Director of Corporate Marketing

New York, USA (Remote)

$145K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years exp

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive global marketing for Canoe’s alternative investments brand, aligning content, media, and demand with revenue teams.

  • Own global content strategy and ecosystem storytelling to generate pipeline.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in Alternative Investments/FinTech with proven cross-functional delivery.
  • Standout: Experience managing external agencies and AI-enabled content workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Global Narrative & Content Strategy: Develop and oversee the overarching roadmap that positions Canoe as a thought leader in the alternative investment space.
  • Revenue Team Alignment: Partner closely with Sales, Relationship Management (RM), and Business Development to extract market insights and "front-line" feedback to ensure our content strategy addresses real-world client pain points.
  • Ecosystem Storytelling: Architect a strategy for capturing and promoting high-impact client and partner stories. Collaborate with the Relationship Management and Partnerships teams to transform successful implementations and joint ventures into compelling case studies, webinars, and co-branded content.
  • Media & PR Management: Guide our media strategy by managing two PR agencies (US and London). You will be the primary point of contact for external communications and global press opportunities.
  • Brand Stewardship: Act as the final authority for brand applications across the website, sales collateral, and digital channels to ensure visual and verbal consistency.
  • Social Media & Advocacy: Manage Canoe’s corporate social presence and lead our internal advocacy program to empower employees as brand ambassadors.
  • External Profile Management: Optimize third-party vendor profiles (e.g., G2, industry directories) to ensure our market-facing data is accurate and compelling.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with the Directors of GTM, Product Marketing, and EMEA Marketing to provide the high-quality content and creative direction required to drive global pipeline.
  • AI-Enabled Execution: Consistently leverage AI tools to scale content production, sentiment analysis, and brand monitoring to increase operational efficiency.
  • Vendor Leadership: Manage a specialized roster of external talent, including PR agencies, graphic design consultants, and freelance content writers.

Requirements

  • Industry Expertise: A minimum of 8+ years of marketing experience within Alternative Investments, FinTech, or Financial Services is required. You must understand the complexity of the private markets and the nuances of our audience.
  • Strategic Execution: A proven track record of moving from high-level brand strategy to tactical delivery without the need for a large internal team.
  • Sales & RM Fluency: Experience collaborating with revenue-facing teams to translate technical product value into compelling, high-impact stories, with a proven ability to interview clients and partners to extract and articulate value-driven narratives.
  • Media Savvy: Experience managing external agencies and a strong understanding of how to build relationships with financial and tech trade publications.
  • Brand Authority: A keen eye for design and a mastery of copywriting and editing. You should have a high bar for what constitutes "excellent" work.
  • AI Literacy: Practical experience using AI to work smarter—whether for research, content drafting, or workflow automation.
  • Collaborative Leadership: The ability to influence and partner with peer Directors to ensure global brand alignment.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision benefits
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible work from home policy
  • Home office stipend
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Gym/Wifi reimbursement
  • Education assistance
  • Parental Leave
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Canoe Intelligence

Canoe has reimagined the future of alternative investments with cloud-based, machine-learning technology for document collection, data extraction, and data science initiatives. We transform complex documents into actionable intelligence within seconds and empower allocators with tools to unlock new efficiencies for their businesses.Our mission is to unlock efficiencies in alternative investment processes by introducing purpose-built automation into the workflows of institutional investors, asset servicers, capital allocators, and wealth managers.In 2013, Canoe was incubated within a private investment firm, Portage Partners, and evolved into the firm’s operating backbone. To this day, Portage does not employ any middle or back office professionals and instead relies solely on Canoe. In 2017, Canoe spun out and began offering its scalable solution to managing complex alternative investment documents and data in 2018. Since the beginning, we’ve maintained a focused, client-first approach to building and enhancing our technology and will continue to do so.

Founded in 2017
New York, New York, USA
186 employees (17,011,589 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
36.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.5%
Direct
49.7%
Referral
16.9%
Social
8.4%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~187

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17,011,587 (9146015% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
2.6 years

Funding

Total Funding
$61M
Last Raise
$36M
Series C, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Series C • $36M
  • Feb 2023
    Series B • $25M
  • Sep 2021
    Series A