Manager, Demand Generation - RethinkEd

Chicago, IL (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive demand generation and marketing-sourced pipeline for K-12 education, owning ABM, multi-touch campaigns, and partner marketing to accelerate district deals.

  • Own the marketing-sourced pipeline and drive demand across the full K-12 buyer journey.
  • Must-have: 5–8 years in B2B demand generation with SaaS and K-12/public-sector experience.
  • Standout: ABM, intent-based marketing, and tools like 6sense, ZoomInfo, and HubSpot/Salesforce.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the marketing-sourced pipeline target for RethinkEd, with direct impact on pipeline creation and marketing’s contribution to bookings.
  • Develop and execute the demand generation strategy across the full K-12 buyer journey, from awareness and engagement through pipeline creation.
  • Build and run ABM and intent-based playbooks using 6sense to identify and engage high-fit, in-market accounts at scale.
  • Design and execute multi-touch campaign sequences spanning paid media, email nurture, webinars, events, and thought-leadership content to build pipeline within longer sales cycles tied to annual district budget and procurement cycles.
  • Manage budget allocation and pacing across channels to ensure consistent pipeline flow, cost efficiency, and alignment with quarterly and annual revenue targets.
  • Develop repeatable, scalable playbooks for ABM, intent-based targeting, events, third-party conferences, and thought-leadership campaigns tailored to K-12 buying committees.
  • Use ZoomInfo/Clay for enrichment, sequencing, and personalization at scale, building automated workflows that keep outbound and nurture motions running efficiently.
  • Partner with content and creative teams to develop campaign assets, including whitepapers, case studies, webinar programs, and thought-leadership content that resonate with K-12 education personas and buying committees.
  • Own the lead nurture strategy: design, test, and optimize automated sequences that accelerate progression through the funnel and re-engage stalled opportunities.
  • Develop and execute partner marketing strategies to drive adoption and deeper penetration within key RethinkEd channel partners and strategic accounts.
  • Build co-marketing campaigns, enablement materials, and joint demand programs with partners to expand reach and accelerate pipeline through the partner channel.
  • Track and report on partner engagement metrics including activation rates, utilization, and expansion to identify growth opportunities and optimize partner marketing investments.
  • Collaborate with internal shared services like performance marketing, content, creative, web, analysis, and operations to ensure campaigns are executed with quality and speed.
  • Work with external agency partners (paid media, SEO/AEO) as a key stakeholder, providing strategic direction, reviewing performance, and iterating on targeting and creative.
  • Partner with Sales to define and refine lead handoff criteria, lead scoring, and routing logic specific to the K-12 district sales motion.
  • Establish structured feedback loops with Sales to continuously improve lead quality, targeting precision, and campaign effectiveness.
  • Collaborate on speed-to-lead response SLAs and ensure marketing-sourced leads are followed up on within agreed timelines.
  • Track and optimize full-funnel metrics (MQL → SAL → SQL → Pipeline → ARR) with a strong grasp of conversion rates, velocity, and leading indicators across K-12 district deal cycles.
  • Go beyond dashboards: interpret data to surface actionable insights, diagnose underperformance, and build concrete action plans to close funnel gaps.
  • Partner with Marketing Analytics and Operations team to ensure accurate attribution, clean data, and reliable reporting that supports investment decisions.

Requirements

  • 5–8 years of progressive experience in B2B demand generation, with experience in K-12 education or similarly complex public-sector or institutional sales environments strongly preferred.
  • Proven track record of owning a marketing-sourced pipeline number and delivering measurable revenue impact in a SaaS company.
  • Hands-on experience developing and executing ABM, intent-based, event, and thought-leadership playbooks targeting K-12 buying committees with multiple stakeholders.
  • AI-first mindset with demonstrated experience building agentic workflows and leveraging AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) to accelerate marketing execution, content production, and decision-making.
  • Proficiency with ZoomInfo/Clay for data enrichment, personalization, and workflow automation.
  • Strong command of funnel math, conversion rates, deal velocity, and leading indicators in environments with longer sales cycles tied to annual district budget and procurement cycles.
  • Hands-on experience with HubSpot, Salesforce, ZoomInfo, 6sense, and Google/LinkedIn/Meta ad platforms.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with shared services (content, creative, marketing ops) and external agency relationships for paid media and SEO/AEO.
  • Experience in partner marketing, including building co-marketing programs, driving adoption through channel partners, and measuring partner engagement and performance.
  • Analytical rigor with the ability to go beyond reporting, interpreting data to surface insights, diagnose root causes, and build actionable plans.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present campaign performance and pipeline health to leadership.
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RethinkFirst

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RethinkFirst aims to provide enterprises, families, educators, payors, and behavioral healthcare providers affordable, best practice treatment solutions for children with special needs. Rethink is unique in our foot-print offering clinical support, best-practice tools, and research-based content via technology to all market segments, reaching more children with special needs than any other solution.Our platforms support curriculum planning, professional development, parent training, and tracking of progress. Through video and online tools, we bring to life best practice teaching, treatment, and intervention strategies that help educators, parents, and clinicians personalize instruction for every child.Rethink's award-winning solutions are currently being used by employers, the US Department of Defense, Managed Care, Medicaid, federal, state and social service agencies, public school districts, and families nation- and worldwide.

Founded in 2007
New York, New York, USA
170 employees (16 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
76K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.1%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
33.1%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~172

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
19 years
Median Tenure
0.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$12.4M
Last Raise
$10M
Private Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2020
    Private Equity
  • Aug 2014
    Series C • $10M
  • Apr 2011
    Series B

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