United Kingdom · Marketing · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Manager, Marketing Operations

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  • Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
  • Direct reports3-8 reports
  • Reports toDirector, Marketing Technology (MarTech)
  • UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Head of Marketing Technology · CRM & Automation Lead · Senior Marketing Operations Manager

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about managing a team; it's about owning the engine room of our Marketing department. You'll be the one making sure our tech stack actually works together, driving efficiency, and making sure our CRM isn't just a database, but a strategic asset. You're the person who translates big marketing ideas into automated, scalable systems that actually deliver.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) / HubSpot EnterpriseExpert

Strategically overseeing the design and execution of complex, multi-channel customer journeys, managing business units, data extensions, and ensuring optimal platform configuration and performance. You'll be guiding your team on its use, not just using it yourself.

Segment (or equivalent CDP)Advanced

Owning the enterprise customer data model, defining tracking plans, overseeing audience creation for activation, and ensuring data privacy compliance within the CDP. You'll be the ultimate decision-maker for data flow.

Tableau / Power BI (or similar Data Viz)Advanced

Establishing data governance for analytics, designing executive dashboards that tell a clear story, and presenting complex insights to senior leadership to drive strategic decisions. You'll be consuming and directing, not just building.

Workato / Zapier (or similar iPaaS)Advanced

Designing the overall integration strategy for the MarTech stack, making decisions on iPaaS versus custom development, and managing API budget and security. Your team will build, you'll architect.

Asana / Jira (or similar Project Management)Expert

Managing the entire marketing operations project portfolio, allocating resources across your team, and reporting on strategic initiative progress to the Director and other VPs. This is your daily organisational tool.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
MarTech Tool SelectionSuggest potential tools to supervisor.Research and recommend tools, outlining pros/cons.Evaluate tools against requirements, present a shortlist with a clear recommendation and implementation plan.
Budget Allocation (within Marketing Ops)No budget authority. Escalate all costs.Request budget for specific project needs (e.g., software licence, training).Manage project budgets up to £5K, escalating anything over.
Team Hiring & PerformanceNo authority.Provide feedback on junior candidates.Interview candidates, provide detailed feedback, mentor new hires.
Data Governance StandardsFollow established data entry rules.Identify data quality issues and propose solutions.Design and implement new data hygiene processes, get sign-off from manager.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Marketing ROI Contribution
The measurable increase in marketing-sourced pipeline or revenue directly attributable to improvements in our CRM and automation efforts.
Target · Demonstrate a 15% improvement in marketing-sourced pipeline via attribution modeling year-on-year.

After optimising our nurture sequences and lead scoring, marketing-sourced opportunities increased by £2M in Q2, directly linked to your team's work.

MarTech Stack Utilisation & Efficiency
The percentage of marketing team members actively using core MarTech platform features and the measurable reduction in manual effort due to automation.
Target · Achieve >90% adoption of core MarTech platform features across the marketing team and reduce campaign setup time by 20%.

You rolled out new training for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and now 95% of the team uses Journey Builder effectively. Campaign creation time for standard emails dropped from 3 days to 2.

Customer Data Quality & Governance
The accuracy and completeness of our customer data within the CRM, reflecting robust data hygiene and governance processes.
Target · Maintain a data error rate (duplicates, incomplete records, incorrect segmentation) below 2% across our core CRM fields.

Your team implemented a new de-duplication strategy, reducing duplicate records by 30% and improving the accuracy of our customer segments.

Team Productivity & Development
The overall output and growth of your direct reports, measured by project completion rates, individual skill development, and retention.
Target · Achieve 90% on-time project completion for your team's initiatives and ensure at least 75% of your team completes a relevant professional development course annually.

Your team consistently delivers complex automation projects ahead of schedule, and you've successfully mentored two Senior Specialists into Lead roles this year.

Strategic Influence & Partnership
Your ability to influence marketing strategy by providing data-driven insights and proactively identifying opportunities for operational improvement.
  • You're regularly consulted by Marketing VPs on campaign planning and budget allocation. Your insights lead to strategic shifts in our customer engagement approach. Other departments (like Sales or Product) actively seek your input on their processes.
Proactive Problem Solving & System Design
Identifying and resolving systemic issues within our MarTech stack and processes before they become major problems, and designing robust, scalable solutions.
  • You've identified a recurring data sync error and designed a permanent fix, preventing future campaign disruptions. You've proactively proposed and implemented a new lead routing process that eliminated previous bottlenecks, rather than just patching them.
Team Leadership & Empowerment
How effectively you lead, mentor, and empower your team, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
  • Your team members feel supported and challenged, leading to high morale and low turnover. They're taking initiative on complex projects, and you're regularly delegating significant responsibilities. You're known for giving clear direction and constructive feedback.
Vendor & Budget Management
Your effectiveness in managing relationships with MarTech vendors and optimising the marketing operations budget.
  • You've negotiated favourable terms with key vendors, showing clear ROI for our investments. You consistently manage your budget effectively, identifying cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality. Vendors see you as a key partner, not just a customer.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Building Scalable Systems

You get a real kick out of designing and implementing automated workflows and integrations that save hours of manual work and allow the business to grow without breaking. You're always looking for ways to make things more efficient and robust.

Spending an afternoon mapping out a new lead routing architecture that will handle 5x our current lead volume without a hitch.

Team Development & Mentorship

You thrive on coaching your team, helping them solve tricky problems, and seeing them progress in their careers. Their success is a huge part of your job satisfaction.

Helping a Senior Specialist debug a complex AMPScript issue, then debriefing with them to ensure they understand the root cause and solution for next time.

What frustrates people
  • Dealing with 'Shadow IT' – when other teams buy software without telling you, expecting you to integrate it seamlessly.
  • The constant battle for data quality, especially when manual entry errors keep creeping in despite clear processes.
  • Trying to get budget approved for critical infrastructure improvements when the ROI isn't immediately obvious to non-technical leadership.
  • Being the mediator between Sales and Marketing when they disagree on lead definitions or follow-up SLAs.
What this role does not give you
  • A purely hands-on technical role with no people management.
  • A static environment where processes are set in stone and rarely challenged.
  • Unlimited budget for every shiny new MarTech tool you want to try.
  • A role where you only interact with your immediate team and don't have to navigate cross-functional politics.

6Who you work with

You'll directly shape the efficiency and effectiveness of our entire Marketing department. Your decisions on tech, process, and team structure will dictate how quickly we can launch campaigns, how well we understand our customers, and ultimately, how much revenue marketing contributes. Get it right, and you'll transform how we operate; get it wrong, and we'll be constantly playing catch-up.

Inside the business
  • Director, Marketing Technology
  • Marketing VPs (Brand, Demand Gen, Product Marketing)
  • Sales Leadership
  • Product Management
  • Data & Analytics Team
  • IT Department
Outside the business
  • Key MarTech Vendors (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot)
  • Implementation and Integration Partners
  • Industry Peers and Thought Leaders

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven track record of leading and managing a team of technical specialists in a Marketing Operations or CRM role.
  • Extensive experience (12+ years) designing, implementing, and optimising complex marketing automation and CRM systems.
  • Demonstrable experience managing significant budgets (e.g., £250K+) and vendor relationships.
  • Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable business insights for senior leadership.
  • A deep understanding of data governance, privacy regulations (like GDPR), and their practical application in marketing.
  • Experience with at least one enterprise-level CRM (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, HubSpot Enterprise) and a CDP (e.g., Segment).

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Strategic Data Modelling & Architecture

As we collect more data from diverse sources, you'll need to define the underlying data models that ensure consistency, accuracy, and usability across the entire MarTech stack. This isn't just about cleaning data; it's about designing the blueprint for how data flows and is structured.

Enterprise Data Model Design · Data Lake/Warehouse Integration · Real-time Data Processing

  • This quarter: Review our current data model documentation and identify key gaps or inconsistencies.
  • Next quarter: Collaborate with the Data & Analytics team to understand their enterprise data strategy.
  • Month 6: Propose improvements to our marketing data model that enhance reporting and personalisation capabilities.

Quick win: Standardise naming conventions for custom fields across all marketing platforms.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend industry conferences (e.g., MarTech, Dreamforce, HubSpot INBOUND) to stay abreast of trends and network with peers.
  • Participate in online communities and forums dedicated to Marketing Operations and MarTech to share knowledge and learn from others.
  • Engage in continuous learning through online courses (e.g., Coursera, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning) on topics like AI in marketing, advanced analytics, or leadership development.
  • Seek out opportunities to mentor junior professionals, even outside your direct team, to hone your leadership and coaching skills.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI/ML Strategy for Marketing Operations

AI isn't just for data scientists anymore; it's becoming embedded in every MarTech tool. Your ability to strategically apply AI/ML to optimise workflows, predict customer behaviour, and personalise at scale will be a huge differentiator. Competitors are already using it to gain an edge, and we need to keep up.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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3 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Digital StrategyChartered Institute of Marketing · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 6
  2. Digital marketingABE · covers 1 of 10 standardsLevel 5
  3. Digital Media Management in MarketingLondon Centre of Marketing · covers 1 of 10 standardsLevel 5
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The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI/ML Strategy for Marketing Operations

AI isn't just for data scientists anymore; it's becoming embedded in every MarTech tool. Your ability to strategically apply AI/ML to optimise workflows, predict customer behaviour, and personalise at scale will be a huge differentiator. Competitors are already using it to gain an edge, and we need to keep up.

  • Predictive Analytics for Customer Journeys
  • Generative AI for Content & Personalisation
  • AI-Driven Attribution & Optimisation
  • Ethical AI & Bias Detection

Composable MarTech Architecture

The trend is moving away from monolithic, all-in-one platforms towards a 'best-of-breed' approach where different specialised tools are integrated. You'll need to understand how to design and manage a flexible, modular MarTech stack that can adapt quickly to changing business needs.

  • Microservices & API-First Design
  • Data Orchestration & Unified Customer Profiles
  • Vendor Ecosystem Management
  • Future-Proofing & Scalability

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Enterprise Lead Lifecycle Management
  • Advanced Marketing Attribution Modeling
  • Customer Data Platform (CDP) Strategy & Governance
  • MarTech Stack Architecture & Integration
  • Data Hygiene & Governance at Scale

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Lead CRM & Automation Strategist (L4)

    3-5 years at L4

    Skills to master

    • Deep expertise in MarTech architecture, strategic lead lifecycle design, advanced attribution modeling, and initial experience in team mentorship and project leadership.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully designed and implemented several complex, cross-functional automation programmes.
    • Consistently provided strategic input that influenced marketing direction.
    • Mentored junior team members effectively and demonstrated strong project management skills.
  2. 2

    Senior Marketing Analyst / Data Lead

    4-6 years in analytical leadership roles

    Skills to master

    • Strong analytical and data modelling skills, experience translating data into strategic insights, and a solid understanding of marketing operations from an analytical perspective.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Built and maintained executive-level marketing dashboards and reporting frameworks.
    • Led data-driven initiatives that resulted in measurable business impact.
    • Demonstrated ability to influence marketing strategy through data interpretation.
  3. 3

    Marketing Automation Consultant (External)

    5-7 years in consulting, working with multiple clients

    Skills to master

    • Broad exposure to diverse MarTech stacks, strong client management and strategic advisory skills, and experience implementing solutions across different industries.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully led multiple large-scale MarTech implementation projects for clients.
    • Developed and presented strategic MarTech roadmaps to C-suite level clients.
    • Managed project teams and client expectations effectively.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here is about building, leading, and transforming. We're excited to see where you take us, and where this role takes your career. The opportunities are genuinely vast for someone who can master the art and science of Marketing Operations.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Manager, Marketing Operations is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Digital StrategyLevel 6

Applied to your work in Manager, Marketing Operations

This unit aims to enable learners to critically evaluate and develop effective digital strategies aligned with business goals. Upon completion, learners will understand the impact of digital technologies, analyse digital performance metrics, and appreciate the importance of digital governance in ensuring compliance and managing risk.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in Manager, Marketing Operations

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Marketing ROI ContributionThe measurable increase in marketing-sourced pipeline or revenue directly attributable to improvements in our CRM and automation efforts.After optimising our nurture sequences and lead scoring, marketing-sourced opportunities increased by £2M in Q2, directly linked to your team's work.Demonstrate a 15% improvement in marketing-sourced pipeline via attribution modeling year-on-year.
  • MarTech Stack Utilisation & EfficiencyThe percentage of marketing team members actively using core MarTech platform features and the measurable reduction in manual effort due to automation.You rolled out new training for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and now 95% of the team uses Journey Builder effectively. Campaign creation time for standard emails dropped from 3 days to 2.Achieve >90% adoption of core MarTech platform features across the marketing team and reduce campaign setup time by 20%.
  • Customer Data Quality & GovernanceThe accuracy and completeness of our customer data within the CRM, reflecting robust data hygiene and governance processes.Your team implemented a new de-duplication strategy, reducing duplicate records by 30% and improving the accuracy of our customer segments.Maintain a data error rate (duplicates, incomplete records, incorrect segmentation) below 2% across our core CRM fields.
  • Team Productivity & DevelopmentThe overall output and growth of your direct reports, measured by project completion rates, individual skill development, and retention.Your team consistently delivers complex automation projects ahead of schedule, and you've successfully mentored two Senior Specialists into Lead roles this year.Achieve 90% on-time project completion for your team's initiatives and ensure at least 75% of your team completes a relevant professional development course annually.
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Manager, Marketing Operations to Director, Marketing Technology (MarTech) (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director, Marketing Technology (MarTech) (L6)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey here is about building, leading, and transforming. We're excited to see where you take us, and where this role takes your career. The opportunities are genuinely vast for someone who can master the art and science of Marketing Operations.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Manager, Marketing Operations
  • Enterprise Lead Lifecycle Management
  • Advanced Marketing Attribution Modeling
  • Customer Data Platform (CDP) Strategy & Governance
  • MarTech Stack Architecture & Integration
  • Data Hygiene & Governance at Scale
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Manager, Marketing Operations is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Director, Marketing Technology (MarTech) (L6)

    3-5 years as Manager, Marketing Operations

    You'll be moving from managing a function to shaping the strategy for a business unit, overseeing a larger team (including other managers), and reporting directly to C-suite.

    • Multi-year MarTech Roadmap Definition
    • Strategic Vendor Ecosystem Management
    • Global Data Privacy & Security Strategy
    • Organisational Design for Marketing Technology
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, you're already doing a lot. But imagine what you and your team could achieve if the grunt work was taken care of. AI isn't just a buzzword here; it's a practical tool that'll free you up to focus on the big picture, lead your team more effectively, and drive real strategic impact.

For a Marketing Operations Manager, AI means moving beyond just managing the tech. It's about using smart tools to automate the mundane, predict what's coming, and give your team superpowers. Think less time debugging integrations and more time designing the next generation of customer journeys.

Predictive Lead Scoring Automation

Use AI models (like Salesforce Einstein or HubSpot's predictive scoring) to analyse historical data and automatically score new leads based on their likelihood to convert. This replaces manual, rule-based systems and ensures your sales team gets the hottest leads first, boosting conversion rates and saving your team hours of manual tweaking and debate.

Accelerated Audience Segmentation

Leverage AI tools to analyse your entire customer database and identify hidden micro-segments with high conversion potential that would be impossible to find through manual queries. This means more targeted campaigns, better personalisation, and less time spent on manual data exploration and hypothesis testing for your team.

Personalised Content Generation at Scale

Use generative AI to create dozens of variations of email subject lines, headlines, and body copy tailored to specific customer segments. This enables hyper-personalised A/B testing at scale, drastically reducing copywriting time and brainstorming for personalisation, allowing your team to focus on strategy and oversight.

Automated Performance Summaries

Connect AI tools to analytics platforms to automatically generate plain-language summaries of complex campaign performance reports. These highlight key insights, trends, and anomalies for stakeholder updates, automating the tedious task of translating data tables and charts into executive-ready narratives for you and your team.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Manager, Marketing Operations?

Common routes in include Lead CRM & Automation Strategist (L4) (3-5 years at L4), Senior Marketing Analyst / Data Lead (4-6 years in analytical leadership roles) and Marketing Automation Consultant (External) (5-7 years in consulting, working with multiple clients). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Manager, Marketing Operations progress to?

This role can lead on to Director, Marketing Technology (MarTech) (L6) (3-5 years as Manager, Marketing Operations), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Manager, Marketing Operations in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Manager, Marketing Operations?

Increasingly, AI/ML Strategy for Marketing Operations and Composable MarTech Architecture. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows Manager, Marketing Operations, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Manager, Marketing Operations: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain in this role are highly transferable. You could move into Marketing Operations leadership roles in almost any industry, from FinTech to e-commerce, or even transition into a MarTech consulting firm, bringing your expertise to a diverse range of clients.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

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