Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.
Toast Marketing Services pairs restaurants with a dedicated Marketing Specialist to build strategy, execute weekly multi‑channel campaigns (Email, SMS, Social, Offers/Promos, Loyalty, Gift Cards, SEO/Presence), and analyze results—ultimately helping restaurants improve their marketing operations, save time, and grow first‑party demand.
As a Manager, Managed Marketing, you will lead and coach a team of Marketing Specialists for full‑service marketing delivery). You’ll be accountable for day‑to‑day service execution, consistent quality, and outcomes for restaurants—owning capacity planning, SLAs, coaching, and operational excellence. This role is ideal for a people leader with a marketing background (agency or in‑house) who thrives at building repeatable delivery systems, raising the bar on craft, and partnering cross‑functionally to scale.
You are a systems‑minded operator who can translate strategy into clear playbooks and measurable results. You’ll remove friction for Specialists and customers, strengthen our service model, and collaborate closely with Product, Product Strategy, Sales, Customer Success, Legal, and Finance.
A Day in the Life* (Responsibilities):
- Lead and develop a high‑performing Specialist team: hire/onboard, set goals, run weekly 1:1s, conduct QA reviews of campaign calendars and copy, and create career development paths; establish coaching rhythms and calibration across the team.
- Own service delivery excellence: manage book‑of‑business assignments and capacity, track service progress and deadlines, and maintain response and delivery SLAs
- Execute against existing playbooks/templates and flag gaps: evolve playbooks, scripts, and templates for kickoff, monthly planning, multi‑channel execution (Email/SMS/Social/Offers/Ads), and monthly reporting; drive consistency across Specialists while allowing for restaurant brand nuance. Measure what matters: monitor dashboards and mechanisms for visibility into pipeline, progress, and outcomes (e.g., plan on‑time rate, SLA adherence, campaign send/approval rates, channel performance, attach/expansion signals, and customer satisfaction).
- Handle escalations and quality: serve as the first line for customer escalations; implement QA checklists and review cycles to ensure compliance with Toast Marketing Guidelines and legal/brand standards
- Partner cross‑functionally to unlock scale: collaborate with Product and the Product Strategy team to pilot features and chart the path to scale
- Document learnings and case studies: sharing wins within the pod/team
What you’ll need to thrive* (Requirements):
- 6+ years in marketing or marketing services, including 2+ years managing people in a delivery or account‑management context (e.g., agency team lead, or managed services lead).
- Demonstrated success running multi‑channel programs across Email, SMS, Social, Offers/Promos, Loyalty, Gift Cards—and partnering on Paid Ads and SEO/Presence.
- Process‑oriented leader with a track record of building playbooks, SLAs, and QA mechanisms that scale; comfortable with capacity planning and workload management.
- Strong marketing craft (strategy + execution) and coaching ability—able to uplevel content quality, segmentation, and testing, and communicate the “why” behind plans.
- Analytical, data‑driven decision maker—comfortable using KPIs/dashboards to guide the team with defining KPIs, building dashboards, and translating performance into clear next actions for the team.
- Exceptional communicator and relationship‑builder across functions :immediate team + adjacent functions (CS, Sales)
- Comfort working in evolving environments; bias for systems thinking and continuous improvement.
- Nice to have: restaurant, SMB, or martech experience; agency background spanning multiple channels
AI at Toast
At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits. You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy.
How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring
Our Approach to Hybrid Working
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location. Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.
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Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in marketing or marketing services
- 2+ years managing people in a delivery or account-management context
- Experience running multi-channel programs across Email, SMS, Social, Offers/Promos, Loyalty, and Gift Cards
- Experience partnering on Paid Ads and SEO/Presence
- Experience building scalable playbooks, SLAs, and QA mechanisms
- Experience with capacity planning and workload management
- Strong marketing strategy and execution skills
- Ability to coach teams on content quality, segmentation, and testing
- Experience defining KPIs, building dashboards, and translating performance into actions
- Exceptional cross-functional communication and relationship-building skills
- Restaurant, SMB, or martech experience
- Agency background spanning multiple channels
What the Team is Saying
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Toast Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is presented as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans alongside life and disability insurance. Access to no‑cost therapy/coaching and wellness resources further bolsters overall care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes flexible PTO, paid company holidays, and paid parental, family, and medical leave, along with a paid sabbatical after five years.
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Parental & Family Support — Programs include 16 weeks paid for all parents with additional weeks for birthing parents, plus fertility and family‑forming guidance. Subsidized backup child and adult care further strengthens day‑to‑day family support.
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What We Do
Toast is the all-in-one platform built for restaurants of all sizes. Toast provides a single platform of software as a service (SaaS) products and financial technology solutions that give restaurants everything they need to run their business, including point of sale, payments, supplier management, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty, and team management. By serving as the restaurant operating system across dine-in, takeout, and delivery channels, Toast helps restaurants increase revenue, streamline operations and deliver amazing guest experiences.
Why Work With Us
Our recipe for an awesome workplace: One splash of friendship A dollop of impact A sprinkle of no hierarchy & A heavy spoonful of individuality Mix these ingredients in a fast-paced and hardworking environment. Best paired with a side of interesting people who always bring their whole selves to work. *100% Sunday scary free
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