---
type: Role
title: Marketing Director
slug: marketing-director
tagline: First-line marketing leader. Two layers below CMO, hands still on.
primaryCategory: growth-marketing
typicalSeniority:
  - LEAD
  - MANAGER
  - DIRECTOR
topSkills:
  - Team Leadership
  - Cross-Functional Partnership
  - Execution
  - Strategic Planning
  - P&L Ownership
  - Hiring
market: GLOBAL
openJobs: 47
remoteJobs: 0
salaryAnchorJunior: $110K-$140K
salaryAnchorMid: $130K-$175K
salaryAnchorSenior: $155K-$220K
liveSalaryMin: 90
liveSalaryMax: 240000
liveSalaryMedian: 160000
relatedRoles:
  - vp-marketing
  - head-of-growth
  - growth-marketing-manager
  - demand-gen-manager
canonical: "https://www.growthtalent.org/role/marketing-director"
---

# Marketing Director

First-line marketing leader. Two layers below CMO, hands still on.

## About this role

Marketing Director is the senior-IC-becoming-manager title. They own a function (demand gen, content, brand) or a region (NA, EMEA), report to a VP, and manage 2-6 people. Best-fit candidates have 6-10 years experience, prior people management, and at least one channel they can still execute on themselves when the team is short. The title is most common at companies between Series B and IPO where there's enough scale for layered management but the senior team still needs hands-on operators. At pre-Series-B companies the title often replaces VP for cost reasons.

## Skills recruiters look for

- Team Leadership
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Execution
- Strategic Planning
- P&L Ownership
- Hiring

## Anchor salary (USD)

- Junior: $110K-$140K
- Mid: $130K-$175K
- Senior: $155K-$220K

## Live data (47 open jobs)

- Median midpoint: $160K
- Range: $0K-$240K
- Remote-friendly: 0/47

## Top cities

- New York (7 jobs)
- Anywhere (5 jobs)
- Paris (3 jobs)
- United States (3 jobs)
- Austin (2 jobs)
- Los Angeles (2 jobs)

## Top hiring companies

- IXL Learning (2 open)
- AiDOOS (1 open)
- Farther Finance (1 open)
- Magnet Co (1 open)
- LifeScribe AI (1 open)
- HUMAN (1 open)
- AB Tasty (1 open)
- Offer1 (1 open)

## FAQs

### What does a Marketing Director do?

Manages a marketing function (demand gen, content, brand) or region. Reports to VP or CMO. Manages 2-6 people. Hands-on enough to ship work when the team is short, strategic enough to set quarterly OKRs.

### Marketing Director salary?

In the US: $130K-$220K base, plus 15-25% bonus and equity. Higher in tech, lower in CPG and traditional B2B.

## Related roles

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

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Canonical: https://www.growthtalent.org/role/marketing-director