Overland Park, KS
R2026-1863
Position Overview
The Content Marketing Manager leads the development, planning, and orchestration of digital marketing content that supports QTS business priorities, campaigns, customer engagement, and go-to-market initiatives. This role is responsible for turning business needs into clear content strategies, actionable briefs, and coordinated production plans across digital, communications, marketing, design, and video teams.
This person is a strong content strategist, researcher, editor, project manager, and cross-functional partner who can organize competing requests, find the right insights, and keep work moving across teams. They bring structure to the content process while ensuring the final output is aligned to brand standards, campaign objectives, audience needs, and measurable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Own and manage the editorial calendar across digital channels, ensuring content plans are connected to campaigns, business priorities, key events, and customer engagement needs.
Lead content intake, planning, and prioritization processes, helping teams evaluate what should be created, when it should be delivered, and how it should support broader business objectives.
Write and develop content briefs that clearly define the audience, objective, message, channel, stakeholder inputs, creative requirements, timing, and success measures.
Find the data and conduct research needed to inform content development, including industry trends, customer insights, subject matter expertise, performance metrics, and supporting proof points.
Serve as the central point of coordination between communications, marketing, design, video, digital, and subject matter experts to move content from concept through review, approval, and execution.
Manage project workflows, timelines, stakeholder communication, review cycles, and approvals to ensure content is delivered efficiently and with clear ownership.
Ensure content aligns with QTS brand standards, campaign strategy, business priorities, customer journeys, and channel-specific best practices.
Measure content engagement and performance across channels, identifying what is working, what needs to be optimized, and where future content planning should be adjusted.
Recommend content optimizations, refreshes, repurposing opportunities, and distribution strategies based on performance data and stakeholder feedback.
Maintain content governance standards, including consistency, quality control, editorial best practices, source management, and content organization.
Support content development as needed, including drafting, editing, shaping messaging, and translating complex business information into clear, audience-focused content.
Partner with internal teams to build and maintain a reusable content library that supports business unit needs, sales enablement, campaign execution, and executive-level storytelling.
Content Development and Operations
Acts as the quarterback for content production. This role brings the right people together, clarifies priorities, manages timelines, keeps stakeholders aligned, and ensures content is strategically planned before it is created. The position balances editorial judgment with project management discipline, helping the organization produce stronger content with a more consistent process.
Role Summary
In short, this role is a driver of digital content creation. The Content Marketing Manager helps determine what content should be created, why it matters, who needs to be involved, how it will get done, and how success will be measured.
Total Rewards
This role may be eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program; and other company benefits. This position may be bonus/commission eligible and may be eligible for equity.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Three or more years of experience in content strategy, content marketing, editorial planning, communications, or related marketing roles.
Experience managing content calendars, content requests, project timelines, stakeholder reviews, and cross-functional workflows.
Strong writing, editing, research, and content briefing skills, with the ability to translate business objectives into clear content direction.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once, prioritize competing requests, and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in data centers, commercial real estate, construction, technology, professional services, or other complex B2B environments.
Experience supporting campaign content, digital content, thought leadership, sales enablement, executive presentations, or go-to-market materials.
Comfort working with subject matter experts and turning technical, operational, or business information into compelling content.
Familiarity with content performance reporting, digital engagement metrics, SEO principles, and content optimization practices.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Strong editorial judgment and ability to connect content to audience needs, business priorities, and campaign objectives.
Excellent project management skills, including workflow planning, timeline management, follow-up, and issue escalation.
Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across marketing, communications, creative, digital, video, sales, and business unit teams.
Strong research and data-gathering skills, with the ability to identify relevant insights and proof points that strengthen content.
Clear, concise, and audience-focused writing and editing skills.
Ability to organize complex information, simplify messaging, and create structure for cross-functional teams.
Experience with Microsoft Office tools; familiarity with content management, project management, digital marketing, or analytics platforms is helpful.
TOTAL REWARDS
This role is also eligible for a competitive bene?ts package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; ?exible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company bene?ts.
This position is Bonus/Commission eligible.
This job may be eligible for equity.
We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.
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Know Your Rights (Spanish)
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Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster-Formatted (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp\%20English\formattedESQA508c.pdf)
QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to talentacquisition@qtsdatacenters.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
It's exhilarating to find yourself at a pivotal moment in history- and even more so to be leading the way. At QTS Data Centers, we are proud to stand at the forefront of today's dynamic digital transformation. Our world-class data centers empower our customers' most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us as a global leader in digital infrastructure.
As AI and cloud technologies fuel the demand for increased speed, capacity, and innovation, QTS has emerged as the global digital infrastructure leader. We are committed to connecting the globe for good. Driven by purpose and a spirit of innovation, we design, build, and operate some of the most advanced data centers worldwide. In addition to our cutting-edge technology, we are dedicated to sustainability, incorporating renewable energy solutions to minimize our environmental footprint and drive meaningful impact. As a proud portfolio company of Blackstone, QTS is uniquely positioned to achieve ambitious growth and innovation goals.
At QTS, we are Powered by People . Our team members are the cornerstone of our culture, innovation, and growth. They are mission-driven, resourceful, and committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. Together, we're achieving remarkable things and shaping the future of digital infrastructure.
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In addition to a variety of benefit packages, QTS goes above and beyond for our employees:
Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
Every employee is bonus or commission eligible
Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
Pet and Legal Insurance
Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
Military Benefits Package
QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
QTS Crisis Fund
Wellness Program
Tuition Reimbursement Program
