PayPal Growth Operations Lead Venmo 

France, Occitania, Toulouse 

390199482

Strategic Operations & Transformation (35%)

• Drive and implement transformational operational capabilities across lifecycle, owned, and paid channels, moving beyond optimization to reimagine what good could look like

• Support cross-functional process transformation initiatives that break down silos between growth teams, integrated marketing, and product marketing

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• Create strategic roadmaps for operational excellence,identifyinggaps between current state and future vision while painting a clear path forward

• martechinitiatives,representinggrowth marketing priorities in platform migrations, capability assessments, and vendor evaluations

• Bridge the gap between marketing strategy and technical execution, translating business needs into actionable requirements for engineering partners

• Advocate for growth marketing requirements inmartech

• Partner withmartechstakeholders to influence technology decisions thatimpactgrowth marketing capabilities

• Manage vendor and platform relationships,optimizing

• Partner with leadership toestablishstandardized workflows across Marketing, Creative, Legal, and Operations teams

• Support end-to-end program management for critical initiatives, helping drive timelines, resolve blockers, and ensure delivery

• Contribute to portfolio performance reporting, ensuring growth team metrics and insights are accurately captured in weekly executive dashboards

• Help create and socialize operational frameworks including templates, processes, and best practices that scale across the organization

Strategic Advisory & Problem Solving (10%)

• Partner with growth leadership on operational strategy, capacity planning, and organizational design

• identifyand help solve emerging operational challenges before they become critical issues

• Provide upstream marketing consultation,leveragingchannelexpertiseto improve campaign strategy and execution

• Connect dots across the organization,identifyingopportunities forsynergyand efficiency that others might miss

• Support strategic planning and forecasting, ensuring operational capabilities align with business ambitions

Preferred Qualifications

• 5-7 years of progressive marketing experience with at least 3-4 years in marketing operations, program management, or channel marketing roles

• Hands-on channel marketingexpertise- direct experience executing in lifecycle marketing strongly preferred; paid media or media planning experience also valuable

• Experience contributing to operational transformations, whether as a key contributor or project lead in complex environments

• Demonstrated fluency withmartechecosystems through hands-on platform work, migration participation, or technical project involvement

• Proven ability to work effectively with both technical (engineering, data) and business (marketing, product) stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to influence across multiple stakeholder groups and drive change collaboratively

Skills & Competencies

• Developing strategic mindset with ability to connect tactical execution to broader strategy

• Systems thinking with transformational instincts - consistently challenges status quo, envisions better ways of working, and understands how changes in one areaimpactthe broader ecosystem

• Analytical problem-solving - uses data toidentifyroot causes and develop scalable solutions

• Exceptional communication - can translate complex operational concepts for diverse audiences from engineers to executives

• Project management excellence - proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously

Technical & Platform Knowledge

• Understanding of marketing technology ecosystems including CDPs, ESPs, marketing automation, and analytics platforms

• Hands-on experience with enterprise marketing platforms (bonus points for Braze)

• Solid grasp of marketing data flows, API integrations, and attribution methodologies

• Understanding of campaign execution processes across paid, owned, and earned channels

• Ability to translate technical constraints into business implications and vice versa

• Experience collaborating with engineering teams

Nice to Have

• Experience inhigh-growthfintech, payments, or consumer technology companies

• Exposure to chief of staff or strategic advisory work

• Experience with successful vendor negotiations and technology implementations

• Track recordworking in fast-paced, ambiguous environments whereyou'vehad to build structure

• Background as an analyst or deep analytics/data experience (SQL, data modeling, quantitative analysis)