Director, Marketing Technology

Chime Chime · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Growth Marketing

This role leads the Marketing Technology organization, focusing on strategy, architecture, and operations of the MarTech ecosystem, including AI-powered marketing enablement tools. It involves cross-functional collaboration with Growth Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Data to drive acquisition efficiency, personalization, and scalable growth across the member lifecycle. The role also involves managing a team, optimizing platforms, ensuring data integrity, and vendor management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and execute a cross-channel MarTech strategy that drives acquisition efficiency, product adoption, lifecycle engagement, and long-term member value.
  2. Lead and develop a high-performing MarTech team, establishing clear ownership, operating rhythms, and scalable delivery models.
  3. Own and optimize the end-to-end marketing technology ecosystem (paid, CMS, CRM/lifecycle, DAM, AI tooling), ensuring platforms are integrated, secure, and built for scale.
  4. Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and Growth leaders to translate business priorities into scalable systems that enable experimentation, personalization, and faster time-to-market.
  5. Establish governance, intake, and prioritization frameworks that reduce complexity and increase execution velocity across marketing teams.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of progressive experience in Marketing Technology, CRM/lifecycle, or digital marketing systems, including people leadership.
  • Proven track record owning and scaling complex, cross-channel MarTech ecosystems (paid media, CMS, CRM/lifecycle, DAM, and AI-driven tools).
  • Deep hands-on experience with modern marketing platforms such as Braze, Contentful, DAM systems, and emerging AI-enabled marketing technologies.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with Product and Engineering to build scalable integrations, data flows, and experimentation infrastructure.
  • Strong strategic and systems mindset, with the ability to operate hands-on when needed.
  • Technically fluent and data-literate — comfortable discussing APIs, schemas, integrations, experimentation frameworks, and performance measurement.
  • Excellent communicator who can influence cross-functional stakeholders and bridge technical and non-technical teams.
  • Proven ability to lead and develop teams, manage vendors, and operate effectively in fast-moving, high-growth environments.

Nice to have

  • Experience in fintech, financial services, subscription, or membership-based businesses preferred.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled personalization, content automation, and regulated environments including compliance and data privacy considerations preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered marketing enablement tools
  • AI-enabled marketing technologies
  • AI-enabled personalization
  • content automation
  • regulated environments including compliance and data privacy considerations