Head of Digital Marketing
Firstup
- Chicago, United States
- Hybrid
- $200K – $220K /yr
- Full-time
- Director/Executive
- Posted
Responsibilities
- ● Build and execute a clear, measurable digital demand generation strategy aligned
- with company priorities and objectives, including bookings growth and platform
- adoption, and product launch success.
- ● Build and execute a compelling AEO and SEO strategy to amplify our point of view in
the market and drive inbound demand
- ● Own global paid channel strategy across Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic,
- Affiliate, and other channels for enterprise audiences, including planning, forecasting,
- budget pacing, audience design, and performance management.
- ● Build and execute top-of-funnel account engagement programs (content, paid,
- nurture) that surface intent and engagement signals across target accounts, and
- establish clear criteria/thresholds for advancing accounts into the ABM program.
- ● Partner with the ABM lead to define account scoring and handoff criteria, ensuring a
- consistent flow of engaged, qualified accounts move from digital marketing into
- 1:1/1:few ABM plays.
- ● Partner closely with Sales, Product, and Customer Success to ensure marketing drives
- pipeline, product engagement, and retention via digital channels.
- ● Own the company website as a strategic growth asset, improving positioning, buyer
- journeys, conversion, and experimentation.
- ● Lead demand generation programs that support both new business acquisition and
- expansion opportunities.
- ● Build a content strategy that supports the full buyer journey, strengthens Firstup’s
- market position, and improves conversion at every stage.
- ● Establish a rigorous operating cadence around goals, investment decisions,
- performance insights, and optimization.
- ● Lead the team to
- ○ Develop lean and effective campaigns, partner marketing programs, and
- lifecycle marketing programs.
- ○ Optimize lead management, nurture flows, scoring, and tight alignment with
- Marketing Operations
- ○ Build and execute programs targeting top targets and advance them to ABM
targets
- ○ Drive scalable, targeted customer digital marketing programs that support
- upsell and renewal through lifecycle campaigns and tailored content.
- ○ Collaborate closely with Digital CS to deliver integrated, data-informed
- campaigns that reinforce value, accelerate adoption, and improve retention.
- ● Attract and retain high-performing talent
- ● Coach team members and lead with agility
Minimum Qualifications
- ● Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or similar field of study, or commensurate professional experience
- ● 10+ years of experience in Digital Marketing, including at least 4+ years if leadership experience within a B2B SaaS organizations
- ● Deep expertise with modern marketing technology platforms, including Clay,
Demandbase, Marketo, and Qualified
- ● Proven success driving digital marketing programs, ideally with enterprise GTM models.
- ● A “player-coach” who enjoys being in the trenches and can develop strategy and execute without layers of support.
- ● Resourceful operator who has run high-performing digital demand generation programs in a company focused on profitable growth
- ● Comfortable with driving trade-off decisions and prioritizing ruthlessly for impact and effectiveness
- ● Bookings obsessed with deep expertise in digital marketing and ABM, with strong fluency in marketing analytics, attribution, and marketing-sales partnership
- ● Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple projects
Competencies
- ● Mission-driven. Deep belief in Firstup’s purpose; sees employee experience as a meaningful category to shape
- ● Able to establish influence and operate as a collaborative partner with peers across
Sales and Customer Orgs
- ● Results-oriented, relentlessly focused on pipeline, adoption, and ROI
- ● Experience supporting distributed workforces and go-to-market models across North
America and Europe
Firstup expects the base salary for this role to be between $200,000-220,000. The starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.
