Interim Growth Marketing Manager
Location: Remote (East Coast preferred); occasional travel to the Boston area is a plus
Duration: 3-6 months+
Hours: Full-time preferred, though fractional hours may be considered for highly experienced consultants
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing life sciences startup focused on enabling innovation within scientific research and discovery. With a global footprint and approximately 200 employees, the organization is entering its next phase of growth and is investing in marketing leadership to help scale demand generation, operational excellence, and commercial effectiveness.
Position Overview
The Interim Growth Marketing Manager will play a critical leadership role within the marketing organization, serving as the strategic bridge between marketing leadership and the broader marketing team. The organization has strong execution capabilities in place but is seeking a seasoned marketing professional who can bring greater strategic direction, operational discipline, and performance optimization across the full marketing funnel.
This individual will own CRM and lead management strategy, evaluate funnel performance, identify operational bottlenecks, and drive improvements that increase marketing effectiveness and business impact. The ideal candidate combines growth marketing expertise with strong analytical skills and experience building scalable marketing processes.
Experience within life sciences, scientific instruments, CROs, or founder-led scientific organizations is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead growth marketing strategy across the customer acquisition and lead generation funnel.
- Assess and optimize CRM, lead management, and marketing-to-sales handoff processes.
- Analyze funnel performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve conversion rates and campaign effectiveness.
- Develop and implement scalable marketing processes, workflows, and operational improvements.
- Partner with marketing leadership to prioritize initiatives and align marketing efforts with business objectives.
- Provide guidance and leadership to marketing team members across digital marketing, content, and marketing operations.
- Establish dashboards, reporting frameworks, and KPIs to measure marketing performance.
- Identify root causes of performance issues and implement data-driven solutions.
- Support product and growth marketing initiatives that drive pipeline generation and customer engagement.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, Product Marketing, or Marketing Leadership roles.
- Strong marketing strategy background with demonstrated success improving funnel performance and business outcomes.
- Experience owning or implementing marketing processes, systems, and operational improvements.
- Deep understanding of CRM platforms, lead management, marketing operations, and performance analytics.
- Ability to step into a leadership capacity and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making.
- Experience evaluating marketing performance metrics and identifying opportunities for optimization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within life sciences, biotechnology, scientific instruments, CROs, research tools, or related industries.
- Background in highly structured, process-driven organizations known for operational excellence.
- Familiarity with root-cause analysis methodologies and continuous improvement practices.
- Experience serving as a strategic advisor to marketing leadership during periods of growth or transformation.
- High-potential marketing leaders ready to step into a broader strategic role are also encouraged to apply.
Ideal Consultant Profile
- Strategic thinker who can assess the current state and quickly identify opportunities for improvement.
- Comfortable balancing high-level strategy with hands-on operational execution.
- Skilled at aligning people, processes, data, and technology to drive measurable marketing outcomes.
- Able to operate effectively within a fast-paced startup environment while bringing the discipline of larger organizations.
- Strong communicator who can influence stakeholders and elevate the performance of an established marketing team.
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
