Director, Marketing Strategy, Planning & Operations

Our Marketing team has experienced rapid growth and increased complexity in recent years associated with supporting a dynamic and evolving business through brand, digital, communications, content, product, and foundation teams, and systems. To continue on this trajectory and support a hybrid organizational structure distributed geographically and across divisions, we’re searching for a highly qualified Director, Marketing Strategy to report to the CMO and work closely with our marketing leadership team. From day one, this person will have an immediate impact on our productivity, streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management, and communicating objectives between departments and being the main interface with our marketing leaders within divisions. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a project management role, with a special focus on marketing & communications, executive influence, and interdepartmental collaboration.

Objectives of this Role

• Oversee strategic marketing initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of the CMO and Marketing Leadership Team.
• Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation.
• Improve current processes and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Help evolve our key performance indicators and how to measure team performance.
• Assessing risk associated with key business decisions.
• Assess project scope and impact across various stakeholder groups, i.e., divisional marketing and comms teams, business leaders, expert teams, etc., to optimize the execution of programs and initiatives.
• Identifying and providing recommendations on improvements across the People Team and across the Nasdaq organization.
• Overseeing strategic marketing initiatives from ideation to implementation.
• Identifying and helping solve core problems or opportunities within business processes.
• Working with leadership to deliver, monitor and communicate progress towards goals.
• Providing support and oversight for special projects and initiatives.
• Leading development of strategic presentations and business cases in partnership with the Chief Marketing Officer and leadership team—will play an active role in analyzing data, identifying insights, and designing/drafting compelling stories and cases for change.
• Planning, coordinating and leading meetings and workshops.
• Planning, coordinating and keeping contents of a meeting focused.
• Collaborating with leadership team members to identify and prioritize strategic focus.
• Providing CMO and Marketing Leadership Team with insight and analysis on the function’s operations and impact.
• Providing department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve collaboration and cross team effectiveness.

Skills And Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis.
• Strong project management skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communication.
• 8+ years of marketing/operations experience, in a strategy, project management or marketing management role.
• Proven experience organizing and directing multiple teams and departments.
• Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity.
• Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives.
• Proven success in a project coordination role.
• Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions.
• Consulting experience with a focus on operations management.
• Excellent communicator in written and verbal form.
• Experience with budget management.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

What We Offer

We’re proud to offer a competitive rewards package that is meaningful, recognizes the unique needs of our employees and their families and incentivizes employees for their contribution to Nasdaq’s overall success.

The base pay range for this role is $110,900 - $184,800. In addition to base salary, Nasdaq provides a generous annual bonus/commission (short-term incentive), and equity (long-term incentive), comprehensive benefits, and opportunity for growth. Exact compensation may vary based on several job-related factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, experience, education/training, business needs and market demands.

Nasdaq’s programs and rewards are intended to allow our employees to:

• Prioritize Health: Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, Health spending account with employer contribution, Paid flex days to support mental wellbeing, Gym membership discounts
• Grow Career: Education Assistance Program, Robust job skills training and Professional development opportunities
• Connect with Community: Company gift matching program, Employee resource groups, Paid volunteer days
• Care for Family: Hybrid home/office schedule (for most positions), Paid parental leave, Fertility benefits, Paid bereavement leave
• Secure Wealth: 401(k) program with 6% employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount, Student loan repayment program up to $10k, Company paid life and disability plans, Generous paid time off

For more information, visit Nasdaq Benefits & Rewards Career page.