Vice President of Marketing

About Vendr:

Vendr helps people find, buy, and manage software without friction. As the SaaS buying category creator and leader, we’ve processed more than $2B in SaaS purchases. That number and our team are growing fast. If you’re ready to grow your career and believe in creating fair playing fields, you’ve come to the right place.

Our team is headquartered in Boston with additional office locations in Charleston, and London, and we have more than 400 employees globally. Through prioritizing data, velocity, and transparency, we’re building a culture that inspires amazing people like you to do their best work. Most importantly, our culture is rooted in kindness, and you’ll see that come to life in everything we do. Read more about our values.

Since 2018, we have:

• Managed $2 Billion+ in software spend
• Saved $300M+ for our customers
• Given our customers thousands of hours back to focus on the important parts of their job

And we’re just getting started. If you’re looking for a chance to join a growing company, make a massive impact while solving interesting challenges, and help hundreds of customers, we want to hear from you. Join us as we forever change how people buy and sell SaaS.

The Vice President of Marketing will be responsible for building a world class marketing team at Vendr. This person will be charged with shaping and advancing the company’s message and brand across all omni-channels utilizing market analysis, trends and customer insights. As an executive member of the Vendr leadership team, the VP Marketing will play an integral role in the company’s growth. This position will lead and develop the marketing function and oversee global marketing strategies including but not limited to: product marketing with a focus on B2B, content & communications, brand marketing and performance marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Define the overall Marketing strategy / goals, in collaboration with the Vendr leadership team
• Assess current / propose new key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the impact of all marketing activities; update associated targets to support the new strategy and goals
• Develop plans and activities to drive the brand and business goals, in coordination and collaboration across the company (e.g. with Sales, Customer Success, Operations)
• Drive the execution of these Marketing activities, supported by your Marketing Leadership Team and in a fiscally responsible way, with a spirit of continuous improvement of the Marketing ROI
• Specifically, ensure that our brand message is strong and consistent across all channels and marketing experiences - enabled by creative, unique, differentiating ideas and marketing initiatives
• Develop a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance; create and maintain a team culture that lives our Company’s values and fosters cross-company collaboration and partnership
• Effectively lead and support the professional development of your Marketing Leadership Team and of the members of the Marketing organization, aligned with Vendr’s values. Set team and individual goals that support department and company-wide goals; monitor progress and coach for high performance.
• Use data and reports to make evidence-based decisions; create and present the annual marketing plan, strategy and progress to the leadership team and to the company

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience as a Senior Leader leading a Marketing organization at a SaaS company
• Demonstrated experience creating a strategic plan, managing priorities and deadlines, and adapting quickly to changing priorities
• Strong executer with a strategic mindset
• Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Proven success at building teams and hiring talent that directly contributes to growth objectives
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to multi-task large-scale marketing initiatives
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate high- level strategy and actionable tactics

Why Vendr

• We’re growing!
• We’re a disruptor, we’re changing the way saas is purchased and managed
• We have the right value proposition at this time, (we save companies time and money and help them grow efficiently)
• We’re a startup with durable growth
• We have great people and a strong culture, (check out our values here)
• Competitive pay & benefits **applicable to U.S. employees, ask our team for details on our International benefits**
  • Medical, Dental, Vision with company paid premiums
  • HSA contribution
  • Flexible/unlimited PTO
  • 12 paid company holidays in addition to PTO
  • 4% 401k matching
  • WFH stipend
  • Education & wellness reimbursement
  • All Mac environment

Vendr is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. While we are interested in qualified applicants who are permanently eligible to work for any employer in the United States, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship for employment visas at this time.

To all recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.