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Role Summary
The Head of Campaigns & Marketing Platforms is responsible for the strategy, delivery, operations, and modernization of Guardian's marketing activation ecosystem. This leader owns Salesforce Marketing Cloud, campaign technology, audience activation, and the integration of the marketing content supply chain into campaign execution workflows. The role partners closely with Marketing, Creative, Content, Analytics, Architecture, and Enterprise Platforms to improve speed-to-market, personalization, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Marketing Platform Ownership
- Own Salesforce Marketing Cloud as the enterprise platform for outbound marketing communications and campaign activation.
- Lead platform strategy, roadmap, operations, support, governance, and vendor management.
- Drive platform simplification and rationalization through consolidation of redundant technologies into Salesforce capabilities.
Campaign Technology & Delivery
- Enable marketing teams to execute multi-channel campaigns at scale.
- Manage campaign orchestration capabilities across email, audience activation, personalization, lead nurturing, and future digital channels.
- Ensure campaigns are measurable, scalable, compliant, and operationally efficient.
Content Supply Chain Enablement
- Partner with Creative & Content teams to connect campaign execution to the enterprise content supply chain.
- Integrate Salesforce Marketing Cloud with Adobe Workfront, AEM Assets, Adobe Fusion, CRM, analytics, and other marketing platforms.
- Improve content reuse, workflow automation, campaign throughput, and governance.
Platform Modernization
- Lead migration initiatives including platform consolidations and capability rationalization.
- Eliminate duplicate technologies and reduce operational complexity.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled marketing capabilities and automation.
Data & Personalization
- Partner with Data, Analytics, and Architecture teams to enable audience segmentation, identity resolution, personalization, and campaign measurement.
- Ensure marketing platforms leverage enterprise customer and prospect data effectively.
Leadership
- Lead a team of engineers, developers, platform specialists, and vendor partners.
- Establish engineering standards, operational excellence, and platform reliability.
- Manage budgets, roadmaps, delivery commitments, and business stakeholder relationships.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 4+ years leading Marketing Technology platforms and teams.
- Expertise with Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Experience with campaign management, customer journeys, segmentation, and marketing operations.
- Experience integrating marketing platforms with CRM, DAM, workflow, analytics, and content management solutions.
- Strong understanding of marketing content supply chains and campaign execution processes.
- Ability to lead platform modernization and technology rationalization initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with Marketing, Analytics, Creative, and Technology leaders.
- Experience building high-performing engineering and platform teams.
Location
- Three days a week at a Guardian office in New York, NY or Holmdel, NJ
Salary Range:
$118,980.00 - $195,465.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.
Visa Sponsorship
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment
As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.
Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.
Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here.
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.
Role Summary
The Head of Campaigns & Marketing Platforms is responsible for the strategy, delivery, operations, and modernization of Guardian's marketing activation ecosystem. This leader owns Salesforce Marketing Cloud, campaign technology, audience activation, and the integration of the marketing content supply chain into campaign execution workflows. The role partners closely with Marketing, Creative, Content, Analytics, Architecture, and Enterprise Platforms to improve speed-to-market, personalization, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Marketing Platform Ownership
- Own Salesforce Marketing Cloud as the enterprise platform for outbound marketing communications and campaign activation.
- Lead platform strategy, roadmap, operations, support, governance, and vendor management.
- Drive platform simplification and rationalization through consolidation of redundant technologies into Salesforce capabilities.
Campaign Technology & Delivery
- Enable marketing teams to execute multi-channel campaigns at scale.
- Manage campaign orchestration capabilities across email, audience activation, personalization, lead nurturing, and future digital channels.
- Ensure campaigns are measurable, scalable, compliant, and operationally efficient.
Content Supply Chain Enablement
- Partner with Creative & Content teams to connect campaign execution to the enterprise content supply chain.
- Integrate Salesforce Marketing Cloud with Adobe Workfront, AEM Assets, Adobe Fusion, CRM, analytics, and other marketing platforms.
- Improve content reuse, workflow automation, campaign throughput, and governance.
Platform Modernization
- Lead migration initiatives including platform consolidations and capability rationalization.
- Eliminate duplicate technologies and reduce operational complexity.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled marketing capabilities and automation.
Data & Personalization
- Partner with Data, Analytics, and Architecture teams to enable audience segmentation, identity resolution, personalization, and campaign measurement.
- Ensure marketing platforms leverage enterprise customer and prospect data effectively.
Leadership
- Lead a team of engineers, developers, platform specialists, and vendor partners.
- Establish engineering standards, operational excellence, and platform reliability.
- Manage budgets, roadmaps, delivery commitments, and business stakeholder relationships.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 4+ years leading Marketing Technology platforms and teams.
- Expertise with Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Experience with campaign management, customer journeys, segmentation, and marketing operations.
- Experience integrating marketing platforms with CRM, DAM, workflow, analytics, and content management solutions.
- Strong understanding of marketing content supply chains and campaign execution processes.
- Ability to lead platform modernization and technology rationalization initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with Marketing, Analytics, Creative, and Technology leaders.
- Experience building high-performing engineering and platform teams.
Location
- Three days a week at a Guardian office in New York, NY or Holmdel, NJ
Salary Range:
$118,980.00 - $195,465.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our Promise
At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-Being
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.
Visa Sponsorship
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment
As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.
Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.
Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here.
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.
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Who's Hiring
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- Technology & Software
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- Science & Research
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of content jobs.
- 7 or more years of content experience with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role
- Proven experience owning an editorial calendar and content strategy across multiple channels
- Strong SEO knowledge including keyword strategy, content architecture, and performance measurement
- Proficiency with content management systems such as WordPress, Contentful, or similar platforms
- Experience managing and developing a team of writers, editors, or content strategists
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, or a related field
Tips for Your Head Of Content Job Search
Quantify your editorial impact clearly
Hiring teams want to see what your content programs moved, not just what you managed. Reframe your resume bullets around outcomes: organic traffic growth, content-to-pipeline attribution, team headcount you grew, or publication cadence you scaled.
Build a portfolio beyond writing samples
A head of content role is a leadership position, so your portfolio should showcase strategy docs, editorial calendars, content frameworks, and briefs you developed, not just polished articles. Show the thinking behind the output, not only the output itself.
Target openings that match your content model
Head of content roles vary widely: some are pure editorial, others blend SEO, demand generation, or product marketing. Filter openings by reading the reporting structure. If you report to the CMO, expect brand and pipeline accountability. If you report to the CPO, expect product-led content priorities.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of content openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a content audit as an interview asset
Many head of content interviews include a take-home exercise or case study around auditing existing content. Arrive ready with a framework you've used before: how you'd assess quality, identify gaps, and prioritize what to fix first for business impact.
Negotiate scope alongside salary
When an offer comes, get clarity on headcount authority, budget ownership, and whether the role includes managing freelancers or agencies. Content leaders often find the title is senior but the resources are thin, so align on those specifics before you accept.
Head Of Content Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of contents?
The companies hiring the most head of contents right now include State Street, Leander Independent School District, and Pflugerville Independent School District, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand tends to be highest at growth-stage SaaS companies, digital media brands, and large e-commerce organizations building out in-house content teams.
How many head of content jobs are remote?
About 73% of head of content openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible senior marketing roles available. Sub-specializations in SEO-driven content and digital editorial tend to have the highest concentration of fully remote openings compared to brand or multimedia-focused roles.
How do you become a head of content?
Most head of content professionals move into the role after leading a content team as a manager or senior strategist. The path typically involves building deep expertise in one content discipline, such as SEO, editorial, or social, then expanding your scope to own strategy across channels. Demonstrating business impact, not just content volume, is what separates candidates who advance to the head level from those who stay in individual contributor roles.
Can you get hired as a head of content with limited leadership experience?
Getting hired as a head of content with limited leadership experience is possible at smaller companies or early-stage startups that are building a content function from scratch. In those environments, being the first or only content hire means you'll lead by default. To compensate for a thin management resume, show evidence of cross-functional influence: campaigns you drove without direct authority, freelancers or agencies you directed, or strategic frameworks that shaped how others created content.
What does the head of content interview process look like?
The head of content interview process typically runs across three to four rounds. An initial screening with a recruiter or HR contact is followed by a hiring manager conversation focused on your strategic experience and leadership philosophy. From there, expect a panel interview with marketing or product stakeholders and almost always a take-home assignment asking you to audit existing content or draft a content strategy for a hypothetical scenario. Final rounds often involve a presentation to senior leadership.
Where can I find and apply to head of content jobs?
You can find and apply to head of content jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and specialization, and apply directly to each listing without leaving the platform.
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