Marketing Director

KKR; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 259,000; Part time

Job summary

KKR in Carlsbad, CA seeks a Marketing Director to lead strategic marketing efforts on a part-time basis. You will craft messaging, manage attribution, and drive revenue through targeted outreach while working with a fast-moving team.

The role emphasizes relationship building, demo participation, and creating compelling sales collateral. You’ll influence budgets and mentor teammates without relocating from California.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate ability to report on attribution and channel ROI.
• Ability to open doors and build relationships in Carlsbad, CA.
• Experience crafting sales collateral and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Report on attribution and channel ROI to inform the budget cycle.
• Open doors in Carlsbad, CA that a director title alone can't.
• Sit in on demos and tighten the script after every loss.
• Represent KKR at trade shows, conferences, and local networking events.
• Create sales collateral, decks, and proposals that move prospects forward.

Skills

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Sales & marketing craft

Numbers ownership

Director-level judgment

Reliability

Job description

If you live for the thrill of closing deals and building relationships, this Marketing Director opening is built for you. At KKR, a part-time Marketing Director earns $178,000 - $259,000, owns meaningful projects, and grows with a team that ships fast.

Key Responsibilities

• Report on attribution and channel ROI to inform the $178,000 - $259,000 budget cycle
• Open doors in Carlsbad, CA that a director title alone can't
• Sit in on demos and tighten the script after every loss
• Represent KKR at trade shows, conferences, and local networking events
• Create sales collateral, decks, and proposals that move prospects forward

What You'll Bring

• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your sales marketing craft
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Director-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments

Plenty of firms claim to do sales marketing; KKR actually does it, and from Carlsbad no less, with a slow-to-anger stubbornness about quality. We'd rather coach an unfussy learner than babysit a brilliant jerk, every single time.

We start the conversation at $178,000 - $259,000 and end it with mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to grow without relocating from CA.

Right now in Carlsbad, the Marketing Director chair sits open and the door is unlocked.