Growth & Marketing Integration Director

Grant Thornton (US); Edison (NJ); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Growth & Marketing Lead, Integration (Director) to join our team. This leader acts as the strategic coordinator for integrating global platform firms into Grant Thornton's GTM and marketing operating model, aligning workstreams into one phased plan and ensuring clean transitions from integration to BAU.

Reporting to the Global GTM Operations & Modernization Director, this role guides decision-making, manages dependencies, and drives cost-effective governance across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Technology, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in go-to-market strategy, marketing operations, business integration, M&A execution, transformation, or related leadership roles within professional services or B2B environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-workstream integrations or transformations and coordinating specialized functional teams within a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong GTM and marketing experience, with an understanding of how brand, creative, sales enablement, proposals, marketing operations, CRM, reporting, analytics, and digital capabilities connect within an integrated operating model.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single accountable owner and strategic coordinator for global platform-firm integration across GTM and marketing, maintaining an integrated view of scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, decisions, risks, financials, and BAU handoffs.
• Lead and align the GTM and marketing integration capability leads across Brand & Marketing, Creative, Sales & Marketing Collateral, Proposal Services, Marketing Operations, Reporting & Insights, and related workstreams.
• Partner closely with CRM integration resources to align milestones, data requirements, technology dependencies, risks, and go-live decisions.
• Translate priorities into executable, phased integration plans with clear outcomes, decision points, dependencies, and completion criteria.
• Leverage the Marketing Operations integration team as the coordination layer across workstreams, ensuring program management, change management, and reporting.
• Build and manage cross-workstream operating rhythm with planning sessions, reviews, and escalation mechanisms.
• Identify cross-workstream gaps, sequencing conflicts, capacity constraints, and emerging risks; translate issues into viable options and actions.
• Manage integration activities against capacity and priorities, making decisions on scope, sequencing, resourcing, and trade-offs.
• Oversee budgets, forecasts, actuals, and cost reporting in collaboration with Finance and the IMO.
• Maintain strategic understanding of GTM and marketing tech landscape and transition implications across acquisitions.
• Establish and improve integration playbooks, governance standards, and scalable approaches.
• Prepare executive materials and drive clean transition into BAU ownership with clear handoffs.

Skills

GTM strategy

Marketing operations

Business integration

M&A execution

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Budgeting & governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Marketing / Finance

MBA preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Marketing automation tools

ClickUp

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Growth & Marketing Lead, Integration (Director) to join our team. This leader acts as the strategic coordinator for integrating global platform firms into Grant Thornton's GTM and marketing operating model, aligning workstreams into one phased plan and ensuring clean transitions from integration to BAU.

Reporting to the Global GTM Operations & Modernization Director, this role guides decision-making, manages dependencies, and drives cost-effective governance across