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# Senior Director, Marketing Operations at Ping Identity

- **Company:** Ping Identity
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pingidentity/jobs/8770305002

## Job description

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. [We champion every identity.](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/championing-every-identity.html) One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

Sr. Director, Marketing Operations

Role Purpose Statement: The Senior Director of Marketing Operations leads the strategy, infrastructure, and execution of marketing processes, technology, and analytics. This role bridges marketing strategy and operational execution, driving efficient lead-to-revenue workflows, robust MarTech integration, and tight alignment with Sales Operations, Finance, and Legal to accelerate company growth.

Main Responsibilities:

- Strategy & Alignment: Collaborate with the SVP of Marketing and marketing leaders to develop marketing strategy, track objectives, and improve cross-functional coordination across the organization.  Includes publishing scorecards, running QBRs, delivering on BoD requirements, and other rhythm-of-the-business cadences.
- Pipeline Leadership & Optimization: Co-lead the Pipeline Council, track critical workstreams, and optimize both the overall lead experience and pipeline progression opportunities in close partnership with Sales Operations.
- MarTech Innovation & Integration: Drive marketing systems integration and continuous technology innovation, establishing the long-term vision, selection, architecture, and upkeep of the global MarTech stack.
- Automation & Lead Management: Oversee marketing automation systems, including scalable campaign execution, automated lead scoring, nurture programs, and lead routing algorithms. Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales Ops and IT to enable intent-based Sales Development lead prioritization capabilities
- Funnel Tracking & Attribution: Partner with Sales Operations to track and optimize the lead funnel and pipeline progression; establish multi-touch attribution models to measure channel performance, ROI, and marketing's impact on revenue.
- Account-Based Operations (MQA): Lead the strategy and implementation of a Marketing Qualified Account (MQA) mechanism in collaboration with Sales Operations to drive aligned account-based growth.
- Budget & Financial Planning: Lead the annual budget planning process and quarterly calibrations in close alignment with marketing budget owners and Finance business partners.
- Governance & Data Privacy: Develop, manage, and execute operational processes to ensure marketing complies with global data privacy laws while maintaining high data hygiene standards.
- Team Leadership: Manage a team of marketing operations and analytics professionals,

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- 10+ years of progressive experience in revenue, marketing, or business operations with a focus on B2B go-to-market strategies.
- Experience designing and operationalizing target account strategies, specifically Marketing Qualified Account (MQA) models and account scoring frameworks.
- Deep experience working cross functionally to ensure  sales-marketing alignment, pipeline velocity, and lead flow.
- Proven track record managing enterprise MarTech architectures, deep marketing systems integrations, advanced automation platforms (e.g., Marketo, Qualified, 6sense), and CRMs (e.g., Salesforce).
- Hands-on expertise with lead scoring, multi-touch attribution platforms, and end-to-end funnel analytics.
- Experience managing budgeting in an enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated capability in developing processes to comply with global data privacy laws.
- Seasoned people manager with strong project management capabilities and a track record of hiring, managing, and developing top talent.

Salary Hiring Range:

$156,000 to $224,000 Plus Bonus

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

- A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
- Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
- Regular company and team bonding events.
- Competitive benefits and perks.
- Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits:

- Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
- Parental Leave
- Progressive Healthcare Options
- Retirement Programs
- Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
- Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

## About Ping Identity

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ping Identity provides identity security for the digital enterprise, enabling secure, frictionless access for users across any application or device.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Thoma Bravo in October 2022, formerly public NYSE: PING)
- **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2002
- **Founders**: Andre Durand, Bryan Field-Elliot

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cybersecurity
- **Target customers**: Large enterprises, B2B (over half of the Fortune 100 are customers)
- **Mission statement**: “Champion your unique identity needs” – enabling secure, convenient digital experiences for users while protecting organizations from threats.

## Products & Services
- **PingOne Cloud Platform**: Unified cloud-based identity platform with AI-powered intelligence (Helix AI) for authentication, authorization, and directory services.
- **PingFederate**: Federation server for single sign-on (SSO) and identity brokering across on-premises and cloud apps.
- **PingID**: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution for adaptive access.
- **PingAccess**: Reverse proxy for secure access management to web applications and APIs.
- **PingDirectory**: Enterprise directory server for identity storage and management.
- **PingAuthorize**: Dynamic policy-based access control for fine-grained authorization.
- **PingIntelligence**: AI-powered cyber threat detection and response for identity attacks.
- **PingOne for Customers**: Customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform.
- **PingOne for Workforce**: Workforce identity management with SSO, MFA, and lifecycle management.
- **Orchestration**: No-code drag-and-drop identity journey builder (6,500+ orchestrated capabilities, 350+ connectors).
- **Decentralized Identity**: Reusable verified credentials based on open standards.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed post-acquisition (prior to acquisition in 2022, market cap was ~$2.4B)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $299.4M (latest available data) — over 3 billion identities under management
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Owned by Thoma Bravo (private equity); partners include major cloud providers, system integrators, and technology vendors
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 14% YoY to 1,742 employees; recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management (2025), Forrester Wave for CIAM (2024), and KuppingerCole Leadership; 99.99% uptime SLA; serves over half of the Fortune 100

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Reliability**: Proven 99.99% uptime and 3 billion identities under management – built for the largest enterprises.
- **AI‑First Innovation**: Helix AI engine embedded across the platform for smarter threat detection, fraud prevention, and adaptive access.
- **Industry Recognition**: Consistently ranked as a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, and KuppingerCole for IAM, CIAM, and identity fabrics.
- **Open Standards & Interoperability**: Deep support for SAML, OAuth, OIDC, SCIM, and 350+ pre-built connectors, making it easy to integrate into existing ecosystems.
- **Flexible Deployment**: Cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud options.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI‑Driven Identity Security**: Deepening AI/ML capabilities (Helix) to combat fraud and automate identity decisions.
- **Expanding the Platform**: Growing the PingOne cloud platform with orchestration, decentralized identity, and zero‑trust delivery.
- **Customer Experience**: Simplifying complex identity journeys for both workforce and customer use cases through no‑code orchestration.
- **Global Reach**: Maintaining offices in 32 countries across North America, Europe, Asia‑Pacific, and the Middle East to serve enterprise customers 24/7.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Inclusion**: Strong emphasis on “Inclusion & Belonging” with seven Employee Resource Groups (Women of Ping, Ping Proud LGBTQ+, Working Families, Racial & Ethnic Diversity, Accessibility, Young Professionals, Ping Community Cares).
- **Global Flexibility**: “Here, There, Everywhere” approach – offices in Denver, Austin, Boston, Vancouver, Bristol, Edinburgh, Grenoble, London, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Melbourne, and more; open to hiring exceptional talent from around the world.
- **Benefits**: Competitive benefits vary by location; perks include opportunities for growth, volunteer programs (Hour of Code, Bikes for Kids, campus cleanups), and a focus on work‑life balance.
- **Engineering Culture**: Identians are encouraged to be “brave, passionate, and make a contribution” – a collaborative environment where everyone has a part to play.
- **Impact**: Work on identity security for the world’s largest organizations, including over half of the Fortune 100.

## Sources
1. [Ping Identity About Us](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/about-us.html)
2. [Ping Identity Homepage](https://www.pingidentity.com/en.html)
3. [Ping Identity Careers](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/careers.html)
4. [Ping Identity Open Positions](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/careers/careers-listings.html)
5. [Ping Identity LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ping-identity)

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