[Hiring] Director, Marketing Strategy and Operations @Morning Consult

Role Description

Morning Consult is hiring a Director, Marketing Strategy and Operations to own the marketing organization's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives end to end — from problem definition through implementation, adoption, and the outcome each one was meant to produce. This is the kind of work that doesn't sit neatly inside a single function, requires structuring real ambiguity, and needs someone who can move fluidly between strategic planning and hands-on execution.

How ownership works:

• This role owns projects and supports every function across the Marketing team.
• You are the accountable owner: define the problem, build the plan, convene the cross-functional group, drive the decisions, and measure whether it shipped and moved the number it was supposed to move.
• Marketing leadership may be in the room for the first meeting — after that it's yours.
• Every initiative on the list below is one the business cannot execute without a dedicated owner.

This is not a conventional product marketing, growth, or operations role. You'll flex across the function to support what the business needs most in a given quarter.

What You'll Be Working On:

• Own the marketing organization's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives — scoped with the Chief Growth Officer, then run by you.
• Own communication and reporting of overall growth function performance to executive, cross-functional, and team function leaders.
• Own large-scale transformation projects end-to-end, from problem definition through implementation and adoption.
• Structure undefined, messy problems into clear plans, workstreams, timelines, and owners — and drive them to completion.
• Translate Marketing leadership's strategic priorities into concrete operating plans, targets, and scorecards, and own tracking progress against them over time.
• Build and run the operating rhythm for the marketing organization — planning cycles, leadership reviews, and the decision forums that go with them.
• Lead Marketing's role in company-level strategic efforts — the go-to-market for new AI and agentic product capabilities, our analytics investment, and Marketing's contribution to our largest enterprise and AI-partner pitches.
• Partner with functional leads to evaluate and strengthen the team's capabilities and areas for improvement.
• Build the materials and narratives for executive- and leadership-level conversations, translating complex initiatives into clear, decision-ready updates.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to marketing leadership on prioritization, resourcing, and organizational design decisions.
• Build trust and alignment across stakeholders in Sales, Product, RevOps, and Finance.
• Move fluidly between strategy and hands-on execution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience spanning product marketing, growth, or business/marketing operations and strategy, ideally including time at a high-growth SaaS, data, or technology company.
• A track record of owning large-scale, cross-functional transformation projects from ambiguity through execution.
• Comfortable operating without a fixed functional lane.
• A systems thinker who can diagnose broken or informal processes and redesign them to scale.
• Strong judgment operating with significant autonomy.
• Experience operating as a close, trusted partner to a senior leader on strategic initiatives.
• Experience building or running planning cycles, operating cadences, or scorecards for a leadership team.
• Strong analytical fluency and comfort getting into the data to inform recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Genuine curiosity about applying AI to marketing and operations.
• Depth in B2B product marketing, data or licensing go-to-market, or enterprise growth is a strong plus.

Requirements

• The expected salary range for this position is $172,900 – $290,800, with a midpoint of $231,900.
• This role is eligible for an equity grant, which will be discussed in your initial recruiter conversation.

Benefits

• Join us in the office for catered lunch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• Grab a beverage from the fridge for an impromptu after-work happy hour!

Company Description

Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act.

This role is available in any of our office locations or can be based remotely. Our award-winning and modern offices are located in Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY.