Head of Marketing job description
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About the role
We're hiring a Head of Marketing to own our marketing strategy, team and results, and to build the function for our next stage of growth.
What you'll do
- Own the marketing strategy, plan and budget
- Own marketing's pipeline and revenue targets with sales
- Build, hire and lead the marketing team
- Set positioning and brand with product and leadership
- Choose and scale the channels that work
- Report marketing performance to the CEO and board
- Bring AI and automation into how the team works
What you'll bring
- 8+ years in marketing, with 3+ leading teams
- A track record of growing pipeline or revenue
- Experience building a team
- Strong strategic and analytical skills
- Excellent communication with executives
- Hands-on depth in at least one channel
Nice to have
- Experience at a company at our stage
- Experience in our market
- Board-level reporting experience
- Product-led growth experience
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