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Activation Manager Jobs in Washington (NOW HIRING)

The Events Manager is a key member of the Events Department and will work actively with the team to evolve, transform, and refine the events and activations calendar to deliver experiences in one of ...

Site Activation Lead

Gaithersburg, MD · On-site

$107K - $195K/yr

Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM). Site Activation Lead responsibilities: • Coordinate all activities, communication, and planning efforts directly with FAA and Leidos personnel. • Site ...

Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM). Site Activation Lead responsibilities: Coordinate all activities, communication, and planning efforts directly with FAA and Leidos personnel. Site activation ...

Site Activation Lead

Gaithersburg, MD · On-site

$107K - $195K/yr

Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM). Site Activation Lead responsibilities: • Coordinate all activities, communication, and planning efforts directly with FAA and Leidos personnel. • Site ...

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How much do activation manager jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 27, 2026, the average yearly pay for activation manager in Washington is $71,444.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $45,093.00 and $89,114.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are some common challenges faced by Activation Managers when launching new campaigns?

Activation Managers often encounter challenges such as aligning cross-functional teams, managing tight deadlines, and ensuring campaigns resonate with the target audience. Coordinating between creative, sales, and digital teams requires strong communication and organizational skills. Additionally, adapting to last-minute changes in client objectives or market trends can test flexibility and problem-solving abilities. Successfully navigating these challenges allows Activation Managers to execute impactful campaigns and demonstrate their value to both clients and internal stakeholders.

What are Activation Managers?

Activation Managers are professionals responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing marketing campaigns or brand activations. They work closely with clients, creative teams, and vendors to ensure that marketing initiatives are delivered effectively and on time. Their role often includes developing strategies to engage target audiences, managing budgets, analyzing campaign performance, and optimizing future activations. Activation Managers play a key part in bringing brands to life through memorable experiences and ensuring that marketing goals are met.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an Activation Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as an Activation Manager, you need expertise in project management, marketing strategy, and event execution, often backed by a degree in marketing or business. Familiarity with CRM platforms, digital marketing tools, and analytics systems like Salesforce or HubSpot is typically required. Strong organizational skills, creativity, and effective communication help drive cross-functional collaboration and deliver impactful campaigns. These abilities are crucial for ensuring seamless campaign rollouts that meet client objectives and maximize brand engagement.

What is the difference between Activation Manager vs Marketing Coordinator?

AspectActivation Manager
Primary RoleOversees brand activations, experiential marketing campaigns, and event execution to engage consumers directly.
Required SkillsProject management, event planning, vendor coordination, marketing strategy, communication skills.
Work EnvironmentOften works on-site at events, in marketing departments, or with agencies.
Common CertificationsMarketing certifications, event management credentials, project management certifications.

While both roles involve marketing activities, an Activation Manager focuses on executing live brand experiences and events, whereas a Marketing Coordinator handles broader marketing tasks, including campaign support and administrative duties. Activation Managers typically lead specific experiential projects, requiring specialized event skills, while Marketing Coordinators support overall marketing strategies across channels.

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Customer Activation Manager | Strategic Enterprise

Customer Activation Manager | Strategic Enterprise

Ramp

Washington, DC • Remote

$178K - $271K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 21 days ago


Job description

About Ramp

Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.

The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.

We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.

The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.

If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it.

About the Role

Ramp's Strategic Enterprise CSMs don't manage accounts — they transform how companies run their finances. This is a role for people who have been inside large organizations when change was hard, who speak the language of a CFO, and who already use AI the way surgeons use instruments: not occasionally, not as an experiment, but as the default way they work. You'll be embedded in Ramp's largest, most strategic enterprise accounts, responsible for driving genuine workflow transformation — not just onboarding completion.

What You'll Do

  • Lead enterprise customers through the full transformation journey — from implementation through agentic workflow adoption — with clear accountability for time-to-value and measurable business outcomes

  • Build and own the change management strategy for each account: map stakeholders, diagnose resistance, build internal coalitions, and drive adoption past the finish line

  • Quantify and communicate Ramp's impact in the language CFOs and Controllers care about — close cycle improvement, spend visibility, variance reduction, and ROI — not just product usage metrics

  • Run executive-level stakeholder management across multiple layers of a customer org, including C-suite relationships you own independently

  • Use AI tools daily to prepare for customer calls, build materials, synthesize data, identify account risk, and operate at a pace traditional methods can't match

  • Help customers understand and adopt Ramp's agentic finance capabilities — positioning new workflows not as features, but as fundamental changes to how their finance team operates

  • Partner with Account Executives and Technical Consulting to deliver seamless implementations and expand Ramp's footprint within accounts

  • Bring customer insight back to Product — surfacing patterns, gaps, and opportunities from your accounts to shape how Ramp evolves

Must-Haves

  • Enterprise change management — You've driven workflow adoption inside complex organizations, navigated real resistance from real stakeholders, and have measurable results to show for it. Finance or fintech context is a plus but not required.

  • AI fluency as a daily habit — You already use AI tools habitually in your work. You use them to prep for calls, synthesize information, build customer-facing materials, and automate repetitive tasks. This is how you work, not something you're exploring. Ramp is a builder culture: if you don't instinctively reach for AI before doing things manually, this role will be a hard adjustment.

  • Financial impact communication — You can walk a CFO through the business case for a workflow change, connect implementation milestones to P&L outcomes, and run executive updates in financial terms, not product terms. A finance background is not required — fluency is.

  • Technical acumen — You can hold your own in conversations with Product and Engineering on integrations, APIs, and workflow architecture. You don't need to code, but credibility in technical conversations is what earns you a seat at the table with the full customer stakeholder group.

  • 7+ years in enterprise customer success or implementations — You’ve spent enough time navigating complex organizations and senior stakeholders that it’s second nature. You know how to move an enterprise, not just support one.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Agentic workflow experience — You've helped customers adopt AI-powered or agentic workflows at scale. You understand what friction looks like in practice and what makes transformation actually stick.

  • Finance domain depth — Exposure to FP&A, accounting software ecosystems (Netsuite, Sage, QuickBooks, Xero), expense management, or CFO-adjacent workflows. Accelerates credibility with Ramp's customer base.

  • Demonstrated commercial impact — You can point to expansion, retention, or time-to-value outcomes with specific metrics attached — not described in general terms.

  • Background at an AI-first or AI transformation company — not just a company that uses AI, but one where rethinking workflows around it was part of the product or culture

  • High-growth or startup experience (comfort operating in ambiguity and rapid change)

  • C-suite relationships built and maintained independently, without relying on a sales counterpart

For candidates located in NYC or SF, the pay range for this role is $198,000- $271,000. For candidates located in all other locations, the pay range for this role is $178,000- $244,000.

Benefits available to all full-time Ramp employees (Global)
  • Flexible PTO

  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering

  • Health and wellness stipend

  • Budget for intra-office travel

  • Weekly coffee stipend

United States
  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents

  • One Medical annual membership

  • 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp

  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay

  • Pet insurance

  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more

  • Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)

Canada
  • Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life

  • Life, AD&D, and disability coverage

  • Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)

  • Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay

  • Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health

United Kingdom
  • Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite

  • Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi

  • Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option

  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay

Referral Instructions

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Compensation Range: $178K - $271K