Director, Paid Media

Databricks
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,700 - 252,250 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Collaboration","Influencing","Strategic prioritization","Team leadership"]

Lead Databricks’ global paid media planning function, defining how paid programs drive brand awareness, demand generation, and pipeline growth across the full funnel. Manage a team of media planners to build audience-first, account-focused cross-channel strategies, establish global media planning frameworks, and align budget to business goals. Partner with brand, product marketing, integrated and field marketing, analytics, and agencies to deliver consistent measurement and executive-ready reporting.

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Director, Paid Media

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Job Summary

Lead Databricks’ global paid media planning function, defining how paid programs drive brand awareness, demand generation, and pipeline growth across the full funnel. Manage a team of media planners to build audience-first, account-focused cross-channel strategies, establish global media planning frameworks, and align budget to business goals. Partner with brand, product marketing, integrated and field marketing, analytics, and agencies to deliver consistent measurement and executive-ready reporting.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead global media planning to support brand awareness, demand generation, and pipeline growth across the full funnel.
  • •Guide cross-channel media strategy development to deliver year-over-year improvements in awareness, account engagement, and pipeline contribution.
  • •Build and scale a global media strategy organization by hiring, developing, and coaching a team of media planners.
  • •Establish and scale global media planning frameworks, processes, and best practices to improve consistency and efficiency across regions and campaigns.
  • •Partner with Analytics to implement measurement frameworks and executive-ready reporting that improve visibility and accelerate optimization cycles.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,700 - 252,250 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience in media strategy, digital marketing, or integrated marketing in a B2B SaaS or enterprise technology environment.
  • •Proven experience leading global media planning across multiple channels and funnel stages with measurable impact on pipeline, engagement, or revenue.
  • •Demonstrated experience hiring, developing, and managing teams, including early and mid-career talent, with a track record of building high-performing teams.
  • •Strong understanding of full-funnel marketing measurement across brand, demand, pipeline, and revenue metrics.
  • •Familiarity with modern media platforms, AdTech, and measurement tools; able to translate complex data into clear strategic recommendations.
Experience:10+ yearsB2BSaaSEnterprise technologyIntegrated marketingAdTech
Skills:Analytical skillsCollaborationInfluencingStrategic prioritizationTeam leadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AdTech

Company Brief

Databricks
Provides a unified data analytics platform powered by Apache Spark to simplify building, deploying, and scaling data engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads for enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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