Full-Time

Director of Marketing Operations

Navan

Navan

201-500 employees

Enterprise travel and expense management platform

Compensation Overview

$143.1k - $318k/yr

+ OTE

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

In Person

On-site in New York City or San Francisco; remote work not stated.

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
ETL
Salesforce
Data Governance
Zapier

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Requirements
  • 12+ years of progressive experience in B2B Marketing Operations, Revenue Operations, or Demand Generation Ops. SaaS experience is highly preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience directly managing, coaching, and scaling operations teams in a high-growth environment.
  • Proven track record of driving cross-functional execution, specifically partnering with Revenue Operations to orchestrate unified GTM motions.
  • A strong analytics background is a major advantage. You must possess deep, hands-on experience with ETL and Reverse ETL pipelines to ensure clean, actionable data flows seamlessly across systems.
  • A proven ability to act as a consultant to marketing leadership. You know how to translate business requirements into technical solutions and vice versa.
  • Deep, hands-on architectural expertise with the modern MarTech stack. You should possess: Salesforce (SFDC) Mastery: Advanced understanding of CRM architecture, custom objects, flow automation, and complex marketing-to-sales handoffs.; Marketo Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in instance management, lifecycle modeling, complex trigger logic, and API integrations.; ABM Operations: Proven experience deploying and operationalizing ABM platforms (e.g., 6sense, Demandbase) to drive target account engagement and orchestration.; Advanced Lead Scoring: Deep capability in building, testing, and iterating on sophisticated behavioral and demographic lead and account scoring models.; Attribution Strategy: Strong background in designing robust multi-touch attribution models to accurately measure campaign ROI and pipeline influence.; AI Tools & Innovation: Forward-thinking experience evaluating and implementing AI-driven marketing ops solutions (e.g., predictive analytics, generative AI for campaign workflows, AI-assisted lead routing).; Automation & Workflows: Expert capability in building agile, automated workflows using tools like Zapier and Clay.
Responsibilities
  • Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing marketing operations team. Guide your direct reports in day-to-day execution while fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and operational discipline.
  • Act as the critical connective tissue between Marketing and Revenue Operations. Spearhead cross-functional initiatives, ensuring tight alignment across go-to-market teams on data, processes, and revenue goals.
  • Serve as the chief strategic advisor to the Demand Gen team, providing data-driven recommendations on campaign execution, funnel optimization, and sales motion alignment.
  • Oversee the data lifecycle across the marketing stack. Champion the use of robust ETL and Reverse ETL processes to synchronize data between our data warehouse and operational tools, ensuring single-source-of-truth reporting.
  • Continually evaluate and architect the marketing technology stack. You will be responsible for scoping new tools, managing vendor relationships, and implementing solutions that drive efficiency at scale.
  • Build the operational infrastructure to support seamless sales motions. Partner closely with Revenue Operations and Demand Gen leaders to build dynamic lead scoring models, complex routing logic, and strict SLA tracking to ensure no lead is left behind.
  • Design and maintain advanced dashboards that provide full-funnel visibility. Translate raw data into actionable insights for marketing and sales leadership to guide future strategies.
  • Identify bottlenecks in the current marketing-to-sales handoff and build scalable, automated processes to solve them.

Navan provides an enterprise travel and expense management platform that helps global organizations book, view, and manage business travel and expenses in one cloud-based system. It combines mobile access with AI-driven insights to streamline booking, approval, policy enforcement, and expense reporting, while integrating the Navan card (issued by Celtic Bank and supported by Stripe) to tie travel purchases directly to expense management. Revenue comes from subscriptions and transaction-based charges. Navan differentiates itself with a global, 40-market footprint, a card that embeds expense management into the booking flow, and cost-saving incentives through Navan Rewards that encourage cheaper travel decisions. Its overarching goal is to help businesses run operations more efficiently, enable smarter, data-driven decisions, and strengthen human connections by simplifying travel and expense processes across the organization.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI-driven product improvements and market consolidation boosted Q1 revenue 40% to $220M.
  • Fortune 500 clients grew to 45 from 28 year-over-year, signaling strong enterprise demand.
  • Navan Events integrates venue sourcing and travel management, addressing legacy event management friction.

What critics are saying

  • MCP exposes unencrypted read-only API access, enabling competitors to scrape travel patterns and pricing logic.
  • 90% usage-based revenue model makes Navan vulnerable to gross booking contractions from macro travel slowdowns.
  • AI agent Ava lacks human escalation paths during major disruptions, causing 30%+ satisfaction drops and client exits.

What makes Navan unique

  • Navan integrates pre-booking controls, point-of-swipe enforcement, and post-submission auditing in one platform.
  • Its AI Audit Engine offers 45+ configurable audit checks with built-in anti-corruption flags.
  • Navan combines cloud, mobile, and AI to balance business needs with modern standards.

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Benefits

Flexible Vacation: Take time off when you need it, just work with your manager.

Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.

Commuter benefits: Pre-tax transit dollars, $70 a month to ease your commute.

Parental leave: All parents (birthing and non-birthing) are eligible for paid leave.

Health and Wellness: Annual wellness stipend and access to a full spectrum of resources.

Fuel for Connection: We provide in-office snacks and lunches*, fostering community and in-person connections.

Pet Friendly: Pet insurance with preferred rates and dog friendly offices*.

401k: We care about your future and offer a 401k retirement plan program and company match.

IATAN: Employees can register and receive access to thousands of travel related discounts.

Connectivity Allowance: We support our employees ability to work seamlessly and confidently while from home and offer a bi-weekly stipend

Learning & Development: Annual Learning and Development allowance to propel professional growth

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
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