Senior Data Automation/Marketing Ops Lead

Palo Alto Networks

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$167,000–$270,500 / yr
Posted
141 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Automation/Marketing Ops Lead

The Senior Data Automation/Marketing Ops Lead joins the digital marketing team to serve as the primary technical architect for the global marketing technology stack. This role bridges the gap between marketing and IT, overseeing the design and implementation of a fully integrated MarTech ecosystem to enable real-time omnichannel journey orchestration and agentic automation. Key responsibilities include leading the MarTech council, managing Customer Data Platform development, and establishing scalable operational processes and data governance. The successful candidate will utilize expertise in CDPs, CRMs like Salesforce, and data warehouses such as Snowflake or BigQuery. They must possess deep technical fluency in AI/ML, Generative AI, and predictive modeling to replace manual processes with intelligent workflows while ensuring compliance with global data privacy standards like GDPR and CCPA.

What you'll do

  • Design and oversee the global marketing technology stack and data platform ecosystem.
  • Act as the primary technical interface between Marketing and IT to ensure seamless solution design and implementation.
  • Lead the MarTech council to evaluate vendors and marketing use cases as the primary technical subject matter expert.
  • Direct the development of a fully integrated MarTech ecosystem to enable real-time omnichannel journey orchestration.
  • Provide technical leadership for the development and implementation of the Customer Data Platform (CDP).
  • Champion technical best practices for real-time data processing, modeling, and AI deployment to automate manual processes.
  • Design and implement scalable operational processes, including SLAs and governance, for global digital operations.
  • Enforce rigorous data quality, governance, and operational excellence across all acquisition processes and data pipelines.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive progressive experience in MarTech, Marketing Operations, or Digital Marketing roles leading technical initiatives.
  • Extensive experience driving design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure for real-time decisioning.
  • Expert-level knowledge of technical integrations across CDPs, CRMs like Salesforce, and data warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery.
  • Deep technical fluency in leveraging AI/ML, Generative AI, and predictive modeling for real-time data orchestration.
  • Proven ability to translate business objectives into technical requirements and user stories while managing development backlogs.
  • Strong understanding and practical application of global data privacy and compliance standards like GDPR and CCPA.
  • Exceptional program management skills using agile methodologies to drive large-scale, complex cross-functional technical projects (preferred).
  • Demonstrated success integrating and scaling Marketing Automation, CRM, Predictive Analytics, and Data Enrichment solutions (preferred).

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