Marketing Operations Manager

Your Role

The Koch Engineered Solutions Marketing & Communications team is looking for a systems-minded Marketing Operations Manager to own and optimize our marketing infrastructure and help drive execution excellence across a global team. This position is located in Wichita, Kansas.

The ideal candidate is a natural problem-solver and strategic coordinator; someone who brings clarity to complexity, anticipates downstream impacts and skillfully balances multiple moving parts without losing sight of the whole. They have a systems mindset, with the ability to thoughtfully assemble operational components in ways that improve efficiency and effectiveness. Organized, proactive and perceptive, they apply flexible thinking to help the broader team work smarter by enabling clarity and good decision-making while avoiding rigid rules and prescriptive processes.

This role is responsible for maintaining the platforms, processes, documentation and vendor partnerships that support day-to-day execution. You will ensure shared resources are compliant, accessible and well-adopted. Your impact will be measured by how well the operational systems support others, contributing to improvements in efficiency, consistency and collaboration across the marketing function.

This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

Our Team

We are an in-house Marketing & Communication capability supporting all KES business units. We contribute to business outcomes through close partnership and collaboration with leadership, product and technology owners, and commercial teams. We leverage the strengths, talents, and experience of our team and trusted third-party agencies to design and execute targeted marketing plans.

What You Will Do:

Here are some ways you'll get to use and grow your knowledge and skills:

• Apply and evolve workflows that support repeatability, accountability and principled decision-making across functions
• Champion the team's operating model; help shape how our capability shows up and executes
• In partnership with internal IT and agencies, ensure marketing-owned platforms are functional, reliable and responsive to evolving team needs; anticipate and roadmap for the future
• Act as primary support for MarTech users; implement reconfigurations and new features; lead adoption and enablement
• Provide structure and guidance for key operational areas, including vendor and agency management, technology standards, content governance and documentation
• Build strong working relationships with internal capabilities, including Compliance, Legal, and Accounting
• Partner with teammates to apply the operating model and problem-solve in the moment
• Explore and test emerging tools, including generative AI, to enhance performance and enable innovation
• Collaborate to ensure data systems and workflows support measurement and reporting needs

Who You Are:

• 3+ years in a cross-functional marketing team or in an enablement role supporting a marketing or communications function
• Hands-on experience managing or supporting end-to-end marketing execution
• Proficiency in core marketing platforms including a content management system (CMS) and digital asset management system (DAM)

What Will Put You Ahead:

• Experience working with creative agencies and external vendors
• Experience partnering with technical teams, including web developers
• Familiarity with marketing technologies and/or martech stack management
• Exposure to platforms such as Xperience 13 by Kentico, Bynder DAM, Adobe Creative Suite, Salesforce, Power BI or Monday.com
• Understanding of brand governance, content standards and/or enterprise-level enablement practices
• Experience in a B2B, manufacturing or industrial business

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) specializes in process and pollution control equipment and digital technologies to help industries reduce emissions, save energy and get the most from their resources. From pollution control to advanced filtration, we're focused on providing customers with products and solutions to help them optimize, transform and succeed. Industries we serve include refineries, chemicals, municipalities, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, food and dairy, utilities and automotive.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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