Marketing Operations Specialist

Job title: Marketing Operations Specialist

Role purpose Own the operational and commercial coordination of regional marketing activities, with emphasis on negotiating and managing vendor Marketing Development Funds (MDF), delivering partner-facing events and campaigns, controlling costs, and ensuring accurate reporting and timely recovery of eligible marketing claims.

Key responsibilities

• Vendor MDF management: Negotiate vendor marketing contributions; prepare joint activity plans and funding proposals; secure approvals, maintain MDF trackers, collect proof of execution; submit and follow up on claims.
• Events and partner activities: Coordinate and arrange roundtables, workshops, roadshows, webinars and industry events from brief to post-event report, manage invitations, registration, venues and on-site delivery.
• Budget and supplier control: Obtain competitive quotations; negotiate pricing; track purchase orders, commitments and actual spend; reconcile costs with Finance and prevent unapproved overruns.
• Cross-functional coordination: Align activity plans with vendors, country sales teams, channel partners and external agencies; maintain timelines, owners and approvals.
• Campaign execution support: Coordinate approved email invitations, campaign assets, landing pages and follow-up communications with internal or outsourced specialists.
• Performance reporting: Report attendance, leads, sales follow-up, pipeline contribution, vendor feedback and MDF recovery; maintain a clear activity dashboard.

Requirements

• 2–4 years’ experience in marketing coordination, channel marketing, event operations or vendor-facing commercial support; IT/software distribution experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing or related field
• Proven experience in marketing, especially digital marketing
• Strong knowledge of marketing platforms
• Good understanding of branding, communication, and campaign management
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects
• Working knowledge of MDF processes, vendor approvals, quotations, claims documentation and event supplier management.
• Confident business communication and practical negotiation skills; strong attention to detail, budgeting and follow-through.
• Comfortable using Excel, PowerPoint, CRM and project trackers; ability to coordinate multiple vendors and countries.
• Excellent English and Arabic. Other relevant regional languages are advantageous.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Multinational exposure across leading cybersecurity brands
• Health insurance, annual leave, and annual travel allowances as per the UAE labour law
• Access to training, certifications, and career growth programs