Senior Manager, Digital Marketing
Company: American Academy of Pediatrics
Category: Professional Services
Itasca
Type: Full Time
American Academy of Pediatrics seeks a Digital Marketing Senior Manager to join their team who will lead the strategy, development, and ongoing evolution of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) digital marketing function, including channel strategy, platform governance, and agency relationships. Partner with marketing staff to develop and execute integrated digital programs that drive acquisition, engagement, and retention across the full member and customer lifecycle. Serve as the primary owner of the AAP enterprise email marketing platform, establishing the governance, standards, and infrastructure that enable effective digital communications across AAP. Provide the strategic leadership and operational foundation needed to scale digital capabilities, expand channel presence, and deepen impact across the organization. Salary range is $110,509.58 To $116,649.00 annually. Click to see all benefits offered: http://aap.org/BenefitsAtAAP.
Some responsibilities are the following:
- Develop and lead the overall digital marketing channel strategy, advising on marketing plans across product, education, and membership teams and serving as a cross-functional digital marketing resource to support evolving programs and priorities.
- Serve as primary marketing owner of the organization’s email marketing platform, establishing and maintaining governance standards, user management processes, brand and style compliance, and onboarding and offboarding protocols.
- Build and convene a cross-departmental community of practice, engaging super users across key departments to drive email platform knowledge-sharing, consistent usage standards, and issue escalation. Serve as the internal source of truth for platform guidance and change management.
- Manage email platform health and performance in partnership with IT, including audience segmentation standards, list hygiene, sender reputation, deliverability, and email and privacy compliance standards (e.g., CAN-SPAM, GDPR). Serve as primary marketing liaison for vendor relationships, renewals, roadmap input, and feature escalation.
- Provide expertise and support for automated email campaign development and implementation across the organization.
- Support the development and ongoing refinement of the AAP digital marketing measurement framework, including KPI definition, tracking infrastructure, and performance evaluation across channels. Oversee implementation and governance of web analytics and tag management tools.
- Partner with Membership Operations and Sales teams on audience segmentation, list development, and first-party data strategy to support targeted and effective digital marketing programs.
- Oversee and advise on paid media marketing strategy across all channels, providing strategic direction and oversight of campaigns managed by the Manager, Digital Marketing and external partners; integrate paid strategy with organic social media and SEO/AEO strategies in collaboration with the social media team and to maximize reach and performance.



