Demand Generation Manager

Canals

$90K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in demand generation or growth marketing, ideally in a B2B SaaS early-stage startup.
  • Expertise in multi-channel marketing including email, search, social, and retargeting.
  • Proven ability to create data-driven campaigns that drive lead and pipeline growth.
  • Analytical mindset with a strong emphasis on testing and iterating strategies.
  • Exceptional writing and communication skills.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and manage tasks.
  • Collaborative team player, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute outbound campaigns linked to intent signals and lifecycle marketing.
  • Plan and scale paid search and social campaigns to achieve measurable growth.
  • Identify and manage advertising opportunities with industry associations and publications.
  • Evaluate and test new platforms and unique channels, such as billboards and direct mail.
  • Establish nurture programs for each stage of the marketing funnel.
  • Collaborate with Sales for a smooth transition and templated outreach sequences.
  • Create tailored and compelling copy aligned with messaging and audience personas.
  • Manage day-to-day campaign operations, including budgets and timelines.

Benefits

  • Profitable company providing stability without the chaos of venture capital.
  • Opportunity to make a real-world impact in global supply chains.
  • Strong engineering culture focused on quality and documentation.
  • Ownership culture prioritizing quality while accelerating execution.
  • Flexible, remote-first work environment across North and South America.
  • Strong product-market fit with a loyal customer base.
  • Diverse team with an emphasis on collaboration and learning opportunities.
Full Job Description
About Canals

Canals is a fully remote, profitable startup transforming the industrial supply chain ($10T industry) with AI. Our platform seamlessly integrates with the systems distributors already use, automating tedious tasks and reducing failure points in moving physical goods across the globe.

We're a 70-person team (~45 in engineering), located across North and South America.
The Role

As an early member of the Marketing team, you'll lead multi-channel demand generation campaigns to drive both new logo pipeline and cross-sells. We've only just begun to run paid media and email campaigns, so there is plenty of opportunity for growth on existing and new channels.

This role is strategically important in ensuring Canals stays top-of-mind to our target audience year-round, beyond key in-person moments.The ideal candidate combines tactical execution with creativity and strategic thinking to help us break through to them. If you love testing, iterating and experimenting to drive measurable results, this could be the role for you.
What You'll Do
  • Develop and implement outbound campaigns tied to intent signals, internal initiatives, and lifecycle marketing programs
  • Plan, launch, and scale paid search and social campaigns to deliver measurable growth and support ABM initiatives
  • Identify, vet and manage advertising and content syndication opportunities with industry associations and publications that reach our target audience
  • Evaluate and test emerging platforms and additional channels, such as billboards and direct mail
  • Set up nurture programs for every stage of the funnel to create and accelerate pipeline
  • Partner with Sales to ensure seamless land handoff and create templated sequences for outreach and follow-up
  • Create compelling copy and creative, aligning to established messaging, tailoring based on persona, and personalizing at scale
  • Build and maintain campaign landing pages
  • Develop and track a structured testing roadmap across creative, audiences, placements, messaging, and offers
  • Measure, analyze, and report on campaign performance with a focus on ROI, using insights to iterate and improve results and sharing learnings with the broader team
  • Manage day-to-day operations of campaigns from start to finish, including budgets, timelines, and deliverables
  • Manage agencies and outside resources to achieve goals
What You'll Bring
  • Typically, 4+ years of experience in demand generation, growth marketing, campaign management or a related field, preferably at a B2B SaaS early-stage startup
  • Demonstrated expertise in multi-channel programs, including email, search, social, display, and retargeting
  • Proven track record of driving lead and pipeline growth through creative, data-driven campaigns.
  • Analytical, test-and-learn mindset with a bias for action
  • Superb writing and communication skills
  • Self-motivated and proactive - someone who gets things done without hand-holding
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Why Join Canals
  • We're profitable: stability without the chaos of venture pivots.
  • Real-world impact: your work improves global supply chains, saving customers time and reducing waste.
  • Strong engineering culture: we invest in quality and documentation to keep moving fast sustainably.
  • Culture of ownership: moving fast while putting quality first
  • Remote-first, flexible work environment across North and South America.
  • Stellar product-market fit with tons of customer love
  • All star team with diverse backgrounds to collaborate with and learn from

Canals.ai is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with our principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age.

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