Head of Growth vs Marketing Director

Head of Growth typically pays more — median total comp around $198K vs $155K for Marketing Director on Growth.Talent listings.

Head of Growth: Own the growth function end-to-end. Strategy, channels, hiring. Marketing Director: First-line marketing leader. Two layers below CMO, hands still on. 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 Marketing Director).

Head of Growth — 115 open roles vs 34 for Marketing Director on Growth.Talent.

Marketing Director — 18% of open Marketing Director roles allow remote, vs 11% for Head of Growth.