Calendly · Growth Marketing
Senior Director, Growth Marketing
Role read
A quick read on what this posting appears to emphasize, based on the employer description and role fields.
This appears to be a growth marketing role at Calendly, with paid search, paid social, and lifecycle, email, or CRM.
Worth noticing
Paid search
“… front door to our brand Demand Generation & Acquisition Oversee paid acquisition channels including paid search …”
Search bidding and budget pacing usually sit with this kind of role.
Paid social
“… to our brand Demand Generation & Acquisition Oversee paid acquisition channels including paid search, paid social …”
Creative iteration speed and channel-level attribution matter here.
Lifecycle / email / CRM
“… retention, and revenue growth initiatives across digital and lifecycle channels. This leader will be responsible for …”
Retention and reactivation programs are core here.
SEO / content
“… channels including paid search, paid social, affiliate, display, SEO …”
Organic traffic and editorial cadence are typical scope.
Website / CRO
“… segmentation, automation, and upsell/cross-sell initiatives. Web Own the website end to end Define goals and a …”
Experimentation cadence and on-site conversion live here.
Clarify before applying
Budget ownership
Does this role own the paid media budget, or is that owned by a separate performance lead?
Experimentation ownership
Who owns experimentation and analytics implementation day-to-day?
- Company
- Calendly
- Location
- Remote - US
- Work mode
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Posted
- June 18, 2026
- Apply
- Open employer site
Where this comes from
Signals found in the posting
Every line below is grounded in the actual posting or in the title, role fields, and seniority tags. Snippets are quoted verbatim; the source tag tells you which part of the listing they came from.
Channels mentioned
- Paid searchfrom posting
… front door to our brand Demand Generation & Acquisition Oversee paid acquisition channels including paid search …
Why it matters here: Search bidding and budget pacing usually sit with this kind of role.
- Paid socialfrom posting
… to our brand Demand Generation & Acquisition Oversee paid acquisition channels including paid search, paid social …
Why it matters here: Creative iteration speed and channel-level attribution matter here.
- Lifecycle / email / CRMfrom posting
… retention, and revenue growth initiatives across digital and lifecycle channels. This leader will be responsible for …
Why it matters here: Retention and reactivation programs are core here.
- SEO / contentfrom posting
… channels including paid search, paid social, affiliate, display, SEO …
Why it matters here: Organic traffic and editorial cadence are typical scope.
- Website / CROfrom posting
… segmentation, automation, and upsell/cross-sell initiatives. Web Own the website end to end Define goals and a …
Why it matters here: Experimentation cadence and on-site conversion live here.
Tools mentioned
- Google Analyticsfrom posting
… marketing, funnel optimization, and attribution. Strong analytical skills with experience using tools such as Google Analytics …
- HubSpotfrom posting
… experience using tools such as Google Analytics, Tableau, HubSpot …
- Marketofrom posting
… using tools such as Google Analytics, Tableau, HubSpot, Marketo …
Success metrics mentioned
- Revenuefrom posting
… Marketing to lead our customer acquisition, retention, and revenue growth initiatives across digital and lifecycle channels. …
- CACfrom posting
… CAC …
Use this posting to prepare
Three short reads before you apply.
Each subsection below is grounded in something the posting or the role fields actually say. Use them as prompts — not as finished resume copy.
Step 1
Resume keywords to notice
Terms in the actual posting. Use these only where they match your real experience.
- Growth marketing
- Lifecycle
- CRM
- Demand generation
- Performance marketing
- Paid acquisition
- Paid media
- SEO
- Paid search
- Paid social
- SEO
- Lifecycle
- Google Analytics
- HubSpot
- Tableau
- Revenue
- CAC
- LTV
- Activation
- Retention
Step 2
Questions to ask
Worth raising before applying or in the first recruiter conversation.
01Which channels own the largest part of the growth or pipeline target today?
Why ask this: Triggered when paid search or paid social signals appear in the posting. Triggered by the posting’s mention of paid acquisition / demand gen signals.
02How is the budget and pacing structured across paid channels for this role?
Why ask this: Triggered when budget or paid channel ownership is implied. Triggered by the posting’s mention of paid channel ownership signals.
03Who owns landing page testing, analytics implementation, and shipping decisions?
Why ask this: Triggered when CRO, experimentation, or website signals appear. Triggered by the posting’s mention of website / cro signals.
04Which systems and attribution models are considered the source of truth?
Why ask this: Triggered when marketing ops, attribution, or analytics tooling is named. Triggered by the posting’s mention of marketing ops / analytics tooling.
05How is the relationship between paid acquisition and lifecycle structured?
Why ask this: Triggered when both paid and lifecycle signals appear. Triggered by the posting’s mention of both paid and lifecycle signals.
Step 3
Angles to consider
Each angle below starts from a real signal in the posting. The phrase “if this reflects your real experience” matters — don’t invent experience you don’t have.
Angle 01
Paid acquisition angle
If this reflects your real background, emphasize: paid channel ownership and budget trade-offs, testing velocity on creative and landing pages, and how you measured CAC, ROAS, or pipeline impact
Why we suggest this: posting mentions paid search and paid social.
Angle 02
Lifecycle / CRM angle
If this reflects your real background, emphasize: segmentation and lifecycle journeys, CRM tooling and journey orchestration, and retention, activation, and reactivation impact
Why we suggest this: posting mentions lifecycle / email / crm and retention.
Angle 03
Web / CRO angle
If this reflects your real background, emphasize: experimentation cadence and analytics, on-site conversion wins, and collaboration with design and product teams
Why we suggest this: posting mentions website / cro.
Keyword stuffing, fabricated bullets, or borrowed metrics tend to backfire in the first screen. Use these as a checklist, not a script.
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Calendly
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Original employer description
The posting as the employer wrote it
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What’s in it for you?
Ready to make a serious impact? Millions of people already rely on Calendly, and we’re still in the midst of exciting product growth — it’s a fantastic time to join us. Everything you’ll work on here will accelerate your career to the next level. If you want to learn, grow, and do the best work of your life alongside the best people you’ve ever worked with, then we hope you’ll consider allowing Calendly to be a part of your professional journey.
A day in the life of a Senior Director, Growth Marketing at Calendly
What's so great about working on Calendly's Growth Marketing team?
Growth marketing is a key strategic bet for Calendly. We have a highly viral product by nature and therefore a funnel that has huge potential if optimized and leveraged correctly. At the same time we are sprinting to launching multiple new products this year. The Growth marketing team is key to both optimizing our scheduling funnel while building new funnels for our new products. We move fast, think boldly, and are deeply committed to telling stories that matter — and we're looking for a leader to help us do it at scale.
Why do we need you?
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Director of Growth Marketing to lead our customer acquisition, retention, and revenue growth initiatives across digital and lifecycle channels. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling data-driven marketing strategies that accelerate growth, optimize funnel performance, and maximize customer lifetime value. They will own web, lifecycle marketing and upper funnel acquisition.
The ideal candidate combines strategic vision, analytical rigor, and team leadership, with a proven track record of driving measurable business results in high-growth environments. This role will partner cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Brand, Analytics, and Finance teams to deliver integrated growth programs aligned with company goals.
On a typical day, you will focus on:
Growth Strategy & Leadership
- Partner closely with the Growth Product leader to jointly define and drive unified company wide growth strategy, aligning product led and marketing led initiatives across the full customer lifecycle.
- Develop and execute the company’s comprehensive growth marketing strategy across acquisition, activation, retention, and re-engagement.
- Own growth KPIs including customer acquisition cost (CAC), conversion rates, customer lifetime value (LTV), retention, and revenue contribution.
- Identify and prioritize new growth opportunities through testing, experimentation, and channel expansion.
- Lead annual and quarterly growth planning, forecasting, and budget allocation.
Lifecycle & Retention Marketing
- Build lifecycle marketing strategies that improve onboarding, engagement, retention, and customer advocacy.
- Partner with CRM and product teams to develop personalized customer journeys across email, SMS, in-app, and push channels.
- Improve customer lifetime value through segmentation, automation, and upsell/cross-sell initiatives.
Web
- Own the website end to end
- Define goals and a roadmap to achieve them
- Partner with product marketing to ensure we tell compelling stories about our products that drive adoption
- Experiment to improve conversion rates
- Ensure the website is a highly optimized revenue driver but also an incredible experience as the front door to our brand
Demand Generation & Acquisition
- Oversee paid acquisition channels including paid search, paid social, affiliate, display, SEO, and partnerships.
- Optimize multi-channel campaigns to improve lead generation, customer acquisition, and ROI.
- Drive full-funnel demand generation strategies that align with sales and revenue targets.
- Evaluate and scale emerging acquisition channels.
Analytics & Experimentation
- Establish a culture of experimentation through A/B testing and performance optimization.
- Analyze funnel performance, attribution, and cohort behavior to identify growth opportunities.
- Build dashboards and reporting frameworks to track campaign effectiveness and business impact.
- Leverage data insights to inform strategic decisions and improve marketing efficiency.
Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing growth marketing team.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Brand, Analytics, Finance, and Sales to align growth initiatives with business objectives.
- Foster a performance-driven culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Manage external agencies, vendors, and marketing technology partners.
What do we need from you?
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in growth marketing, demand generation, or performance marketing.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing high-performing marketing teams.
- Proven success scaling customer acquisition and retention programs in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Deep expertise in paid media, lifecycle marketing, funnel optimization, and attribution.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using tools such as Google Analytics, Tableau, HubSpot, Marketo, or similar platforms.
- Experience managing significant marketing budgets and delivering measurable ROI.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strategic thinker with strong execution capabilities.
- Highly data-driven with a bias toward action and experimentation.
- Collaborative leader who thrives in cross-functional environments.
- Adaptable and comfortable navigating ambiguity in evolving business environments.
- Have an analytical and experimental mindset
- Understand customer journeys and how to design experiences that resonate with customers to take action
The ranges listed above are the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change.
Calendly takes a number of factors into consideration when determining an employee’s starting salary, including relevant experience, relevant skills sets, interview performance, location/metropolitan area, and internal pay equity.
Base salary is just one component of Calendly’s total rewards package. All full-time (30 hours/week) employees are also eligible for our Top Performer Bonus program (or Sales incentive), equity awards, and competitive benefits.
Calendly uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location, or the onsite building location if hybrid, to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current geographic zones are as follows:
- Tier 1: San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, New York City, NY
- Tier 2: Chicago, IL, Austin, TX, Denver, CO, Boston, MA, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, PA, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Miami, FL, and all other cities in CA.
- Tier 3: All other locations not in Tier 1 or Tier 2
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Apply before July 19, 2026.
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