Senior Manager Marketing Operations - Aurora, IL
Sonova Group · Aurora, IL · 3 wk ago
MarketingFull-time
Role Summary
The Sr. Manager, Marketing Operations is responsible for enabling disciplined execution of the U.S. marketing plan through strong financial management, process rigor, and operational coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Budget Management & Financial Governance
- Track and manage marketing spend across all channels against approved budgets
- Maintain up-to-date visibility into spend pacing, commitments, and remaining budget
- Partner with Finance on accruals, forecasting inputs, and variance reporting
- Ensure financial discipline and compliance across the marketing organization
- Vendor & Invoicing Management
- Own end-to-end invoicing process across agencies and vendors
- Ensure invoices align to contracts, deliverables, and approved budgets
- Maintain centralized tracking of vendor spend and commitments
- Partner with Procurement/Finance on contract and payment processes
- Program Operations & Fulfillment
- Oversee operational execution of key marketing programs, ensuring alignment between marketing initiatives and front-line impact
- Ensure timelines, deliverables, and dependencies are tracked and delivered
- Drive consistency and standardization across execution processes
- Capacity & Demand Alignment Reporting
- Build and maintain operational visibility that connects marketing demand to clinic capacity
- Provide visibility into over/under-demand by market, channel, and time period
- Surface risks and constraints that may impact marketing performance or patient access
- Marketing Calendar & Execution Coordination
- Own centralized integrated marketing calendar across all channels and teams
- Ensure campaigns, promotions, and initiatives are visible and coordinated
- Identify conflicts, gaps, or misalignment in execution timing
- NPS & Customer Feedback Reporting
- Own collection, aggregation, and reporting of NPS and patient feedback
- Ensure insights are consistently shared with marketing and operations stakeholders to enable improved patient outcomes
Profile
- 6–10+ years in marketing operations, business operations, or similar role
- Strong financial and process management skills
- High attention to detail and organizational rigor
- Experience managing budgets, vendors, and cross-functional workflows
- Comfortable operating in a multi-channel, multi-location environment
- Experience building or scaling operational processes in a growing or evolving organization