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type: Comparison
title: Head of Growth vs Demand Generation Manager
roleA: head-of-growth
roleB: demand-gen-manager
canonical: "https://www.growthtalent.org/compare/role-vs-role/head-of-growth-vs-demand-gen-manager"
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# Head of Growth vs Demand Generation Manager

A side-by-side of the two roles based on live data from Growth.Talent.

| | Head of Growth | Demand Generation Manager |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Open jobs | 151 | 80 |
| Median salary midpoint | $180K | $135K |
| Anchor mid range | $140K-$200K | $100K-$140K |
| Anchor senior range | $180K-$280K | $130K-$185K |
| Primary category | growth-marketing | demand-gen |
| Remote-friendly | 6/151 | 1/80 |

## Head of Growth

The Head of Growth role sits between marketing, product, and data. They own the funnel, acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and are accountable for the metric the CEO checks every Monday. Most companies that hire one are between $1M and $50M ARR, scaling past founder-led growth. Strong candidates have 5-10 years of operator experience, a proven channel they can scale (paid, SEO, lifecycle, partnerships), and the ability to make a hire on day 30 and a roadmap on day 60. The biggest signal is past P&L responsibility, not the title on the previous role.

## Demand Generation Manager

Demand Gen is marketing tied to the sales number. The role owns pipeline, MQL volume, ABM programs, and increasingly the marketing-ops stack (HubSpot, Salesforce, 6sense, Clearbit). Best-fit candidates think in funnels, can build a HubSpot workflow at 11pm, and have war stories about negotiating MQL definitions with Sales VPs. The discipline is heavy in B2B SaaS at $5M-$50M ARR, where the marketing team is judged purely on pipeline contribution. AI is reshaping the role, increasingly demand gen leaders are owning the sales-AI tooling (warm intros via Clay/Sandler, AI SDR enrichment) on top of classic ABM.

## Browse live jobs

- [/role/head-of-growth](https://www.growthtalent.org/role/head-of-growth)
- [/role/demand-gen-manager](https://www.growthtalent.org/role/demand-gen-manager)

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