Responsibilities

• Develop and execute local marketing strategies aligned with auction, regional, and corporate business goals.
• Partner with auction leadership, field sales, and marketing stakeholders to drive client engagement, revenue growth and business results.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of marketing professionals through regular feedback, performance management and career development.
• Build strong relationships with key dealer and commercial clients while serving as a trusted marketing advisor.
• Translate business goals into actionable marketing plans and ensure successful execution across assigned locations.
• Use data, KPIs, and market insights to evaluate performance, optimize campaigns, and identify new opportunities.
• Drive consistency, process discipline, accountability, and operational excellence across marketing activities.
• Champion adoption of AI-enabled tools, technologies, and best practices to improve efficiency, collaboration, and decision making.
• Manage marketing budgets and prioritize resources to maximize business impact and return on investment.
• Collaborate with creative, digital, and corporate marketing teams to ensure alignment with brand standards and strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year experience in a related field; or 10 years experience in a related field
• 1+ year(s) of direct people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
• Experience building strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication, presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience using data and analytics to drive business decisions and marketing performance.
• Experience managing B2B client relationships and marketing programs.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Adapt to changing business needs and industry dynamics.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Word and Copilot.
• Ability to work onsite and engage directly with business partners, clients, and team members.

Preferred

• 3+ years of direct people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
• Automotive or auction related experience.
• Experience with budget and financial management.
• Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM platforms.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations
• seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.