Director, Digital Marketing

Boston, MA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own the global performance media strategy and execution across paid search, social, programmatic, and ABM, while managing multi‑million dollar budgets, optimizing for pipeline impact, and aligning with cross‑functional teams.

  • Global strategy and budget ownership across paid media
  • Drive measurement, attribution, and optimization to maximize pipeline and revenue

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance Media Strategy & Execution
  • Own the global digital/performance media strategy across paid search, paid social, programmatic display, retargeting, ABM syndication, and intent-based targeting platforms.
  • Build and manage a multi-million dollar performance media budget across regions, products, and campaign priorities, ensuring efficient allocation against pipeline and revenue targets.
  • Develop channel-specific media strategies that align with integrated campaign objectives, target audiences, product priorities, and business goals.
  • Translate campaign narratives and audience strategies into scalable paid media programs that drive awareness, engagement, pipeline generation, and customer acquisition.
  • Lead account-based marketing media orchestration efforts, including account targeting, intent signal activation, audience segmentation, and coordinated outreach programs aligned with Sales and Field Marketing priorities.
  • Identify and evaluate emerging channels, technologies, and paid media opportunities that can accelerate growth and improve marketing performance.
  • Performance, Measurement & Optimization
  • Own performance media reporting and accountability across key metrics including pipeline generated, pipeline influenced, cost per opportunity, customer acquisition cost, return on ad spend (ROAS), and channel efficiency.
  • Partner with Marketing Operations and Analytics teams to design and maintain attribution models that connect media investments directly to pipeline creation and revenue outcomes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Analytics, or a related field.
  • 8-12+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid media, demand generation, digital marketing, or related disciplines within cybersecurity, enterprise software, SaaS, or B2B technology environments.
  • Proven track record managing global paid media programs and multi-million dollar media budgets.
  • Deep expertise across paid search, paid social, programmatic advertising, retargeting, ABM platforms, and intent-based marketing strategies.
  • Hands-on experience with platforms such as Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta Ads Manager, and leading demand-side platforms (DSPs).
  • Demonstrated success using paid media to drive measurable pipeline generation, customer acquisition, and revenue growth.
  • Strong understanding of marketing attribution, funnel analytics, conversion optimization, and marketing measurement frameworks.
  • Experience partnering closely with Sales, Revenue Operations, Product Marketing, Demand Generation, and Executive Leadership teams.
  • Proven ability to translate business goals into scalable paid media programs and performance strategies.
  • Strong analytical, quantitative, and data visualization skills with the ability to turn insights into action.

Preferred

  • Experience marketing cybersecurity, AI, cloud, or enterprise technology solutions.
  • Experience marketing to both technical buyers (CISOs, Security Operations, IT leaders) and executive business decision-makers (CIOs, Board members, Executive Leadership).
  • Experience with ABM platforms such as 6sense, Demandbase, LinkedIn ABM, or similar intent-driven marketing technologies.
  • Familiarity with Salesforce, Marketo, HubSpot, or related CRM and marketing automation platforms.
  • Experience building attribution models and optimizing performance marketing investments in complex B2B buying environments.
  • Experience operating in high-growth, global technology organizations.

Benefits

  • Benefits: 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents Paid parental leave Pet insurance Discount Life insurance Commuter benefits 401(k) Employee Assistance Program As a growing business strengthening its governance and controls, this role plays a part in supporting high standards of integrity and accountability.
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Darktrace

3.3 Glassdoor

Darktrace is a global leader in AI cybersecurity, providing the essential cybersecurity platform to secure organizations today and for an ever-changing future. Darktrace AI learns from each business's unique data in real time, detecting threats and intervening against attacks with precision and speed. We are a diverse and inclusive team of over 2,400 employees, each playing a crucial role in protecting nearly 10,000 organizations and communities worldwide from known, unknown, and novel cyber-threats.

Founded in 2013
Cambridge, England, GBR
2.5K employees (106 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$230.5M
Last Raise
$50M
Post IPO Secondary, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2020
    Post IPO Secondary
  • Sep 2018
    Series E • $50M
  • May 2018
    Secondary Market

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
236K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$759.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.7%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
7.4%
Social
2%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.5K

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