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Full-Time

Sr Director

Revenue Marketing

Posted on 9/20/2024

FourKites

FourKites

501-1,000 employees

Real-time visibility and analytics for supply chains

AI & Machine Learning
Data & Analytics

Expert

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid, flexible approach to work.

Category
General Marketing
Growth Marketing
Growth & Marketing
Required Skills
Sales
Salesforce
Marketing
Requirements
  • 10+ years of B2B demand generation, field marketing, ABM and digital marketing experience.
  • 5+ People management experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field required.
  • Advanced knowledge of best practices in B2B marketing automation (Salesforce + Marketo preferred).
  • Experience with an ABM/ABX platform (e.g. 6sense, DemandBase, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Campaign Manager) to orchestrate buyer intent-driven campaigns preferred.
  • Experience leveraging content hub tools (e.g.High Spot) tailored to the buyer’s journey and social advocacy tools (e.g. Sprout Social) to drive account engagement is a plus.
  • Track record of consistently delivering measurable results and making data driven decisions.
  • Proven experience working with sales teams.
  • Demonstrated analytical approach, understanding of core marketing and pipeline metrics.
  • Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Flexibility to quickly adapt and align with business needs.
  • Organizational skills to manage multiple projects with flawless execution.
  • Possess a high degree of initiative, self-motivation and resourcefulness.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to travel, if needed.
Responsibilities
  • Hire, train, coach, and lead a global team of demand gen, ABM, events and digital marketers.
  • Influence and steer revenue marketing budget and hiring plan.
  • Working with the VP, Marketing, establish a strategic ABM framework and enable programs, including account selection, account research, and planning, as well as defining ABM-specific metrics and dashboards.
  • Utilize ABM metrics to ensure the business impact is measured by new pipeline, bookings, contact database growth, and account and contact engagement.
  • Set the standard for effective account-based marketing practices across all Revenue Marketing tactics and channels, including our event strategy.
  • Lead education of the field organization on the role of ABM to target accounts and help the team to manage that process within their campaigns.
  • Collaborate with Marketing Leadership, Enterprise Sales Leadership, Product Marketing, Customer Marketing, Customer Success and Product teams to tailor content based on account strategy and target personas.
  • Provide Sales Leadership with data and insights on key accounts, programs and campaigns.
  • Oversee and track execution of marketing programs, including measurement and reporting performance against KPIs and goals.
  • Closely integrate with sales executives, supporting the needs of their industry and territory and driving the strategic direction and execution of ABM strategies.
  • Develop and implement 1:1, 1:few and 1:many ABM programs to cross-sell applications and expand annual recurring revenue with existing and new logo accounts.
  • Leverage ABM automation platform and tools to identify and monitor buyer intent keywords and buying stage to orchestrate buyer intent-driven campaigns to segmented audiences at scale.
  • Develop target buyer personas and tailor industry-specific value proposition to fit a variety of programs across the buyer’s journey.
  • Deliver closed loop marketing reporting, dashboards and analysis on campaign performance, and pipeline and revenue attribution.
  • Additional duties as assigned.

FourKites provides a platform for supply chain management that focuses on real-time visibility and predictive analytics. The platform collects data from millions of shipments worldwide and uses AI technology to analyze this data, offering businesses insights to improve their supply chain operations. This helps companies manage risks, enhance responsiveness, and optimize their processes. FourKites connects all parts of a supply chain through its applications, ensuring that teams have access to the same information. A unique feature of their platform is Fin AI, which uses natural language processing to help businesses find optimization opportunities and automate tasks. Unlike its competitors, FourKites combines a vast real-time supply chain network with specialized applications and patented AI technology to address complex supply chain issues. The goal of FourKites is to help large brands manage their supply chains more effectively and efficiently.

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$257.2M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2014

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Being recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for four consecutive years underscores FourKites' industry leadership and stability.
  • Strategic partnerships, such as with BuyCo for end-to-end ocean freight management, enhance FourKites' service offerings and market reach.
  • The company's continuous growth, including a 25% increase in global customers and a 37% growth in connected facilities, indicates strong market demand and expansion opportunities.

What critics are saying

  • The highly competitive supply chain management sector requires FourKites to continuously innovate to maintain its leadership position.
  • Dependence on large-scale clients means that losing a few key customers could significantly impact revenue.

What makes FourKites unique

  • FourKites leverages patented AI technology to provide real-time visibility and predictive analytics, setting it apart from competitors who may not offer such advanced capabilities.
  • The company's platform connects all points of a supply chain, eliminating information silos and ensuring unified data access, unlike competitors with fragmented solutions.
  • FourKites' extensive network, tracking over 3.2 million shipments daily and serving more than 50% of the Fortune 500, provides a scale and reliability that few competitors can match.

Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision

PTO

401k with company match

Annual wellness stipend

Ongoing learning & development opportunities

INACTIVE