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Manager, Web & Marketing Platforms

AHEAD

Responsibilities

  • Own the development lifecycle and technical roadmap for the

Next.js / Payload CMS

  • marketing website.
  • Architect, develop, review, test, deploy, and maintain scalable web applications and CMS functionality.
  • Establish development standards, CI/CD processes, environment management, documentation, and release practices.
  • Translate marketing and business requirements into sustainable technical solutions and development priorities.
  • Own website performance, reliability, accessibility, technical SEO/AIO, security, and overall platform health.
  • Design and maintain integrations between the website, APIs, CMS, search, CRM/MAP, analytics, consent, automation, and other marketing platforms.
  • Own technical implementation and governance of

GTM, GA4, consent management, and marketing measurement

  • Partner with Legal, Security, and IT to maintain appropriate privacy, security, vulnerability-management, and data-governance practices.
  • Troubleshoot complex application, deployment, data, tracking, and integration issues.
  • Evaluate new platforms and AI-enabled technologies for scalability, security, maintainability, and business value.
  • Manage technical vendors and external development partners while reducing unnecessary dependency on outside resources.
  • Maintain technical project planning and operational visibility through tools such as
  • Monday.com
  • Help build and eventually lead a dedicated Web & Marketing Platforms function as organizational needs grow.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional web development experience, with significant experience using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Professional experience with

Next.js strongly preferred

  • Experience with a modern headless CMS;
  • Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST APIs, webhooks, and modern web architecture.
  • Experience with Git-based development workflows, code review, CI/CD, deployment environments, and production release management.
  • Familiarity or willingness to work with AI coding tools like Claude Code and Copilot.
  • Familiarity with
  • Google Tag Manager (GTM), GA4, and digital analytics implementation.
  • Familiarity with
  • cookie consent / CMP platforms
  • Familiarity with search platforms such as

Algolia

  • Working knowledge of technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, website performance, and web security best practices.
  • Experience troubleshooting production applications, integrations, deployments, tracking implementations, and data flows.
  • Experience providing technical direction to developers, contractors, agencies, or vendors preferred.

Technical Qualifications

, including modern application architecture and server/client rendering patterns.

Payload CMS experience preferred

  • Google Consent Mode such as Securiti, OneTrust, or similar technologies.
  • Experience integrating third-party APIs and SaaS platforms into modern web applications.
  • or comparable search/indexing technologies.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, databases, automation platforms, and data pipelines is a plus.

Leadership & Business Skills

Strong candidates should also be able to translate business and marketing needs into technical requirements, communicate technical tradeoffs to nontechnical stakeholders, prioritize competing initiatives, and balance new development against reliability, security, technical debt, and long-term maintainability.

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Why AHEAD

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off

Paid parental and caregiver leave

Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.

Use of AI

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or to capture recordings and create transcriptions or summaries during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please refer to the Candidate Privacy Notice or contact us at [email protected].

You may opt-out of the review or analysis of your application and resume by AI tools by using the General Application. Please include the role you wish to apply for in the Additional Information field. You may also choose to opt-out of recording and transcription at any time, including after joining an interview. Candidates will not be penalized for choosing to opt-out.

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