Associate Director, Industry Marketing

Grant Thornton (US); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton seeks an Associate Director, Industry Marketing to lead the Industry Marketing team as a senior day-to-day leader. The role partners with Heads of Industry and service line marketing to align priorities and ensure consistent, high-impact execution across campaigns and content.

The position emphasizes strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and measuring business outcomes, including AI-enabled improvements and cross-channel activation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.
• 10+ years of B2B marketing experience, preferably within professional services or other consultative environments.
• Experience leading and developing marketing professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Strong strategic planning, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent content, messaging, and editorial leadership capabilities.
• Experience managing integrated marketing campaigns and measurable business outcomes.
• Strong proficiency in AI-enabled marketing tools and practices.
• Fluency in all areas of integrated campaigns including social media, paid media, webinars, events, content, web, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Industry Marketing team members.
• Establish performance expectations, operating rhythms, and quality standards.
• Ensure team priorities align with business priorities and available resources.
• Drive accountability for outcomes, not just activity.
• Build team capabilities in industry expertise, content development, campaign activation, stakeholder management, and AI-enabled ways of working.

Skills

Leadership

B2B Marketing

Strategic Planning

Stakeholder Influence

Content & Messaging

Campaign Management

AI-enabled Marketing

Integrated Campaigns

Industry Marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business/Communications

Job description

Job Description

Grant Thornton is seeking an Associate Director, Industry Marketing to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below. The Associate Director, Industry Marketing leads the Industry Marketing team and is accountable for the quality, integration, and business impact of the team's work. Acting as the strategic partner to the Head of Industries and industry leaders, this role translates industry priorities into a focused marketing agenda that strengthens Grant Thornton’s relevance with priority buyers and advances business growth.

Role Summary

The Associate Director serves as the senior day-to-day leader of Industry Marketing. This role aligns Heads of Industry, service line marketing leaders, and marketing enablement teams around shared priorities and ensures the team executes against those priorities with consistency and excellence.

The Associate Director is accountable for

• Team performance and development
• Prioritization and resource allocation
• Stakeholder engagement and confidence
• Content quality and industry relevance
• Integrated campaign execution
• Business outcomes and impact measurement

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Accountability

• Lead, coach, and develop Industry Marketing team members.
• Establish performance expectations, operating rhythms, and quality standards.
• Ensure team priorities align with business priorities and available resources.
• Drive accountability for outcomes, not just activity.
• Build team capabilities in industry expertise, content development, campaign activation, stakeholder management, and AI-enabled ways of working.

Strategic Partnership & Industry Leadership

• Serve as the primary marketing advisor to the Head of Industries, as well as individual leaders for industries within portfolio.
• Translate industry priorities into actionable marketing strategies and plans.
• Build trusted relationships with Heads of Industry and senior business stakeholders.
• Provide recommendations, insights, and performance updates that support decision-making.

Service Line Integration & Campaign Leadership

• Ensure industry audiences, insights, proof points, and content are integrated into appropriate campaigns.
• Lead strategy and planning for portfolio of industries across all channels including social media, paid media, web, webinars, events, etc., partnering with channel and enablement teams to execute.
• Partner closely with service line marketing leaders to strengthen industry relevance across integrated campaigns.
• Own a portfolio of priority industry campaigns and initiatives.
• Identify market opportunities that warrant focused industry-led activation.
• Assess and oversee strategy for industry-related events, working with field marketing and other teams to ensure maximum ROI.

Industry Content Strategy & Editorial Leadership

• Establish the industry content strategy and editorial roadmap across the Industry Marketing team.
• Ensure a consistent pipeline of thought leadership and industry-focused content, as well as refreshed messaging (ex: for web or paid media campaigns).
• Set quality standards for industry content, messaging, and activation.
• Guide Managers in developing differentiated, market-relevant content and assets that supports campaigns, events, sales enablement, and executive visibility.
• Ensure content is scalable, reusable, and aligned to firm priorities.

Operating Model & Governance

• Own portfolio prioritization and workload allocation across the team.
• Coordinate activities across marketing, industry, and enablement functions.
• Maintain visibility into plans, capacity, and outcomes through ClickUp.
• Continuously improve processes, templates, and ways of working.

Measurement & Impact

• Define success measures tied to business outcomes.
• Evaluate performance across campaigns, content, events, and industry initiatives.
• Use performance insights to optimize investments and priorities.
• Communicate the team's impact through concise, business-focused reporting.

AI-Enabled Ways of Working

• Promote AI adoption as a core capability of the Industry Marketing function.
• Establish standards for AI-enabled research, content development, planning, and workflow acceleration.
• Drive continuous improvement of AI-related practices and capabilities across the team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.
• 10+ years of B2B marketing experience, preferably within professional services or other consultative environments.
• Experience leading and developing marketing professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Strong strategic planning, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent content, messaging, and editorial leadership capabilities.
• Experience managing integrated marketing campaigns and measurable business outcomes.
• Strong proficiency in AI-enabled marketing tools and practices.
• Fluency in all areas of integrated campaigns including social media, paid media, webinars, events, content, web, etc.

The base salary range for this position is between $136,000 and $204,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

About Us

At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.

In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.

In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.

Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.

About The Team

The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:

• Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well‑being through work‑life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
• We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
• When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers

Benefits

We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits

• Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
• Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.

Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.

Additional Details

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