Operations Lead salary

4 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Sep 29, 2026

Live operations lead jobs

These figures come from 15 operations lead postings where the employer stated pay, covering 2 cities. The single best-evidenced figure is San Francisco at senior, where 10 postings put the middle half between $166,250 and $315,625, with a median of $185,000.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 2 US-dollar ranges rest on fewer than 10 postings, so treat those as a hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column tells you which.

Operations Lead pay by specialization

Marketing Operations 12General Marketing 7Growth Marketing 4Creative 3Communications 2Programmatic 2Brand Marketing 1Paid Media 1Content Creation 1Social Media 1

Live operations lead roles by marketing function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

4 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Senior	$135,250 – $177,500	$164,000	33
Remote · United States	Senior	$163,400 – $167,000	$164,000	5hint
New York	Senior	$137,750 – $200,000	$177,500	5hint
San Francisco	Senior	$166,250 – $315,625	$185,000	10

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Pay by market

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New York San Francisco Remote

Open operations lead roles · 16 with stated pay

Pay marked ^e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $100,000–$198,000scale $60,000–$280,000

Creative Operations Lead IQVIA · Montclair New $77,300–$193,200 1d ago

Brand Operations Lead, Fulfillment Faire · New York $116,000–$159,500 4d ago

EO Communications Programs & Operations Lead Hp · Spring $93,400–$151,000 6d ago

Marketing & Sales Operations Lead Nexthink · Boston $140,000–$175,000 7d ago

Growth Operations Lead Sieve · San Francisco $150,000–$200,000 13d ago

Marketing Strategy & Operations Lead Zendesk · Remote · US $134,000–$200,000 3w ago

Growth Operations Lead Lightfield · San Francisco $170,000–$220,000 3w ago

REMOTE: Senior Marketing Operations Lead (Lifecycle & Automation) marrinadecisions · Utah City $100,000–$120,000 6w ago

Marketing Technology & Operations Lead Baseten · New York $190,000–$210,000 6w ago

Marketing Operations Lead nexhealth · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 7w ago

Creative Operations Lead UnitedMasters | Translation · Brooklyn $140,000–$165,000 7w ago Creative Operations Lead umt · Brooklyn $140,000–$165,000 7w ago

Sales and Marketing Operations Lead Harris · Pennsylvania $80,000–$90,000 2mo ago

Marketing Technology & Operations Lead Dashlane · New York $165,000–$190,000 3mo ago

Programmatic Data Operations Lead Iheartmedia · New York $100,000–$125,000 7mo ago

Marketing Operations Lead klaviyo · San Francisco $132,000–$198,000 7mo ago

Growth Analytics & Operations Lead Haystack News · Fort Lauderdale Pay not stated 7d ago Marketing Operations Lead (Insights & Data) trustpilot · London Pay not stated 8d ago

Paid Media Operations Lead Crisp · Atlanta Pay not stated 11d ago

Customer Operations Lead, Media & Marketing PMG · Dallas $87,000–$167,000^e 11d ago

Demand Generation & Marketing Operations Lead FlowX.AI · New York In listing 2w ago

Marketing Operations Lead Rho · New York In listing 2w ago

Growth Operations Lead, Earn & Wealth Bybit · Abu Dhabi Pay not stated 3w ago

Catalog & Content Operations Lead Fresh Prints · Remote · Philippines Pay not stated 3w ago

Marketing Operations Lead Fa Errt Saasfaprod1 · Paris Pay not stated 3w ago

Senior Programmatic Operations Lead VirtuHire · Remote · South Africa Pay not stated 4w ago Marketing Operations Lead XTM International · Athens Pay not stated 4w ago

Operations Lead - Social Media (Remote in Portugal, Ireland or Romania ) Otonomee · Portugal-Supports Pay not stated 4w ago

Marketing Operations Lead (m / f / d) dcmn · Amsterdam Pay not stated 6w ago

Marketing Planning Systems & Operations Lead Vanguard · Malvern Pay not stated 6w ago

Marketing Operations Lead Factory · San Francisco $155,767–$173,750^e 7w ago Marketing Operations Lead Modulr · London Pay not stated 2mo ago

Marketing Strategy and Operations Lead Cloudflare · Austin In listing 2mo ago Communications Operations Lead Nebius · Amsterdam Pay not stated 3mo ago