Managing Director, Performance Marketing (Remote US)

Irvine, CA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the division’s strategy, growth, and P&L for a $27M+ B2B marketing unit, leading VP-level teams and integrating the Stratos platform to deliver strong client outcomes.

  • Must-have: 5–6 VP-level direct reports and agency-ops leadership
  • Standout: Largest business unit owner with cross-functional scope

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the vision, strategy, and financial performance of the division, ensuring exceptional client outcomes while driving operational excellence and team development
  • Head of the largest business unit with $27m+ under management
  • Lead, develop, and manage a team including 5-6 direct reports at VP level
  • Drive client retention and expansion across the portfolio
  • Integrate the Stratos tech platform into operations
  • Balance margin and culture while managing pricing and resourcing strategies through desk integrations

Requirements

  • 5-10+ yrs of experience managing agency operations with VP-level direct reports
  • True depth of B2B marketing expertise
  • Hardest-working, smartest, and most honest person in every organization you have served
  • Monthly travel (1-2x @ 48 hr trips) across clients, events, and direct reports

Preferred

  • Strategic operator and growth leader who thrives in high-performance environments
  • Experience building teams, scaling services, and driving measurable marketing results for mid-market and enterprise B2B brands
  • Deep growth-oriented mindset and ability to drive client and team growth

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
  • 100% employer-paid plan for you and 50% employer contribution for dependents (US, CAD, MX)
  • Mental health benefits: Spring Health access, Headspace membership
  • Physical health benefits: physical therapy through Omada, Aaptiv workouts, One Medical membership
  • Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), paid holidays, birthday off, end of year recharge (Dec 24 – Jan 1), paid parental leave
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
  • Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time
  • Annual company-wide retreat
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Directive

The world's largest B2B brands trust the global team at Directive Consulting to bring their performance marketing campaign results to life. Directive's proven Customer Generation methodology has generated +$1B in revenue for clients in the last 10 years by blending best-in-class campaigns across Paid Media, Content + SEO, Design, Strategy, and RevOps. It's time for B2B companies to stop guessing about marketing ROI and start predicting sales revenue with industry-leading financial modeling. Build a winning game plan with Directive. You can find our talented team in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC!

Founded in 2014
Irvine, California, US
211 employees (116 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
50.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$40.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.7%
Direct
39.6%
Referral
8.7%
Social
4.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~230

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
107 (47% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.2 years