Managing Director of Marketing

Plano, TX (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand, content distribution, and marketing operations for a financial services firm focused on 50plus clients, driving multi-channel reach and lead-gen with a data-driven, collaborative team mindset.

  • Brand stewardship: run a unified, mobile-first content ecosystem across email, social, video, podcast, and live events to drive consistency and engagement.
  • Content & demand engine: build and own Money Matters platforms (Live, University, Podcast) and a scalable distribution engine across YouTube, email, social, and broadcast.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead rollout of refreshed brand across client and prospect touchpoints including email, social, seminars, digital platforms, and marketing communications.
  • Build a unified mobile-first content distribution engine across YouTube, email, Facebook, Instagram, podcast, and test markets to boost brand consistency, engagement, and lead generation.
  • Own and evolve the Money Matters platform ecosystem: Money Matters Live, Money Matters University, and Money Matters Podcast.
  • Recruit, onboard, and lead key marketing talent starting with the Content & Social Manager and shape the broader marketing org.
  • Design and manage a marketing measurement and reporting framework aligned to core KPIs.
  • Establish a disciplined reporting cadence and use data to drive decisions, optimization, and resource allocation.
  • Develop a clear recommendation and business case on lead acquisition strategy, including vendor performance and renewal decisions for 2027.
  • Deliver growth in owned-channel audience, lead generation, and funnel performance across the client acquisition journey.
  • Modernize and scale the marketing operating model for better channel integration, execution discipline, accountability, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Set and own the marketing strategy across brand, demand gen, content, social, events, PR, and measurement.
  • Manage the marketing budget of $4.3M and optimize discretionary dollars to high-ROI channels.
  • Lead the marketing team (nine people plus two new hires) and hold external partners to outcomes with PR, media planning, brand design, and video production.
  • Partner with ownership on growth strategy, pipeline health, and channel investment decisions.
  • Present marketing performance and strategy to leadership, including the CEO and board as needed.
  • Collaborate with Advisory Services to align marketing and sales on the value story and conversion of P1A appointments to funded clients.
  • Own the marketing technology stack to ensure CRM, lead-source tracking, and reporting deliver reliable, decision-grade data.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited 4-year university required.
  • Has led a marketing professional services organization in a regulated environment with trust-based selling in financial services, RIA, or wealth management.
  • Has built owned-channel growth from the ground up.
  • Has managed external agencies and vendors with accountability for measurable outcomes.
  • Has rebuilt or restructured a marketing team and earned trust quickly with existing staff.
  • Modern and digital-first, channel-agnostic; understands media consumption by 50+ demographics across email, YouTube, social, and broadcast.
  • Comfortable presenting to a CEO, founder, and board with command and clarity.
  • Strong analytical orientation using data, attribution, and funnel metrics to guide marketing decisions.
  • Hands-on and willing to produce work when needed to support the team.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred

  • The ideal candidate is equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up their sleeves to solve problems, create clarity, improve processes, and move initiatives from concept to execution in a founder-led environment.