Head of Field and Partner Marketing
Dropbox•5h ago
United StatesRemoteFull-timeSenior Level5+ yrs exp
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- Role Description
- Dropbox is hiring a Head of Field & Partner Marketing to lead our global field and partner marketing organization and drive pipeline growth across our Sales-Led Growth (SLG) business and strategic partner ecosystem.
- This executive Go-To-Market (GTM) leader will own the regional marketing strategy, account-based execution, mid-to-bottom funnel demand engines
- partner marketing required to scale business-to-business revenue globally. While our PLG team focuses on the frictionless, self-serve transactional customer lifecycle, this leader owns the end-to-end marketing journey for sales-engaged and partner-led motions.
- This role requires an exceptional strategic operator who can orchestrate targeted account-based marketing (ABM) and regional demand generation alongside localized partner programs—including managing co-marketing initiatives with strategic AI technology ecosystems (ChatGPT, Claude
- Gemini) and supporting our distribution networks. Partnering closely with regional Sales and Channel leaders, this executive will oversee integrated campaigns, joint partner value propositions, content strategies
- comprehensive PLG to SLG customer lifecycle initiatives.
- Responsibilities
- SLG & Partner Pipeline Accountability: Own the strategic vision and performance metrics (creation, coverage, and acceleration) for both direct field pipeline and indirect partner-led business globally.
- Integrated Demand Generation: Lead the Integrated Marketing team to design and deploy highly optimized mid- and bottom-funnel acquisition campaigns that move prospects effectively through the sales pipeline.
- Content & Customer Campaigns: Oversee the upstream Campaigns team to deliver compelling content frameworks and high-impact customer marketing initiatives that drive post-sale engagement, adoption, brand advocacy
- net revenue retention (NRR).
- Partner Alliance & Co-Marketing: Develop and execute high-impact joint marketing programs with strategic AI and productivity ecosystem partners (including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini). Build compelling value propositions that position Dropbox as the core content layer for modern workflows.
- Distribution & Channel Support: Oversee marketing strategies to and through Dropbox’s distribution networks and cloud marketplaces to support our incremental channel revenue stream.
- Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Strategy: Build, scale
- institutionalize Dropbox’s ABM framework. Define account selection, tiering, multi-channel orchestration
- tailored campaigns for high-value corporate and mid-market accounts.
- PLG-to-SLG Monetization: Partner closely with the PLG Digital Marketing and Product teams to identify accounts with high existing self-serve usage, triggering targeted field and partner campaigns to convert them into larger team or corporate agreements.
- Sales & Partner Architecture Interlock: Establish trusted partnerships with regional Sales VPs and the Alliance organization to align on territory strategies, partner incentives, target account lists
- quarterly outbound cadences.
- Experiential & Executive Engagement: Oversee the global portfolio of regional field events, proprietary customer advisory boards (CABs), executive roundtable programs, and major industry tech activations.
- Team Leadership & Org Design: Manage, mentor
- scale a multi-disciplinary, globally distributed team spanning four core functions: Integrated Marketing (mid/bottom funnel demand), Regional Field Marketing , Partner/Channel Marketing
- Campaigns (Content & Customer Marketing). Foster a high-performance culture tied directly to pipeline health and business outcomes.
- Requirements
- 10+ years of B2B marketing experience with increasing leadership responsibility spanning field marketing, partner/channel marketing, and demand generation.
- 5+ years of experience leading, scaling, and managing multi-disciplinary marketing teams, including direct oversight of demand generation, content/creative production, or customer marketing functions.
- Ecosystem & Tech Alliance Experience: Proven track record of managing joint marketing programs with major technology platforms, SaaS alliances, or AI ecosystems.
- Sales Alignment: Experience partnering directly with Sales VPs, directors, and external partner leadership in a multi-tiered GTM environment.
- B2B Funnel Mastery: Deep understanding of multi-month B2B sales cycles, buying committees, account progression, and revenue attribution models.
- Data-Driven Mindset: Strong analytical orientation with hands-on experience using pipeline metrics, win rates, funnel velocity, and ROI modeling to drive investment decisions.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Hybrid GTM Experience: Proven success working within a hybrid B2B model, specifically leveraging product-led metrics (PQLs, active usage) to fuel sales pipelines and partner co-selling.
- Global Scale: Experience supporting multi-region sales and partner organizations, with a strong ability to balance global consistency with local market nuances.
- MarTech/SalesTech Fluency: Familiarity with modern business tech stacks (PRM/Partner Relationship Management systems, CRM, MAP, and ABM/intent data platforms).
- AI & Cloud Market Fluency: Strong understanding of the modern AI landscape, developer tool ecosystems, and cloud productivity paradigms.
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to confidently command attention and influence internal leadership and external clients/partners.
- Durable Skills
- AI fluency means using these tools to amplify human judgment, not replace it. We believe people with these skills will thrive as work and technology continue to evolve:
- Awareness: U nderstand yourself and others .
- Judgment: E valuat e information and mak e decisions in complex situations .
- Adaptability: L earn, adjust, and stay effective through change .
- Connection: C ommunicat e , collaborat e , and build trust .
- To learn more about why these skills matter and what the data shows about thriving through change, read this blog post from our Chief People Officer, Melanie Rosenwasser.
- Compensation
- US Zone 1
- This role is not available in Zone 1
- US Zone 2
- $247,900 — $335,300 USD
- US Zone 3
- $220,300 — $298,100 USD
Required skills
MarketingDemand GenerationAccount-Based MarketingContent StrategyCampaign ManagementPartner MarketingAI Technology