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type: Comparison
title: VP of Marketing vs Growth Marketing Manager
roleA: vp-marketing
roleB: growth-marketing-manager
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# VP of Marketing vs Growth Marketing Manager

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

| | VP of Marketing | Growth Marketing Manager |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Open jobs | 5 | 173 |
| Median salary midpoint | $215K | $103K |
| Anchor mid range | $200K-$280K | $100K-$145K |
| Anchor senior range | $240K-$380K | $130K-$180K |
| Primary category | growth-marketing | growth-marketing |
| Remote-friendly | 0/5 | 15/173 |

## VP of Marketing

VP of Marketing is the most common senior marketing title at Series B-C SaaS companies in the US. The role owns brand, demand gen, product marketing, and ABM. Below the CMO at large companies; above the CMO functionally at smaller ones. Best-fit candidates have a track record of taking marketing from $5M to $50M in pipeline, hiring 5-10 marketers, and partnering with sales on revenue ownership. Increasingly the role overlaps with VP of Growth, the line gets blurry below 200 employees.

## Growth Marketing Manager

The Growth Marketing Manager is the operator role at the heart of any modern marketing team. They run experiments, own a channel (or two), and report on lift weekly. Expected to own the data pipeline, ship landing pages, and write briefs that engineers can implement. Sits between IC and management, best-fit candidates have 3-6 years of experience and at least one channel where they've moved a real number. Companies hiring for this title are typically post-seed and looking to scale their first growth hire from individual contributor to team lead within 18 months.

## Browse live jobs

- [/role/vp-marketing](https://www.growthtalent.org/role/vp-marketing)
- [/role/growth-marketing-manager](https://www.growthtalent.org/role/growth-marketing-manager)

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