Brand Marketing Manager IV (Brand Operations Manager)

Aquent is proud to partner with a leading global technology company that is shaping the future of connection and innovation. This organization thrives on pushing boundaries and delivering groundbreaking experiences to billions worldwide. As a pivotal contributor, you will be instrumental in transforming how this company's brand strategy comes to life across its vast ecosystem, directly influencing how the world perceives and interacts with an iconic brand.

This is an exhilarating opportunity for a visionary operations leader to step into a dynamic environment and revolutionize how a globally recognized brand executes its vision. You will be at the very core of bringing structure, scalability, and seamless efficiency to complex brand initiatives, empowering diverse, cross-functional teams to operate with unparalleled clarity. Your expertise will directly enable brand, marketing, and creative teams to deliver a unified and powerful brand experience, ensuring every touchpoint resonates with strategic intent and captivates audiences across the globe. If you are passionate about optimizing workflows, establishing robust governance, and building systems that elevate a global brand, this role offers an unparalleled platform for your talents to shine and make a significant, lasting impact.

What You'll Do

• Champion a centralized brand intake and governance process, playing a critical role in prioritizing, routing, and meticulously tracking high-priority brand requests throughout the organization.
• Forge strong collaborations with Brand, Marketing, Creative, Legal, and external agency stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment and efficient progression of vital brand work.
• Innovate by designing, developing, and continuously refining scalable workflows, processes, tools, and comprehensive guidance that empower teams to consistently and effectively apply brand strategy.
• Facilitate crucial communication streams and foster alignment among brand leaders within a complex, highly matrixed organizational structure.
• Oversee the strategic development and deployment of essential tools, resources, and training programs designed to enhance brand understanding and adoption across various teams.
• Leverage analytical prowess to dissect brand intake data, uncovering key trends, identifying recurring needs, and pinpointing significant opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
• Develop actionable recommendations, comprehensive documentation, and scalable guidance to proactively address common inquiries and significantly boost operational efficiency across brand initiatives.
• Support the robust governance of a centralized brand classification database, working in close partnership with the Marketing Legal team to maintain accuracy and compliance.

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years of progressive experience in brand management, brand operations, creative operations, marketing operations, or a closely related operational domain.
• Demonstrated strong project or program management experience, particularly within large, complex organizational settings where navigating intricate challenges is key.
• Proven track record in managing intake processes, creative workflows, intricate approval cycles, brand governance frameworks, or other critical operational systems.
• A history of not just executing, but actively building or significantly improving scalable processes that consistently drive efficiency and brand consistency.
• Extensive experience collaborating cross-functionally with diverse teams, including Brand, Creative, Marketing, Legal, Product, and external agencies, fostering synergy and shared success.
• Exceptional analytical skills coupled with a proven ability to leverage data-driven insights to identify trends and recommend impactful, strategic improvements.
• The ability to operate with confidence and effectiveness independently, adeptly navigating a fast-moving, rapidly evolving environment.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with leading project/workflow platforms such as Adobe Workfront, Airtable, Asana, Wrike, Jira, or similar industry-standard tools.
• Familiarity with brand guidelines implementation, creative intake systems, Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, brand compliance protocols, agency management, training program development, or comprehensive brand resource platforms.