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Director of Marketing jobs: 1,481 open roles, pay, industries and skills

1,481 open Director of Marketing jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Marketing Director, Director, Marketing, Senior Director of Marketing, Global Director of Marketing, Regional Director of Marketing. Listings that state pay show a median of $190,000 a year.

The market for Director of Marketing work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Director of Marketing jobs
1,481

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$190,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (256)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (36%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
42%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
27%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a Director of Marketing does

Director role in Marketing.

A director of marketing leads a team inside the function and answers for brand, demand generation and the marketing budget.

Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • Director of Marketing
  • Marketing Director
  • Director, Marketing
  • Senior Director of Marketing
  • Global Director of Marketing
  • Regional Director of Marketing
  • Director of Growth
  • Director of Demand Generation

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Director of Marketing jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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Director of Marketing salary

From 498 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$157,500
Median
$190,000
Upper quarter
$226,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Director of Marketing jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Director of Marketing jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Director of Marketing jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 757 Director of Marketing listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in Director of Marketing listings

  1. 1. demand generation32%
  2. 2. go-to-market31%
  3. 3. crm18%
  4. 4. brand strategy17%
  5. 5. salesforce13%
  6. 6. project management10%
  7. 7. seo9%
  8. 8. forecasting9%
  9. 9. cross-functional leadership9%
  10. 10. content strategy8%

Across all Marketing openings

  1. 1. go-to-market5%
  2. 2. project management5%
  3. 3. demand generation4%
  4. 4. crm3%
  5. 5. brand strategy2%
  6. 6. excel2%
  7. 7. logistics2%
  8. 8. salesforce2%
  9. 9. onboarding2%
  10. 10. content strategy2%

AI skills for Director of Marketing jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

27% of 694 open Director of Marketing listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 6% of all Marketing openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work16%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation9%
  3. 3. LLM application engineering4%
  4. 4. AI governance and risk4%
  5. 5. AI adoption and change management3%
  6. 6. AI strategy and use cases2%

Do AI skills change director of marketing pay?

For Marketing roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of marketing alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Marketing listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +11.2% (about $16.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$172,000
median, from 843 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$136,500
median, from 661 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Job titles under Director of Marketing

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Employers hiring for Director of Marketing roles

  • Lifespace Communities 23
  • Publicis Groupe 10
  • Grant Thornton 7
  • Microsoft 7
  • Veeva Systems 7
  • Navion Senior Living 6
  • Gilead Sciences 6
  • Macy's 6
  • Procter & Gamble 6
  • Border Bank 5
  • Disc Medicine 5
  • Rolling Green Village 5

Director of Marketing questions

What does a Director of Marketing do?
A director of marketing leads a team inside the function and answers for brand, demand generation and the marketing budget. Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
What else is a Director of Marketing called?
The same job is also written Marketing Director, Director, Marketing, Senior Director of Marketing, Global Director of Marketing, Regional Director of Marketing, Director of Growth, Director of Demand Generation.
How many Director of Marketing jobs are open?
1,481 verified open Director of Marketing jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Director of Marketing make?
Among 498 open Director of Marketing listings that state pay, the median is $190,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $157,500 and $226,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Director of Marketing jobs?
California (256), New York (247), Texas (118), Massachusetts (101) have the most open Director of Marketing listings. About 42% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a Director of Marketing the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, Washington has the highest median at $225,500.
Which industries hire for Director of Marketing roles?
Technology & Software (36%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (11%), Pharmaceuticals & Biotech (10%), Media & Entertainment (9%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do Director of Marketing jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Director of Marketing listings are demand generation, go-to-market, crm, brand strategy, salesforce.
Do Director of Marketing jobs ask for AI skills?
27% of 694 open Director of Marketing listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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