Senior Director of Marketing

About Ironpaper:

Ironpaper is a B2B growth agency that works with remarkable clients to achieve their growth goals through inbound marketing.

Our growing team is very collaborative and passionate about the work we do. We provide an inclusive and supportive environment that enables our employees to grow and be challenged to do their best work.

We embrace diversity in all forms, value the talents, perspectives, and contributions of people from all backgrounds, and encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply. You can read more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: https://www.ironpaper.com/dei-at-ironpaper

We strongly encourage you to apply even if they don’t meet 100% of the criteria for the position. We’ll do our best to match you to a role that best meets your skills, experience, and interests.

The Role:

This role is designed with a unique and strategic onboarding experience. During your first 4–6 months, you will focus on consultative sales conversations with prospective clients, not in a traditional sales capacity, but as a way to:

• Deeply learn Ironpaper’s methodology and frameworks
• Build confidence in articulating Ironpaper’s growth solutions
• Be able to diagnose client challenges and align them to marketing opportunities in alignment with Ironpaper’s approach
• Strengthen your consultative influence skills

This initial phase is critical preparation for your long-term role in marketing leadership. After the ramp period, you will transition into one of two functions, depending on agency needs and your strengths:

• Pod Leader: Lead a portfolio of client relationships, oversee strategic direction, and mentor a cross-functional team
• Head of Marketing Performance: Drive results across assigned accounts by project managing performance plans and leading value-focused client meetings that create strong client relationships.

Regardless of the final placement, your day-to-day will blend strategic client leadership, marketing performance management, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration to drive growth outcomes for B2B organizations.

Your Essential Skills:

• 8+ years of combined experience in any of the following: B2B marketing leadership, consultative sales, RevOps, Strategy/Growth leadership, large portfolio management, or large team management.
• Build trusted relationships with both team members and clients, bringing clarity, empathy, and strategic direction to complex or high-pressure moments. Leads pivotal planning conversations and strategic shifts with confidence and composure, driving momentum and alignment..
• Strong analytic skills with an ability to derive insights from client marketing data and communicate those insights both verbally and through presentation decks.
• Natural storyteller who inspires teams and clients through compelling narratives that clarify direction and spark action.
• Bring a broad understanding of key marketing disciplines, including ABM, SEO, paid media, event marketing, and more. Knows which levers to pull when, to drive meaningful results.
• Connect the dots across workstreams to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution to achieve client outcomes.
• Define clear success metrics and client goals, and continuously evaluate progress to guide strategic pivots that maximize impact.

Additional skills:

• Business acumen and ability to connect strategy to revenue growth and market impact
• Effective coach and mentor, guiding team performance and strategic thinking
• High emotional intelligence bringing presence, empathy, and clarity to interactions
• Curiosity-driven mindset. Asks bold questions, seeks clarity in complex scenarios, and is energized by solving ambiguous strategic challenges.
• Adaptable and resilient, adjusting strategy with agility and leads teams through change
• Embraces new tools and technology while supporting smooth team adoption and enablement
• Collaborative decision-maker. Able to lead with conviction while welcoming diverse team inputs and cross-functional feedback.
• Life-long learner who embraces feedback as a catalyst for growth and improvement.

Extra credit for:

• Experience explaining insights to both technical and non-technical audiences and executive levels within the IT, manufacturing, or energy industries
• MBA in marketing or business
• Experience working within a HubSpot agency or directly at HubSpot
• Advanced knowledge of HubSpot, Salesforce, Pardot, or other CRM platforms
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum project management frameworks
• Advanced AI skills

Benefits Overview:

• Competitive compensation starting at 120K, aligned with skills, knowledge, and abilities.
• Client hour expectations that enable a work-life balance
• 401(k) Benefit with matching to 4%
• Medical plan options with generous employer contributions
• Dental and vision employee coverage at no cost
• Permanently Remote
• Unlimited paid time off
• Continual learning and professional development
• Parental leave
• Flexible Fridays & winter holiday break