Director, Regional Demand Center North America
F5 · Greater Seattle Area · 2 wk ago
HybridManagement$173k–$259k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing Regional Demand Center team across North America
- Define clear roles, responsibilities and performance expectations within the RDC
- Foster a culture of operational excellence, accountability and continuous improvement
- Build capabilities across campaign execution, demand operations and performance optimization
- Own the North America RDC operating model, ensuring efficient and scalable campaign execution
- Translate global demand generation strategies into actionable regional plans
- Balance standardization with regional customization to maximize pipeline impact
- Establish clear intake, prioritization, and delivery processes for campaign execution
- Campaign Orchestration & Delivery
- Oversee end-to-end campaign execution across channels (digital, paid media, webinars, sales & marketing programs, email nurtures, creative, operations, partners)
- Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, at scale and aligned to regional priorities
- Maintain high standards of execution quality and consistency
- Partner with Field Marketing to support regional programs and account-based initiatives
- Sales Alignment & Pipeline Impact
- Align RDC output to Sales priorities including:
- Territory and segment plans
- Key account coverage
- Pipeline generation and acceleration goals
- Ensure effective lead management, routing and follow-up processes
- Partner with Sales and BDR teams to improve conversion and pipeline velocity
- Performance Tracking & Optimization
- Define and track key performance metrics including:
- Pipeline generated and influenced
- Conversion rates across the funnel, campaign performance and ROI
- Use data and insights to continuously optimize campaign effectiveness
- Create feedback loops between regional teams and corporate marketing
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with:
- Integrated marketing (strategy & campaign design)
- Field Marketing (regional priorities and execution alignment)
- Product Marketing (messaging and positioning)
- Marketing Operations (systems, automation and reporting)
- Sales and BDR leadership (pipeline alignment and follow up)
- Acts as the regional voice of execution, providing insights to improve global programs
- Process, Systems & Scale
- Build and optimize scalable processes for:
- Campaign intake and prioritization
- Execution workflows
- Reporting and performance tracking
- Ensure effective use of marketing automation and CRM systems
- Identify and address bottlenecks in the demand generation engine
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Marketing, Communications, Business or related field
- 10-12+ years of B2B marketing experience, preferably in technology organizations
- Proven experience in demand generation, campaign operations, or marketing operations
- Demonstrated experience working within or leading a Regional Demand Center (RDC) or similar centralized demand model
- Strong understanding of pipeline generation, lead management and funnel metrics
- Experience managing and developing teams in a fast paced, high volume environment
- Familiarity with marketing automation platforms (Marketo, Sixth Sense etc) and CRM systems (Salesforce)
- Demand Generation Expertise: deep understanding of campaign execution and pipeline creation
- Operational Excellence: strong process design and execution discipline
- Data-Driven Mindset: ability to analyze performance and drive continuous improvement
- Systems Thinking: Ability to design scalable, repeatable demand generation processes
- Collaboration & Influence: Effective cross-functional partnership across global and regional teams
- Communication Skills: Clear and concise communication with stakeholders at all levels
- Execution at Scale: ability to deliver high-quality output in a fast-paced environment