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Director - Demand Generation

Freshworks San Mateo, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$225,000 - $280,000 per year

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Description

Organizations everywhere struggle with the costs and complexities of software solutions that promise to simplify their lives. Freshworks offers a fresh vision for how the world works, building software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences.

We're looking for a senior demand generation leader to help build and modernize our scaled demand engine across our product portfolio. As a hands-on operator and builder, you will own the day-to-day demand generation engine across channels, work closely with Revenue Marketing leadership on strategy and prioritization, and help rethink how demand generation should operate in an AI-forward company.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own and execute the scaled demand generation roadmap across our product portfolio
  • Build and optimize always-on demand programs across SEM, SEO, AI search/GEO, content syndication, webinars, conversational marketing, lifecycle, nurture, and emerging channels
  • Build AI-native and agentic workflows into the demand engine
  • Own performance across key demand generation metrics
  • Manage and continuously optimize multi-million-dollar budgets
  • Partner with Sales, RevOps, Product Marketing, Analytics, and regional marketing teams
  • Build a rigorous testing and experimentation culture
  • Lead and develop a high-performing demand generation team
  • Evaluate and help evolve the demand generation martech stack

What Success Looks Like:

  • Predictable in generating qualified pipeline
  • Efficient in how budget is deployed
  • Stronger at converting demand into sales opportunities
  • Integrated across products, regions, and channels
  • Increasingly automated and AI-native
  • Measured on business outcomes, not activity volume

The Profile We Are Looking For:

  • 10+ years of experience in B2B demand generation, growth marketing, or performance marketing
  • Significant experience owning scaled demand generation programs and measurable pipeline targets
  • Experience managing multi-million-dollar marketing budgets
  • Strong understanding of demand generation economics
  • Demonstrated experience building or implementing AI-enabled or agentic workflows
  • Hands-on experience with marketing automation platforms and CRM platforms
  • Experience with intent and account intelligence platforms and conversational marketing platforms
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to independently diagnose performance issues
  • Strong partnership skills across Sales, RevOps, Product Marketing, Analytics, and executive stakeholders
  • Experience leading and developing demand generation teams

Skills

Required

  • B2B demand generation
  • growth marketing
  • performance marketing
  • AI-native workflows
  • marketing automation platforms
  • CRM platforms
  • intent and account intelligence platforms
  • conversational marketing platforms
  • analytical skills
  • partnership skills

Nice to have

  • Experience in a scaled, sales-led enterprise SaaS company
  • Experience operating in both enterprise and SMB/mid-market motions
  • Experience at an AI-native company
  • A strong point of view on AI search and GEO
  • Experience with ITSM, customer support, CRM, or adjacent enterprise software categories

Ready to apply?

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