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Marketing Strategy and Operations Manager (R4773)

Compensation
$110,000–$170,000/year

Job Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking a highly motivated Marketing Strategy and Operations Manager to help drive strategic planning, analytics, and operational execution for the Marketing organization. This role will work closely with Marketing leadership and cross-functional partners across the company to improve how marketing plans, measures, and executes its initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a structured problem solver with strong project management and analytical skills who enjoys working on complex problems in a fast-paced environment. This person is comfortable moving between strategy and execution, building dashboards, developing data infrastructure, coordinating cross-functional projects, and translating data into actionable insights for leadership.

What you'll do:

  • Support planning and operational governance for the Marketing organization at Shield AI
  • Partner with Marketing leadership to help develop annual and quarterly operating plans, define metrics and targets, and track progress against goals
  • Manage cross-functional marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment across teams including Marketing, Business Development, and Finance
  • Build and maintain reporting and dashboards that track performance across the marketing funnel
  • Conduct data analysis and develop insights that inform marketing strategy, budget allocation, and campaign effectiveness
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines and data warehouse infrastructure that enable scalable marketing analytics
  • Partner with Marketing Operations to improve data quality, instrumentation, and measurement across digital and field marketing programs
  • Support preparation of executive updates, business reviews, and strategic analyses for Marketing leadership
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, reporting, and operational efficiency across the Marketing organization
  • Required qualifications:

  • 5–8 years of experience in marketing strategy, marketing operations, analytics, strategy consulting, or similar roles
  • Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution
  • Hands-on data analysis experience, including SQL and working with large datasets
  • Experience building or maintaining ETL pipelines, data models, or analytics infrastructure
  • Experience working with marketing analytics tools such as Google BigQuery, Google Analytics, Marketo, Looker Studio / Tableau, and Salesforce
  • Ability to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations for stakeholders
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Highly proactive, self-starting, and able to operate with a high degree of ownership and autonomy
  • Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience working in both B2B and B2C marketing environments
  • Experience supporting strategic planning or operational planning processes
  • Familiarity with marketing funnel measurement and attribution models
  • Experience using AI/automation tools to improve analytics, reporting, or marketing workflows
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    Full-time regular employee offer package:
    Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

    Temporary employee offer package:
    Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

    Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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    Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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    Job Details

    Category
    Sales & Marketing
    Employment Type
    Part Time
    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Posted
    Apr 6, 2026, 09:59 PM
    Listed
    Apr 6, 2026, 10:11 PM
    Compensation
    $110,000 - $170,000 per year

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