Director, Demand & Channel Marketing

Grand Prairie, TX (Unknown)

$160K/yr – $180K/yrDirector/Executive

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive end-to-end demand generation, lifecycle engagement, and digital commerce initiatives across channels, aligning performance marketing, CRM, and retail partnerships to accelerate growth.

  • Lead performance marketing, CRM/lifecycle programs, and digital commerce initiatives
  • Coordinate cross-functional efforts with Sales, Product, Brand Marketing, and key retail customers
  • Own measurement-driven demand generation and go-to-market programs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance & Demand Marketing: Lead performance marketing across paid digital channels to drive consumer demand, acquisition, conversion, and revenue.
  • Optimize marketing investment and effectiveness through performance data, KPIs, and partnership with Brand Marketing.
  • Lifecycle Marketing: Lead CRM, email, SMS, and customer re-engagement strategies across the consumer lifecycle.
  • Leverage segmentation, first-party data, and consumer insights to increase engagement, repeat purchase, and customer lifetime value.
  • Website Sales & Digital Commerce: Drive profitable growth through K&N's digital assets, optimizing the consumer journey from discovery through conversion across digital platforms
  • Partner cross-functionally and leverage analytics and testing to improve merchandising, promotions, conversion, and overall digital commerce performance.
  • Retail Content, Digital Shelf & Merchandising: Lead K&N's retail content, digital shelf, planogramming, and retail merchandising strategy and execution across key retail and e-commerce channels.
  • Partner across Sales, Product, and Brand Marketing to strengthen product presentation, discoverability, new product execution, consumer education, and conversion.
  • Retail Partnership & Marketing Engagement: Partner with Sales and strategic retail customers to develop marketing programs that drive consumer demand, engagement, and sell-through.
  • Lead retail marketing and investment planning with sales across media, digital activation, promotions, merchandising, and content, with clear performance measurement and accountability for results.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Communications, E-Commerce, or related field with 10+ years of progressive marketing and leadership experience.
  • Strong experience across performance marketing, digital commerce, lifecycle/CRM, retail, or omnichannel marketing with a demonstrated understanding of consumer acquisition, conversion, and retention.
  • Strong analytical and commercial capabilities, including managing marketing investments against measurable business outcomes.
  • Automotive aftermarket, enthusiast, consumer products, durable goods, or similar channel-driven industry experience preferred.
  • Proven ability to lead teams and partner effectively across sales, marketing, e-commerce, and major retail customers; experience developing joint marketing or retail activation programs preferred.

Preferred

  • A commercially minded marketing leader who connects brand, consumer, channel, and conversion to drive measurable growth.
  • Strategic thinker with a strong bias toward execution and results.
  • Data-driven leader who uses consumer insights and KPIs to guide decisions and investment.
  • Collaborative partner who builds alignment across functions and key retail customers.
  • Proven people leader who creates accountability and thrives in a fast-moving, highly cross functional, performance-driven environment.
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K&N Engineering

3.7 Glassdoor

K&N Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of washable performance air filters and air intake systems. Headquartered in Riverside, California, K&N has a second manufacturing and distribution facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, and multiple smaller offices in a variety of countries around the world. K&N invented the reusable high flow cotton air filter in 1969 and has been perfecting the technology ever since. K&N is a world class filtration company selling air filters, oil filters, and air intakes in over 90 countries across the globe. K&N sells over 12,000 products designed for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and industrial applications. From their No-Hassle Lifetime Warranty to their Consumer Protection Pledge, K&N stands behind their products and their consumers 100%. The distinctive K&N logo represents performance from one of the original performance companies.

Founded in 1969
Riverside, California, USA
652 employees (35 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$160K/yr – $180K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
21 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
4 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
686.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
60%
Direct
32.5%
Referral
3.8%
Social
2.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~652
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Director, Demand & Channel Marketing

K&N Engineering · Grand Prairie, TX · Unknown