Vice President, Growth Marketing

Application Deadline

31 May 2025

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. Korn Ferry works with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people. Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries.

Korn Ferry Digital Is a Scaled Product Business Unit Within Korn Ferry That Develops And Sells Our Suite Of Talent Products And HR Technology, Supporting Clients Across Six Solution Areas

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership and Professional Development
• Sales and Service
• Total Rewards

Our comprehensive talent suite leverages a combination of proprietary talent IP, talent data, analytics and insights to help customers understand their workforce and existing talent gaps, and deliver targeted talent interventions at scale using HR technology.

Job Description

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It’s about exceeding your potential.

We are seeking an experienced, strategic Vice President of Growth Marketing to lead the development and execution of demand generation strategies that drive awareness, demand, and sustained growth for Korn Ferry’s Digital Product Portfolio. This role presents an incredible opportunity for a leader & builder to help KF Digital double the business over the next 3 years.

This role requires a creative problem-solver and analytical leader with the ability to find and capitalize on growth opportunities. This role requires a scrappy, entrepreneurial spirit and a leader who can be hands on – driving strategy, influencing stakeholders and leading a small, multidisciplinary team while personally executing key initiatives. This role reports directly to the Chief Revenue Officer within the Digital Product organization.

The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of developing and executing global campaign strategies that drive double-digit YoY growth. To succeed, you will be adept at collaborating and influencing cross-functional teams across a matrixed organization to prioritize and integrate Digital Products into broader brand and business objectives, overcoming limited resources and competing demands. This role will also oversee & drive the creation of a successful marketing operations function to support the vision for growth marketing at scale

This role will be key in creating and implementing demand generation strategies that promote and build pipeline for our Digital Products while maintaining alignment with corporate marketing initiatives and delivering a seamless customer journey. A strong understanding of B2B enterprise marketing and HR solutions is required.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Hire, lead, and coach a multidisciplinary team, including campaign managers, content marketing, and marketing operations, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Define overarching marketing strategy and key performance indicators (KPIs) that meets revenue targets and budget constraints.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across a matrixed organization, ensuring successful prioritization and on-time execution of Digital Product campaigns.
• Partner with corporate marketing to prioritize and integrate Digital Products into broader brand and portfolio campaigns with aligned messaging and goals.
• Build relationships with external partners, agencies, and vendors to support and scale marketing initiatives.

Campaign Development & Execution

• Lead the execution of integrated demand generation campaigns, driving high-quality leads and maximizing ROI through data-driven targeting and continuous optimization.
• Lead the development of campaign messaging, content, and creative assets to support multi-channel customer journeys.
• Create a traffic strategy (owned, earned, paid) that aligns with audience targeting and drives campaign objectives.
• Prioritize and oversee campaign localization, ensuring alignment with business objectives while addressing market-specific needs.
• Manage 7-figure demand generation budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources to maximize ROI across campaigns.

Performance Measurement & Optimization

• Develop and implement workback forecasting models to define realistic marketing goals and budgets, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and revenue targets.
• Establish KPIs and dashboards to measure the effectiveness of campaigns, assets, and actions for scalable efficiency.
• Regularly analyze campaign performance to optimize touchpoints and conversion funnels to improve performance and accelerate pipeline velocity.

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive demand generation or growth marketing experience with 5+ years managing high-performing marketing teams
• Proven ability to drive the go-to-market strategy for software solutions with untapped potential within established markets for YoY growth
• 3+ years of experience managing localized marketing campaigns that effectively resonate with diverse audiences in international markets
• Data-driven mindset with a track record of using metrics to drive strategies and decisions
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence and work effectively in a diverse and matrixed organization to gain support, foster innovation, and drive execution
• Strong project management skills, experience with campaign planning cycles, and managing large budgets.
• Can skillfully and succinctly communicate marketing strategies, performance, and trade-offs to all levels of the organization

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in related field highly preferred.

Salary Range

$250,000.00 - $275,000.00

Salary range represents the compensation Korn Ferry expects to pay to a candidate with the requirements for the job posted. Korn Ferry offers competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.

Korn Ferry Benefits

The Korn Ferry Cares Wellbeing Platform offers Employees health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment), Critical Illness, Accident Injury, Hospital Indemnity, and Legal Insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in Korn Ferry's Tax Deferred Savings plan 401(k). Employee Stock Purchase Program is available to all permanent employees who work 20 hours or more after 6 months of service.

Employees are eligible to receive a total of 15 days vacation annually plus paid time off for 16 company holidays. Full time eligible employees will accrue sick time commencing on the first date of employment at the rate of 3.33 hours per pay period for an annualized maximum of 80 hours.

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.