VP, Marketing & Acquisition

Anchorage, AK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end acquisition strategy and multi‑market demand generation for a large telecom brand, aligning cross‑functional planning with product, finance, andCX to optimize ROI.

  • Own targets, budget, and cross‑channel performance with a clear path from first touch to onboarding.
  • Must-have: 20+ years in acquisition strategy with multi‑channel campaigns and big budgets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • GCI's VP, Marketing & Acquisition will lead the design and execution of the end‑to‑end acquisition strategy to drive profitable growth across all consumer markets and customer segments.
  • Translate market intelligence into actionable plans, shape front‑of‑book offers and pricing in partnership with Product and FP&A, orchestrate multi‑channel campaigns across Digital, Retail, and Contact Center, and embed analytics to optimize performance.
  • Own acquisition targets, marketing investment, and demand‑generation effectiveness, ensuring a consistent customer experience and tight cross‑functional alignment from first touch through onboarding.
  • Own the multi‑year acquisition strategy, campaign roadmap, and performance targets across markets and channels.
  • Establish market-level targets and channel mix, translating market insights and competitive intelligence into clear demand gen plans.
  • Lead annual/quarterly marketing planning, including spend allocation, forecast assumptions, and investment guardrails balancing growth, margin, and competitiveness.
  • Drive a test‑and‑learn culture, including experimentation frameworks, learning agendas, and rapid iteration of tactics and offers.
  • Align positioning and customer promise with Corporate Communications to ensure message consistency.
  • Lead multi‑channel campaign strategy and activation (digital, social, paid media, website, retail, contact center - including outbound).
  • Oversee development of creative and campaign materials; ensure brand, offer, and message coherence across channels.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or related field.
  • Minimum of twenty (20) years of progressive experience in acquisition strategy and/or multi-channel campaign execution, or related background, to include: *
  • At least fifteen (15) years of experience in digital and traditional marketing (i.e., retail, contact center, social and paid media).
  • At least ten (10) years managing large multi-million dollar media/demand gen budgets.
  • At least five (5) years of supervisor/manager experience leading cross-functional teams.
  • Required: A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis

Preferred

  • Master’s degree in relevant field.
  • Telecommunications experience.
  • Relevant telecom industry or job specific certifications.
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Hi, we’re glad you’re here! GCI is Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider. We’re headquartered in Anchorage where we’ve served our neighbors for more than 40 years. GCI employs nearly 2,000 Alaskans and has invested more than $4 billion in its Alaska network and facilities. Today, GCI serves more than 200 communities including some of the most remote in North America. GCI's services are connected through fiber optic, satellite, and microwave network facilities, which are connected to the lower 48 states by geographically diverse fiber. This is the only network of its kind in Alaska. It allows the company to provide customized services to healthcare, education, enterprise, and residential customers in the Alaska market, which covers an area larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined.More information about GCI and Alaska’s Most Advanced Network can be found at www.gci.com.GCI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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  • Oct 2020
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  • Dec 2014
    Post IPO Equity • $75M

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