Senior Director, Marketing Operations

About Delinea: Delinea is a pioneer in securing human and machine identities through intelligent, centralized authorization, empowering organizations to seamlessly govern their interactions across the modern enterprise. Leveraging AI-powered intelligence, Delinea’s leading cloud-native Identity Security Platform applies context throughout the entire identity lifecycle – across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, SaaS applications, and AI. It is the only platform that enables you to discover all identities – including workforce, IT administrator, developers, and machines – assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and respond to threats in real-time. With deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime, Delinea delivers robust security and operational efficiency without compromise. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com http://Delinea.com, LinkedIn https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdelinea%2F&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186877399%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b1LCPIWSjxvblUYLlabUnRZ43S8rcspTQcBZsz0UbmU%3D&reserved=0, X https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fdelineainc&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186902236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=goZhva9hWR8F0P5pO6SQUEwigdbvbZiWqmw5%2BHhhf1A%3D&reserved=0, and YouTube https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40Delinea&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186928751%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uXgjuXTFu4kHWBJZ1XdNWN88Mrk5iT9Y24Ejw8fFBi8%3D&reserved=0.

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Position Summary

The Sr. Director, Marketing Operations is the strategic leader of Delinea's top-of-funnel engine. They are accountable for how demand becomes measurable, forecastable pipeline. This leader sets the operating strategy for the funnel and owns the systems, data, process, and performance cadences that turn marketing investment into qualified opportunity flow at scale.

This role owns the operational health of the demand funnel end-to-end: top-of-funnel strategy and target setting, the marketing systems and lead-to-opportunity process, funnel inspection and forecasting cadences, executive/board and QBR reporting on funnel performance, marketing operational planning and budget rhythm, and a Director, Top-of-Funnel Operations who leads funnel vendors, process, and the near-shore (Mexico-based) data quality team. The ideal candidate is a strategic operator who can set funnel strategy and targets alongside GTM leadership, then go into the technical weeds of a lead routing rule or MQL definition to make those targets achievable.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Top-of-Funnel Strategy & Operating Plan

- Set top-of-funnel strategy in partnership with demand generation, field marketing, and sales development — defining the volume, mix, and conversion assu