Performance Marketing Manager

Orange County, CA (Remote)

$100K/yr – $115K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel demand generation with end-to-end campaign ownership and a clear tie to revenue, aligning messaging across digital, content, paid, and regional programs.

  • Strategic Demand Gen: Build integrated programs across channels to drive pipeline and measurable ROI.
  • Campaign Lifecycle Ownership: Plan, execute, and optimize email, paid media, content, events, and nurture programs that feed MQLs and pipeline.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Demand Generation Leadership: Lead the development and execution of integrated, multi-channel demand generation strategies aligned to revenue goals, driving cohesive messaging and measurable pipeline growth across digital, content, paid, and regional programs.
  • End-to-End Campaign Ownership: Own the full campaign lifecycle—from planning through optimization—across email, paid media, content, events, and webinars. Partner with marketing automation and database teams to build high-performing nurture programs that convert engagement into high-quality MQLs and tangible pipeline contribution.
  • Customer Journey & Content Strategy: Design and optimize the end-to-end customer journey, aligning messaging and research-driven content to each stage of the funnel to efficiently move prospects from awareness to conversion while driving both quality and volume of MQL creation.
  • Sales Alignment & Revenue Impact: Act as a true revenue partner to sales and SDR teams, ensuring alignment on targeting, follow-up processes, and pipeline goals, with shared accountability for lead quality, conversion, and revenue outcomes.
  • Performance Management & Optimization: Drive results through rigorous performance monitoring and in-flight optimization, using data and funnel insights to refine targeting, messaging, and spend allocation while delivering clear, executive-ready reporting on pipeline impact and ROI.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Energize and team members while fostering a culture of accountability and performance. Collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing, field marketing, analysts, sales, content, regional teams, and operations to ensure strategic alignment and maximum market impact.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing , Business, or related field; advanced degree a plus .
  • 5 + years of B2B marketing experience with experience in integrated demand generation and full-funnel campaign strategy.
  • Strong track record of driving pipeline growth, executing multi-channel campaigns, in a complex, multi-touch sales environment.
  • Proven ability to build and execute end-to-end full-funnel campaigns from the ground up — from strategy, messaging, and campaign planning through to email creation, asset production, webinar planning, and nurture building. This is a role where you will be hands-on across every layer of the process, owning and executing the full picture from start to finish, not just one piece of it.
  • Strong understanding of audience segmentation, buyer journey mapping, and performance-driven messaging.
  • Experience with marketing automation platforms ( ie . Marketo) and modern marketing technology platforms ( ie . Salesforce, 6sense, Drift) preferred
  • Experience working closely with sales teams with strong relationship-building skills.
  • Analytical, data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into decisive action.
  • Excellent project management and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-visibility initiatives simultaneously.
  • A proactive, energetic and curious marketer mind-set with a bias toward action and continuous improvement.

Preferred

  • Experience building and optimizing paid digital programs across LinkedIn, Google, and other performance channels preferred
  • Experience with marketing automation platforms ( ie . Marketo) and modern marketing technology platforms ( ie . Salesforce, 6sense, Drift) preferred

Benefits

  • 15 vacation days per year (increases with tenure; carryover allowed)
  • 10 paid sick days per year
  • 1 week paid new parenting leave
  • Flexible work options (remote, part-time, flexible hours)
  • Health, dental, vision, and paramedical coverage for you and your family
  • Annual healthcare spending account
  • Employee Assistance Program for counseling and support
  • Best Doctors medical second opinions
  • Life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with company match (up to 4% of salary)
  • $75/month technology allowance for home office or phone expenses
  • Company-paid cell phone plan
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Traffic Signals

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374.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$12.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.7%
Direct
42.2%
Referral
8.4%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
349 (7% of company)

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