology leader who thrives at the intersection of technology platforms, campaigns, events, and data. The Associate Director of Campaign & Event Technology plays a critical role in enabling marketing strategy through scalable, high-performing execution, connecting platforms like Eloqua and Cvent to deliver integrated, full-funnel experiences that drive pipeline and revenue. This individual owns the systems, workflows, and integrations that power campaigns and event execution, ensuring efficiency, data integrity, and consistency across the marketing technology ecosystem. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys solving operational challenges, improving how teams work, and building reliable, scalable processes that enable precise, data-driven execution.The Associate Director of Campaign & Event Technology leads the strategy, architecture, and optimization of marketing automation and event technology platforms. This role oversees the systems, processes, and execution infrastructure that enable scalable, data-driven campaign and event delivery while ensuring consistent, efficient execution and integration across the CRM platform and analytics systems. This role collaborates with Marketing, Business Development, Events, Technology, and Analytics teams to support high-performing programs and business objectives, with a primary focus on platform performance, operational excellence, and data integrity. This position serves as a hands-on leader, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and execution support while driving adoption of best practices, process efficiencies, and technology innovation.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Define and lead the marketing automation and event technology strategy, ensuring platforms, workflows, and integrations effectively support marketing campaign and event objectives
Manage intake, prioritization, and resource allocation across campaign and event technologies, aligning demands against team capacity and business priorities
Own and optimize the integration across marketing automation, event technology platform, and CRM system (Salesforce) ensuring seamless data flow, system connectivity, and end-to-end execution support
Serve as the primary escalation point for complex, high-risk, or time-sensitive technology-enabled campaign and event initiatives
Lead and support the strategy, implementation, and optimization of marketing automation and event technology platform for high-impact campaigns, flagship events, and complex program builds, ensuring quality and successful delivery
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate campaign and event requirements into effective, scalable technology solutions and related tactics (email, events, thought leadership, paid media, videos, etc.)
Drive continuous optimization of platform performance, event engagement, execution efficiency, and data quality, partnering with analytics team to ensure accurate lead tracking, attribution, and reporting
Develop and implement scalable workflows, templates, and playbooks, while establishing and enforcing standards and best practices for platform usage, campaign execution, event delivery, and data governance
Identify and implement opportunities to enhance platform utilization, automation, and overall efficiency across campaign and event technology
Own data capture, data integrity, and governance processes across marketing automation and event platforms, ensuring consistency and usability across systems
Oversee and develop the Campaign Manager and Event Technology Manager, providing direction, coaching, and performance management
Job Specifications:
Bachelor’s degree
At least ten (10) years of related work experience
Advanced knowledge of marketing automation, campaign operations, and event platforms
Strong project and program management experience in a complex, cross-functional environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word)
Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities
Ability to handle and maintain confidential information
Ability to work collaboratively with senior leaders and learn new concepts and skills quickly
Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive a competitive total rewards package with the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses.
Target Hiring Range $193,000 - $280,000
Please note that quoted salary ranges are not guarantees of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that MWE provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk and hear
Employee must occasionally lift up to twenty (20) pounds
Work Environment:
Typical indoor office environment
Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people within this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.