Senior Director, Content Marketing

USA (On-site)

$134K/yr – $236K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own Deltek’s AI and Platform narrative and content strategy, leading a team to translate complex AI concepts into executive-ready storytelling while aligning multi-channel programs across markets and industries.

  • Define global content strategy, shape market perception, and lead a growing editorial team.
  • Translate complex AI concepts into value-driven narratives for enterprise leaders.
  • Align content programs across brand, demand, product marketing, and customer advocacy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define the AI & Platform Narrative: Own Deltek’s global content strategy, articulating how our AI context layer unifies data across internal systems and external sources of truth to solve complex operational challenges.
  • Shape Market Perception: Establish Deltek as a pioneer in AI-driven project intelligence through high-impact thought leadership, industry frameworks, and forward-looking research.
  • Lead & Scale the Team: Direct, mentor, and expand a high-performing team of content strategists, tech storytellers, and managing editors. Foster a culture of editorial excellence, technical curiosity, and accountability.
  • Complex Storytelling Made Accessible: Translate deeply technical concepts (e.g., Model Context Protocol, unified data layers, AI agents) into clear, value-driven narratives for enterprise leaders and C-suite decision-makers.
  • Full-Funnel Alignment: Architect multi-channel content strategies that span brand awareness, executive thought leadership, demand generation, product marketing support, and customer advocacy across key verticals (GovCon, A&D, A&E, Consulting, Construction).
  • Executive Thought Leadership: Partner with executive leadership, AI product strategy teams, and subject matter experts to showcase Deltek's innovation across tier-one media, industry keynotes, whitepapers, and digital channels.
  • Corporate Marketing Integration: Work seamlessly with PR/AR, Brand, Product Marketing, Revenue Marketing, and Technology to ensure a cohesive market message.
  • Performance & Attribution: Define key metrics for content success (share of voice, brand perception metrics, digital engagement, organic growth, and pipeline influence). Continually optimize strategy based on qualitative feedback and performance data.

Requirements

  • Experience: 10–12+ years of progressive content marketing leadership experience within B2B SaaS, enterprise platform architecture, or advanced data/AI solution providers.
  • Team Leadership: 5+ years managing and developing direct reports, agency partners, and cross-functional creative teams.
  • Tech-Fluent Storyteller: Deep comfort with emerging software paradigms—particularly enterprise AI applications, open protocols, data integration layers, or platform ecosystems. Proven ability to turn intricate technical architectures into resonant commercial stories.
  • Strategic & Operational Rigor: Exceptional ability to balance high-level category narrative creation with structured editorial calendars, content ops, and governance.
  • Industry Context: Experience within project-centric industries (Architecture/Engineering, Government Contracting, Professional Services) or complex ERP ecosystems is a strong plus.
  • Communication: Superior written, verbal, and executive-level presentation skills.

Benefits

  • Benefits and perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Deltek. Employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, paid vacation time and holidays, well-living programs, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and tuition reimbursement.
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When the margin for error is razor-thin, Deltek helps you deliver. We’re the intelligent platform for high-stakes work that runs on the project lifecycle —designed for the way you actually work. With purpose-built ERP, governance and control built in, and industry-tuned intelligence at every step of the lifecycle — win, plan, execute, analyze — Deltek helps you move fast without losing control. Trusted by 30,000 organizations when the work has to work.

Founded in 1983
Herndon, Virginia, USA
4.9K employees (147 in marketing)
92% recommend to a friend
96% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
401.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$168.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.4%
Direct
45.9%
Referral
9.7%
Social
2%
Paid
2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
147 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
6.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$2M
Last Raise
$2M
Private Equity, 14 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2012
    Private Equity
  • Dec 2009
    Post IPO Equity • $2M

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