Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Morning Consult
$172.9-290.8k
+ Equity
Decision intelligence
Be an early applicant
Decision intelligence
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$172.9-290.8k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve how global business, financial, and government leaders make decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 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 — genuinely energized by moving between strategy, analytics, and hands-on execution as priorities shift
- A systems thinker who can diagnose broken or informal processes and redesign them to scale
- Strong judgment operating with significant autonomy; exercises wide latitude in determining the right approach to critical, undefined assignments
- 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, and comfort acting as a proxy for senior leadership in certain settings
- Strong analytical fluency and comfort getting into the data to inform recommendations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to flex between detailed execution and clear, executive-level narrative
- Genuine curiosity about applying AI to marketing and operations, with an interest in evaluating and rolling out new tools and agentic capabilities
- Depth in B2B product marketing, data or licensing go-to-market, or enterprise growth is a strong plus — several of the first projects sit squarely in that territory
- We view the above section as a guide, not a checklist. Research shows that underrepresented/marginalized groups are less likely to apply for a job if they feel that they don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. We welcome diverse and non-traditional backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t satisfy every single bullet on this list!
What the job involves
- 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
- On every initiative you take on, you are the accountable owner: you define the problem, build the plan, convene the cross-functional group, drive the decisions, and are measured on 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, which is why the role exists
- 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
- In one stretch that might mean rebuilding how inbound leads flow from marketing to sales; in another, it might mean helping take new AI and agentic product capabilities to market, translating strategic priorities into concrete plans and scorecards, or working through how the team's content function should evolve
- Own the marketing organization's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives — scoped with the Chief Growth Officer, then run by you — the projects too multidisciplinary or consequential to sit inside a single function
- 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 — so the team operates against real targets and a real calendar
- 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. You'll carry these with the authority to decide, not just to report back
- 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, ensuring Marketing's priorities are understood and properly resourced beyond the marketing org itself
- Move fluidly between strategy and hands-on execution — this role is built to flex toward wherever the business need is greatest
Our take
What began as a single poll looking at the American youth has become one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, as previously classified by Deloitte. Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company that specialises in online survey research technology.
It has become a first port of call for many industry leaders who want access to its technology that offers insights, news, and analysis at speed and scale. This position is down to the company’s access to over 100 million people globally, generating tens of thousands of daily interviews. Morning Consult's impressive client base represents more than half of the Fortune 500, including many companies that feature in the Top 10 in their respective fields.
Unlocking unicorn status in 2021, this new status and capital will see its development of additional AI applications whilst continuing to grow its global data collection infrastructure. Despite a round of layoffs in 2024 undertaken to aid profitability and product development, the company will maintain its top-tier seat within the rapidly-growing decision intelligence market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$60m
SERIES B
May 2020
$31m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91.1m
Company benefits
- 401(k): 5% Employer Match; Immediate Vesting.
- Health, Dental & Vision: PPO & HSA Options; Cost-free Dental.
- Flexible Vacation: Take What You Need; 16 Company Holidays.
- Caregiver Leave: 12 Weeks Fully Paid; UrbanSitter Partnership.
- Lifestyle Spending Account: $50 per month.
- Phone Reimbursement: $80 per month.
Company HQ
Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
Leadership
Alexander Dulin
(Co-Founder & CTO)Received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Rochester before founding Morning Consult.
Kyle Dropp
(Co-Founder & President)Previously served as an Assistant Polling Analyst for The Washington Post. Has experience as a Researcher for Princeton University, Harvard Election Data Archive and Stanford Spatial Social Science Lab, before spending nearly 5 years as Assistant Professor of Government for Dartmouth College.
Max Courtney
(Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer)Prior to serving as CCO, acted as Director of Business Development and later as Chief Revenue Officer for Morning Consult.
Michael Ramlet
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously served as the Principal of Purple Strategies. Continues to be a Member of The Economic Club of Washington, Page Society , and The Economic Club of Chicago, whilst sits on the Board of Advisors for the University of Minnesota.
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