Marketing Operations Manager

Please DO NOT apply if you do not fit the following basic criteria.

Location: Fully Remote, but must be within a 1-hour commute of Woking, Surrey

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Start Date: Immediate start preferred

Type: Full-time, Permanent

Eligibility: Must be legally eligible to work in the UK & fluent/native English speaker

Experience level: 3-5 years+ relevant agency or client-side experience. You must understand marketing!

Marketing Operations Manager – CRM & MarTech Wizard

Are you the tech-savvy problem-solver who keeps marketing running like a well-oiled machine?

We’re looking for a Marketing Operations Manager—someone who knows their way around CRMs, marketing automation, and reporting tools like a pro. If you love making systems work better, thrive on turning marketing chaos into order, and get a buzz from seeing campaigns run smoothly, then keep reading.

At Challenge Marketing, we help B2B brands connect, stand out, and convert through creative, data-driven marketing. And behind every great marketing campaign? A rock-solid Marketing Ops pro who makes it all happen. That’s where you come in.

If you enjoy automating the boring stuff, cleaning up messy data, and finding smarter ways to track marketing success, you’ll love this role.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Keeping our marketing engine running – You’ll manage and optimise CRM, marketing automation, and reporting systems to ensure everything works seamlessly.
• Supporting the client services team – Helping our strategists, account managers, and designers execute campaigns efficiently.
• Owning marketing automation – Setting up, testing, and refining email workflows, landing pages, and nurture sequences using Pardot, Salesforce, and HubSpot (or similar platforms).
• Taming the data beast – Ensuring clean, structured data across CRMs and marketing platforms, so reports are accurate and insightful.
• Creating dashboards & reports – Providing real-time insights to show how campaigns are performing and where we can improve.
• Fixing broken things – If something isn’t working, you diagnose it, fix it, and make it better.
• Making things more efficient – Constantly looking for better ways to automate tasks, improve workflows, and save time.
• Training & troubleshooting – Helping the wider team understand how to use CRM & MarTech tools effectively.

What We’re Looking For

• Marketing tech guru – You’re comfortable working with Pardot, Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar CRM/automation platforms.
• Data-driven problem solver – You enjoy diving into the numbers, fixing inefficiencies, and making marketing smarter.
• Multi-tasking master – You can juggle multiple projects, manage competing priorities, and keep everything running smoothly.
• Process-improvement mindset – You love streamlining workflows, automating manual tasks, and making life easier for the team.
• Comfortable working with creative & client teams – You get that marketing isn’t just about data—it’s about making campaigns work better.
• Based within a 1-hour commute of Woking, Surrey – for occasional in-person team meetings.
• Legally eligible to work in the UK.
• Fluent/native English speaker.

Why Work With Us?

• Remote-first agency – Work from anywhere in the UK, with occasional in-person meetups.
• Exciting clients – Work with tech-driven B2B brands on bold, creative campaigns.
• Supportive team – Work closely with client services, marketing, and strategy teams who actually appreciate what you do.
• Autonomy & impact – You’ll own marketing operations and help shape our processes, making a real difference.
• Fun, collaborative culture – We take our work seriously, but not ourselves.