Director, Paid Media

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$147K/yr – $252K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale the global media strategy function, building a high‑performing team and delivering measurable impact on brand awareness, engagement, and pipeline across cross‑channel campaigns.

  • Lead the development of global planning frameworks, processes, and best practices to improve efficiency and consistency.
  • Align media investment and measurement with business goals to maximize ROI and pipeline contribution.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Guide the development of cross-channel media strategies that deliver measurable year-over-year increases in brand awareness, target account engagement, and pipeline contribution across integrated campaigns and priority product areas.
  • Build and scale a high-performing global media strategy organization by hiring and developing top talent, increasing talent density, scalability, and strategic output over time.
  • Create an environment of continuous learning with clear expectations, coaching, and growth opportunities, resulting in improved team performance, stronger bench strength, and readiness to support evolving business priorities.
  • Establish and scale global media planning frameworks, processes, and best practices that improve consistency and efficiency across regions and campaigns, reducing planning cycle times and increasing adoption of standard methodologies.
  • Align media investment strategy and budget allocation to business goals so that a greater share of spend is directed toward the highest-impact audiences, channels, and programs, improving return on media investment and pipeline efficiency.
  • Ensure media strategies are grounded in strong audience insights and aligned to key practitioner and executive personas, increasing reach, penetration, and engagement within priority accounts.
  • Implement consistent global measurement frameworks and executive-ready reporting in partnership with Analytics, improving visibility into media’s contribution to pipeline and revenue and enabling faster optimization cycles.
  • Model and reinforce Databricks’ culture principles while staying ahead of evolving media trends and best practices through a structured test-and-learn agenda, resulting in a collaborative, high-performance team and continuous improvements in overall media effectiveness.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in media strategy, digital marketing, or integrated marketing in a B2B environment within SaaS or enterprise technology.
  • Proven experience leading global media planning efforts across multiple channels and funnel stages, with demonstrated impact on pipeline, engagement, or revenue metrics.
  • Demonstrated experience hiring, developing, and managing teams of individual contributors, including early and mid-career talent, with a track record of building high-performing teams.
  • Strong understanding of full-funnel marketing measurement, including brand, demand, pipeline, and revenue metrics.
  • Ability to set clear objectives, prioritize effectively, and empower teams to deliver results with autonomy.
  • Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with experience driving alignment across matrixed organizations.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear strategic recommendations that drive business decisions.
  • Familiarity with modern media platforms, AdTech, and measurement tools.

Benefits

  • Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.
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