Marketing Operations Manager (AI & Automation)

Global Talent Co.

Job Overview

Location

South Africa - JHB

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• The Marketing Operations Manager (AI & Automation) will build AI-powered marketing systems that eliminate manual work, automate complex workflows, and improve how the entire marketing organization operates, serving as a critical competitive advantage during the company’s transition to a true omnichannel business.
• Day to day, the role involves embedding across Growth Marketing, CRM, Creative, Influencer Marketing, and Brand teams to identify operational bottlenecks, design and deploy automations using tools like Claude Code, n8n, Trigger.dev, and Hookdeck, build repeatable operating systems for campaign brief intake and performance reporting, and own end-to-end improvement initiatives from diagnosis to implementation, training, and impact measurement.
• The company is one of Europe's fastest-growing consumer brands, expanding from a successful direct-to-consumer model into a global omnichannel business, backed by leading consumer investors and driven by an entrepreneurial culture focused on ownership, speed, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• In this role, the person will learn to scale marketing operations through AI and automation, gain deep expertise in marketing technology stacks, drive measurable business outcomes like hours saved and cycle-time reduction, and develop leadership in operational excellence while shaping systems during a period of international hypergrowth.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in Marketing Operations, CRM Operations, Growth Operations, Brand Operations, or similar operational marketing roles
• Hands-on experience building automations using n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar no-code/low-code automation platforms
• Experience using Claude Code or other AI-powered development tools
• Strong skills in process design, workflow optimization, and operational excellence
• Ability to independently prioritize initiatives and execute projects end-to-end
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect operational improvements to measurable business outcomes

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation plus meaningful equity participation
• 28 vacation days and 30 work-from-abroad days
• €1,500 annual learning & development budget
• Urban Sports Club membership and public transportation subsidy
• Flexible working hours and startup culture with flat hierarchies
• Biannual 360° performance reviews linked to compensation

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About Global Talent Co.

Global Talent Co. is a Singapore-based recruitment and talent acquisition company that connects employers across Asia-Pacific with mid- to senior-level professionals. Founded in 2020, it operates a distributed model combining local market knowledge with technology-driven sourcing, screening and matching. Services include retained and contingency search, interim management, and talent advisory across finance, technology, consumer, healthcare and industrial sectors. The firm serves multinational corporations, growth-stage companies and private equity portfolio businesses, emphasizing speed, cultural fit and long-term performance outcomes.

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