Operations Lead salary
3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Nov 11, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for operations lead roles at senior level across the United States: 34 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $125,988 and $176,875, with a median of $161,700.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 3 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Operations Lead pay by specialization
Marketing Operations 12Growth Marketing 6General Marketing 6Content Creation 3Content Strategy 2Creative 2Programmatic 1Communications 1
Live operations lead roles by marketing function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
3 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $125,988 – $176,875 | $161,700 | 34 |
| New York | Senior | $137,750 – $200,000 | $177,500 | 5hint |
| San Francisco | Senior | $165,000 – $320,000 | $175,000 | 9hint |
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.
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Pay by market
2 pagesOpen operations lead roles · 12 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, $103,500–$198,000scale $60,000–$280,000
Director of SEOPowered by search·TorontoFeaturedfrom CA$100,000Head Of GrowthPowered by search·TorontoFeatured$100,000 to $130,000
Marketing & Sales Operations Lead Nexthink · Boston $140,000–$175,000 8d ago 
Marketing & GTM Operations Lead (Hybrid) OpenTable · Toronto CA$85,000–CA$98,000 2w ago 
REMOTE: Senior Marketing Operations Lead (Lifecycle & Automation) marrinadecisions · Chicago $100,000–$120,000 4w ago Business Manager & Marketing Operations Lead Citi · New York New York United States $163,600–$245,400 4w ago 
Growth Operations Lead Lightfield · San Francisco $170,000–$220,000 2mo ago 
Growth Operations Lead Gigs · London £85,000–£130,000 2mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead nexhealth · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 3mo ago 
Creative Operations Lead UnitedMasters | Translation · Brooklyn $140,000–$165,000 3mo ago Creative Operations Lead umt · Brooklyn $140,000–$165,000 3mo ago 
Sales and Marketing Operations Lead Harris · Pennsylvania, United States $80,000–$90,000 3mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead Klaviyo · San Francisco $132,000–$198,000 9mo ago 
Regional Marketing Operations Lead (APAC) Russell Investments · Mumbai New Pay not stated 2d ago Digital Content Operations Lead - OP02316-00-OS Dev.Pro · Montevideo Pay not stated 4d ago Digital Content Operations Lead - OP02316-OS Dev.Pro · Santiago Pay not stated 7d ago 
Content Operations Lead Diageo · Mexico City Pay not stated 8d ago 
Marketing Strategy & Operations Lead cursor · San Francisco $156,888–$200,500e 9d ago 
Content Strategy & Creative Operations Lead Viseven · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 10d ago Content Strategy & Creative Operations Lead Viseven · Remote · Poland Pay not stated 10d ago 
Marketing Technology & Operations Lead, APAC OpenAI · Singapore Pay not stated 2w ago 
Country Growth Operations Lead Wave · Kinshasa Pay not stated 2w ago Global Marketing Revenue Operations Lead Abb · Sesto San Giovanni €63,400–€89,900e 3w ago 
Growth Analytics & Operations Lead Haystack News · Lima Pay not stated 4w ago Growth Analytics & Operations Lead Haystack News · Fort Lauderdale $134,000–$194,425e 7w ago 
Marketing Operations Lead (Insights & Data) trustpilot · London Pay not stated 7w ago 
Marketing Operations Lead Rho · New York In listing 2mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead Fa Errt Saasfaprod1 · Paris Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Senior Programmatic Operations Lead VirtuHire · Remote · South Africa Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead (m/f/d) dcmn · Amsterdam Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead Factory · San Francisco $151,533–$170,250e 3mo ago 
Marketing Operations Lead Nooks · San Francisco $151,533–$170,250e 4mo ago 
Marketing Strategy and Operations Lead Cloudflare · Austin In listing 4mo ago Communications Operations Lead Nebius · Amsterdam Pay not stated 5mo ago