Director, Growth Marketing Operations

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, event tickets, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, Beckett, SGC, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 3000 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices in New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France.

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We’re looking for a Director of Growth Marketing Operations to join our Marketing team. As the Director of Growth Marketing Operations, responsible for building and operating the infrastructure that powers scalable, data-driven marketing. We’re looking for a strategic and technical leader with deep experience in building marketing technology stacks and driving data-driven decision-making. This role owns the systems, platforms, and data pipelines that enable marketing teams to plan, execute, measure, and optimize campaigns across the full customer journey. You will automate our efforts to deliver KPIs across new customer acquisition, annual customer spend, retention, and digital interactions - developing a deep understanding of the customer to help him/her on her collecting journey.  

You will be at the center of our team’s ability to scale operations, owning the roadmap for our marketing technology infrastructure and analytics frameworks. You will empower groups across the marketing team, as well as stakeholders across the business, with the tools and data they need to drive significant business growth.
Acting as the connective tissue between Marketing, Data, Engineering, Product, and Privacy teams, this leader designs and operates the end-to-end growth operations ecosystem—ensuring marketing channel owners have the tools, automation, and insights required to drive measurable growth across all channels.

The ideal candidate combines growth strategy, marketing technology expertise, and data architecture knowledge to create a modern, scalable marketing operating system. This candidate also has deep expertise in the Salesforce ecosystem (Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud) and modern data stacks (Snowflake, Tableau, Segment) to execute across data integration, attribution modeling, and reporting. The ideal candidate will be able to manage complex roadmaps, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor a growing team in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll report to the Senior Director, Marketing Operations & Planning. This can be a remote role. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. If you live within a 1 hour commuting distance to one of our offices, you will be required to be onsite most of the time. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process.

What You’ll Do:

Growth Operations & Marketing Infrastructure

• Own and lead the end-to-end growth operations function, enabling scalable campaign execution across paid, owned, and earned channels

• Design and operationalize full-funnel marketing infrastructure from acquisition through retention and lifecycle marketing

• Build and maintain the operational backbone that connects marketing strategy to execution and measurement

• Partner with marketing channel owners to ensure systems and processes support rapid experimentation and campaign velocity
   

Martech Strategy & Platform Ownership

• Own the marketing technology stack, including evaluation, implementation, administration, and optimization of tools

• Serve as the primary owner for platforms supporting:

  • Email, lifecycle and growth marketing

  • Analytics, attribution and measurement

  • Marketing automation & journey orchestration 

  • Tagging and tracking infrastructure

  • Coupon / promotion systems

  • Customer engagement platforms

• Lead martech modernization efforts, identifying new capabilities, managing vendor relationships, and leading RFP processes
   

Data & Analytics Infrastructure

• Design and manage front-end and back-end data and analytics pipelines that power marketing insights and reporting

• Build reliable data integrations across CRM, CDP, analytics, media platforms, and internal data systems

• Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to enable scalable experimentation, attribution modeling, cohort analysis, and performance measurement

• Deep technical expertise with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, CDPs (Segment/mParticle), and visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, PowerBI)
   

Campaign Enablement & Execution Support

• Enable marketing teams with the infrastructure needed to execute multi-channel campaigns at scale.

• Build and manage systems supporting:

  • segmentation and audience management

  • campaign orchestration

  • experimentation and A/B testing

  • cross-channel measurement

• Establish best practices and governance for campaign execution and data integrity
   

Privacy, Compliance & Data Governance

• Own the operational implementation of privacy policies, consent management, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

• Manage customer consent, preference centers, and data permissions across marketing systems

• Ensure tracking and data collection practices meet evolving privacy and regulatory requirements
   

Marketing Technology Innovation

• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and automation tools

• Identify opportunities to improve marketing performance through better integrations, automation, and advanced analytics

• Lead vendor selection, RFPs, and implementation for new platforms and capabilities

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as a strategic partner to Marketing, Data, Engineering, Product, and Legal teams

• Translate marketing needs into scalable technical and operational solutions

• Build processes and frameworks that enable rapid experimentation while maintaining governance and data integrity

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of experience in CRM operations with heavy emphasis on martech and data, and 8+ years in marketing, growth, or related roles

• Experienced with at least one major CRM platform (Braze, Iterable, Salesforce, etc.)

• Customer obsessed - you start with the customer and leverage quantitative and qualitative customer research to inform your work

• Data driven - you take a quantitative approach to solving problems and substantiate your hypotheses with data and insights

• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; highly organized

• Intellectually curious and focused on continued personal growth

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, experience, and skill set. This role may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, please ask your recruiter for details.

Reasons To Join Us:

• Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision

• Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits

• 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals

• Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off

• Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays

• Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

• Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs

• Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities

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