Associate – Marketing Business Operations

The role

SoFi is looking for a data-driven, dynamic thinker to join our Marketing Business Operations team. At SoFi, Marketing Business Operations is a nimble and highly impactful team that is responsible for the organizational effectiveness of the marketing function, and for scoping and delivering high leverage, strategic projects on behalf of the CMO and marketing leadership.

The Associate, Marketing Operations has the analytical toolkit, attention to detail, and intellectual curiosity that helps deliver on key strategic priorities and organizational improvements for the marketing team. The Associate will work cross-functionally to build business cases that support new opportunity areas, act as the marketing lead in launching these new initiatives, and identify gaps and implement solutions to operations / process improvements. In support of the analytics required for decision-making, they will also build out and improve ongoing business intelligence and reporting routines.

The role reports to the Director of Marketing Business Operations. As a member of the Business Operations team, the Associate works with many other teams within SoFi. As such, the ideal candidate will have a stellar combination of analytical and relationship building skills, and an ability to roll up their sleeves and get things done

What you’ll do

• Identify and structure ambiguous strategic problems, define clear hypotheses, and build business cases that influence our approach, leveraging industry research, competitive insights, and internal data
• Identify gaps in existing marketing processes, scope and implement clear solutions, proactively resolve blockers, and communicate progress and wins

• Write clear and compelling leadership-level documents, slide presentations, and emails to communicate out our recommendations, summarize plans and priorities, and celebrate results and wins
• Establish an industry landscape and competitive insights routine for the marketing leadership team
• Lead iteration and ongoing optimization of recurring planning, performance tracking, and reporting cadences
• Act as the key point of contact for Marketing with Procurement and Finance to continue optimizing workflows for the quickly scaling organization
• Perform ad-hoc activities as requested by the Director of Marketing Business Operations, the marketing leadership team, and the CMO

What you’ll need:

• A passion for SoFi’s mission of helping people Get Their Money Right to achieve their financial ambitions
• A Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years of work experience at a top-tier consulting firm, investment bank, or high growth technology business

• Strong analytical skills in building financial models and business cases

• Strong project and process management skills
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively
• Inquisitive nature and a proactive self-starter, especially when operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Hands on operational capabilities with advanced proficiency in Google Suite, MS Office Apps, etc.
• Interest in and familiarity with financial services, consumer technology, and marketing
• Excellent time and project management skills