Responsible for leading the execution and continuous optimization of inbound marketing operations across EMEA and North America for 25+ global partner institutions. This role combines people management, campaign execution, process ownership, and stakeholder alignment to ensure timely, brand-compliant marketing delivery and drive student recruitment outcomes.
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership & Team Management, Salesforce Case Management & Workflow Optimization, Cross-Functional Stakeholder Collaboration. Performance Analysis & Process Improvement, Training, Onboarding & Capability Building
- Lead a globally distributed team of Marketing Coordinators, directly managing the EMEA and North America Leads, and indirectly guiding the wider MC network across regions.
- Conduct weekly syncs to prioritize workloads, resolve escalations, review institutional priorities, and align execution with global campaign timelines.
- Set performance expectations and deliver ongoing coaching to ensure high service standards, cross-regional consistency, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Manage the end-to-end execution of multi-channel campaigns, email, print, social media, landing pages, and event promotions supporting student recruitment for all partner institutions.
- Plan and deliver virtual and in-person events such as webinars, education fairs, and agent engagement sessions, overseeing logistics, promotional rollout, and performance tracking.
- Utilize Canva for brand-aligned, visually engaging assets and Stripo for building responsive HTML email templates that drive engagement and conversions.
- Ensure that all content, email copy, landing page text, event materials, is crafted or reviewed to meet brand guidelines and campaign objectives.
- Oversee the global marketing support queue via Salesforce Case Management, ensuring all cases are processed within SLA, feedback benchmarks (≥4.5), and operational KPIs.
- Champion adoption and refinement of the Salesforce Marketing Form, reducing friction and ensuring uniform input across support categories (Campaigns, Events, Print, Leads, etc.).
- Maintain a real-time Case Escalation Tracker to flag blockers, track unresolved approvals, and mitigate recurring issues through stakeholder intervention or process changes.
- Act as the primary operational liaison between Marketing Operations and teams such as Brand Marketing, Creative Studio, MarTech, Business Development, Community Managers, and Heads of Sales.
- Partner closely with institutional stakeholders to ensure marketing requests align with strategic goals, campaign timelines, and recruitment targets.
- Escalate delays and bottlenecks while ensuring transparent communication and timely resolution.
- Monitor and report on case volumes, turnaround time, team capacity, and satisfaction scores to drive performance improvements and resource planning.
- Conduct quarterly stakeholder feedback sessions to assess MC team effectiveness, identify pain points, and implement enhancements in service delivery.
- Lead process audits and partner with the Compliance Manager to refine SOPs, ensuring quality, consistency, and compliance across regions.
- Design and deliver structured onboarding programs for new MCs, as well as quarterly training and best-practice refreshers for ongoing development.
- Align closely with the Learning & Development and IBD Learning Hub teams to ensure documentation and resources reflect the latest process standards and tool usage.
- Foster a culture of operational excellence through hands-on guidance, team knowledge-sharing, and proactive coaching.