Senior Manager, Category Marketing

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end go-to-market and campaign execution for the vertical, defining positioning, messaging, channel strategy, and optimization, while leading cross-functional collaboration with product, academics, enrollment, and marketing operations to drive enrollment outcomes.

  • Lead the brief-to-activation process across campaigns.
  • Use market and enrollment data to inform strategy and messaging.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Go-to-Market Strategy & Campaign Execution Lead the development and execution of go-to-market strategies for the vertical's programs, integrating brand, digital, and enrollment priorities.
  • Own the brief-to-activation process: translate campaign briefs into integrated marketing plans, define launch readiness requirements, manage timelines and milestones, and ensure the work lands in market as briefed.
  • Develop campaign positioning — how each campaign shows up in the market — within the guardrails of vertical and brand positioning.
  • Partner with product management and academic teams to translate program differentiators into marketing messages and campaigns.
  • Develop and manage campaign calendars, communication plans, and campaign briefs that define channel roles, activation strategy, and sequencing — what each channel partner needs to execute.
  • Lead campaign hindsighting: bring together channel leads and stakeholders to review results, surface what worked and what didn't, and apply learnings to future campaigns.
  • Vertical Messaging Own messaging for the vertical and its programs — the specific language that tells a prospective student why this program at Walden is the right choice.
  • Ground messaging in competitive differentiation, student outcomes, employer demand, and enrollment data.
  • Keep messaging current as the market moves: update when competitors shift, when new proof points land, when enrollment data says something isn't resonating.
  • Maintain audience definitions that guide campaign targeting and messaging for the vertical.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree preferably in marketing or a related field required, Master's Degree MBA preferred.
  • 7+ years of progressive marketing experience including product, category, vertical, B2C (category marketing strongly preferred).
  • Proven success leading vertical-specific marketing, particularly in regulated or professional program categories.
  • Experience developing and managing integrated, multi-channel campaigns from strategy through execution.
  • Experience operating in complex, matrixed, or highly regulated environments.
  • Background in education, mission-driven organizations or other considered-purchase B2C categories preferred.
  • Healthcare or mental health industry experience a plus.
  • Strong writing skills with the ability to translate complex academic and product substance into clear, audience-specific campaign messaging grounded in market and enrollment data.
  • Strong strategic judgment connecting marketing decisions to enrollment outcomes.
  • Analytical and data-literate; able to interpret performance metrics and recommend optimizations.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
  • Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
  • 12 Paid Holidays
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