Director, Marketing Strategy, Planning, and Operations

New York City, NY (Unknown)

$191K/yr – $210K/yrDirector/Executive12+ years exp

Posted 12 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end marketing budget process, to include planning, allocation, in-year reprioritization, and reporting, so every marketing leader and Finance partner works from a single, trusted view of spend across all pillars.
  • Analyze and recommend cross-channel investment optimizations using CAC, LTV, Retention, and ROI to inform the media mix approach.
  • Partner with marketing leadership and Finance to build annual and quarterly budget scenarios, translating business goals into funding recommendations and clearly laying out the tradeoffs behind them.
  • Assess and surface risk across the marketing plan by focusing on pacing, channel concentration, dependency, and forecast variance, and bring forward mitigation options before they become problems.
  • Build the operating cadence, encompassing planning cycles, budget reviews, cross-pillar syncs, and reporting rhythms so that every marketing channel and team is oriented around the same goals and priorities.
  • Serve as the analytical backbone for marketing leadership, turning performance and spend data into clear, defensible recommendations that inform investment decisions.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Data, and every marketing pillar, including Acquisition, Lifecycle, Brand, and Creative, to keep planning assumptions, KPIs, and definitions consistent across the org.
  • Lead post-mortems and forecasting reviews on major marketing investments, capturing lessons learned and feeding them back into the next planning cycle.
  • Build and maintain the tools, trackers, and reporting infrastructure that make marketing spend and performance visible to stakeholders at every level, from channel owners to executive leadership.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in channel marketing analytics, strategic finance, FP&A, or marketing strategy and planning, ideally with exposure to a DTC or subscription business.
  • You're deeply numbers-driven, are comfortable building financial models, budget scenarios, and forecasts, and translating them into clear recommendations for non-financial stakeholders.
  • You have experience partnering with Finance and cross-functional leaders on budget planning, allocation, and tradeoff decisions.
  • You know how to spot risk early in pacing, concentration, or forecast variance, and bring structured, credible recommendations to leadership.
  • You've built or run planning cadences and operating rhythms that keep a multi-channel or multi-team organization aligned around shared goals.
  • You have strong executive presence and can communicate complex tradeoffs simply and persuasively to senior stakeholders.
  • You're comfortable being the person in the room who asks "does this add up," and you bring structure to ambiguity.
  • You are able to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions
  • You're an owner, have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively, with a strong attention to detail
  • You are detail-oriented and proactive, you thrive as a self-starter and excel in managing multiple projects simultaneously

Benefits

  • Dog-friendly office in SoHo
  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Company supported mental health benefits
  • 12 week paid parental leave
  • Competitive 401k plan with company match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Discounted fresh food for your pup
  • Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug
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The Farmer's Dog

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The Farmer’s Dog was created by two dog lovers to radically improve the $100 billion global pet food industry — starting with a subscription service that sends freshly-made food directly to customers’ doors. Brett Podolsky’s dog Jada suffered from severe stomach issues for the first two years of her life, before he tried home-cooking for her on the advice of a vet. Seemingly overnight, she was cured. Brett soon realized that the way pet food was being marketed was very different than the way it was made, so he teamed up with his friend, Jonathan Regev (and his dog, Buddy), to build the product they wished existed for their own dogs. Today, The Farmer’s Dog has served hundreds of millions of meals nationwide through its personalized plans, delivering fresh, healthy food to dogs and peace of mind to their humans. Long term, our aim is to simplify every part of pet care, bettering the lives of the animals who make our lives better. To date, The Farmer’s Dog has raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. We're backed by the early investors of Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Sweetgreen, and Glossier, and are aiming to build a company as healthy as the dogs we feed.Join The Farmer’s Dog team as we continue to figure out ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.We want everyone who works at The Farmer’s Dog to be their authentic selves. For dogs, authenticity is the default. For people, we need to be more intentional about creating an environment where authenticity is the norm. That’s why we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in policies, hiring processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team.

Founded in 2014
New York, New York, USA
931 employees (70 in marketing)
50% recommend to a friend
63% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$191K/yr – $210K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$103.1M
Last Raise
$54M
Series C, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2020
    Series C • $54M
  • Jan 2019
    Series B • $39M
  • May 2017
    Series A • $8.1M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
55.3%
Referral
5.2%
Social
3.8%
Paid
2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~947

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