Head of Growth vs Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Marketing Officer typically pays more — median total comp around $225K vs $198K for Head of Growth on Growth.Talent listings.

Head of Growth: Own the growth function end-to-end. Strategy, channels, hiring. Chief Marketing Officer: Brand, demand, comms, and the team. The full marketing P&L. The two roles overlap most heavily in strategy and full-funnel ownership; they diverge on whether the focus is performance/operator (often Head of Growth) or brand/cross-functional leadership (often Chief Marketing Officer).

Head of Growth — 113 open roles vs 8 for Chief Marketing Officer on Growth.Talent.

Chief Marketing Officer — 13% of open Chief Marketing Officer roles allow remote, vs 12% for Head of Growth.