Demand Generation Manager

GLORY

$80K — $100K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in B2B demand generation roles.
  • 1-3 years experience with AI optimization preferred.
  • Proficient in B2B campaign operations including list management and performance reporting.
  • Strong project management skills with experience using tools like Monday.com or Trello.
  • Excellent copywriting skills for digital marketing channels.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage external agencies effectively.
  • Knowledge of marketing technology including Eloqua and Sitecore XM Cloud.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute lead acquisition programs to increase MQL volume.
  • Collaborate with inside sales for effective campaign execution using AI tools.
  • Own lead generation across various channels ensuring strong call-to-action paths.
  • Optimize conversion processes through A/B testing and engagement strategies.
  • Drive lead progression, ensuring alignment on definitions and routing with sales.
  • Manage campaign operations ensuring timelines and quality control are met.
  • Develop automated workflows to enhance lead conversion efforts.

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan with company contributions and matching.
  • Comprehensive health insurance with multiple plan options.
  • 24/7 virtual doctor access through MDLive.
  • Dental and vision coverage included.
  • Flexible Spending Account options available.
  • Paid vacation and sick days, with increasing vacation hours over time.
  • Professional and education development assistance.
  • Adoption assistance and legal protection plans included.
  • Annual bonus opportunities and room for career advancement.
Full Job Description
Demand Generation Manager

Department: Marketing - Business Innovation

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: United States/Lisle, IL

Reporting To: VP, Marketing

Compensation: $80,307 - $100,383 / year

Description

We're looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Demand Generation Manager to join our growing team. This hybrid role is ideal for someone who thrives in top-of-funnel acquisition-building programs that drive awareness, capture new leads, and convert interest into marketing-qualified leads (MQLs). You'll partner closely with sales, inside sales, and marketing to launch always-on and campaign-based programs, optimize conversion across key entry points (ads, landing pages, forms, and email), and use AI and automation to increase performance, speed, and scale.

Location: This role supports Eastern and Central Time Zones, with a strong preference for candidates located in or near Chicago.

Key Responsibilities
• Plan and execute top-of-funnel acquisition programs that grow net-new leads and MQL volume across priority segments and personas.
• Work closely with inside sales to develop coordinated campaign and call efforts, leveraging AI tools to speed output and broaden reach.
• Own lead generation motions across key channels (e.g., paid search/social, webinars/virtual events, and email), ensuring clear offers, strong CTA paths, and clean lead capture.
• Optimize landing pages, forms, and conversion flows through A/B testing and AI-enabled creative/messaging variations to improve lead quality and cost per lead.
• Drive lead capture, qualification, and progression from inquiry to MQL/SQL, partnering with sales and sales administration on lead definitions, routing, and service-level agreements to improve lead quality and speed-to-lead.
• Own campaign operations and calendars across channels, ensuring visibility to customer facing teams, strong cross-functional execution, QA, and on-time delivery.
• Plan and build campaigns end-to-end, including segmentation, emails, landing pages/forms (as applicable), metadata tagging, nurture track development, and tracking setup.
• Develop and optimize automated workflows for email, event follow-up, and lead scoring to improve conversion and pipeline velocity.
• Partner with sales and product marketing to align messaging, improve conversion points, and create feedback loops that increase pipeline health and revenue impact.
• Leverage AI to accelerate campaign build cycles (e.g., audience and keyword insights, draft-to-variant content creation, and rapid personalization for email, social, landing pages, and event assets).
• Automate repeatable paid and web operations (e.g., UTM governance, pixel/tag QA, landing-page checks, audience refreshes, and performance dashboards) to reduce manual work and increase throughput.
• Design and govern experiments (A/B tests, holdouts, and creative/messaging tests) to quantify AI impact, establish guardrails, and ensure compliance with data privacy requirements and internal IS regulations.
• Monitor the AI tool landscape; evaluate fit for our stack, pilot high-value use cases, and recommend adoption or retirement to modernize marketing operations.
• Build and maintain target campaign lists using internal tools (e.g., ZoomInfo, OSC, Eloqua), augmented data, and purchased lists when available.
• Evaluate campaign performance by segment, persona, creative, and channel using Eloqua, social/paid analytics, and CRM data; synthesize insights that improve conversion and pipeline contribution.
• Review funnel performance monthly and adjust promotional strategy as needed. Maintain a reporting cadence for key metrics (e.g., lead conversions, deal creation, and win/loss analysis).
• Align stakeholders on demand generation priorities, trade-offs, and next steps, turning performance insights into clear decisions and actions.
• Align inside sales, sales, and marketing on target accounts, funnel stages, and follow-up motions to improve lead acceptance and conversion to opportunity.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Education Level:
• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or communications is required.
• MBA or MA in Integrated Marketing Communications a plus

Qualifications:
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a B2B demand generation role.
• Additional 1-3 years' experience in AI optimization a plus
• Experience managing segmented campaign operations, including list building/hygiene, campaign setup and QA, and performance reporting.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Proficiency executing and optimizing B2B demand generation across paid media, web, email, social, and virtual events, with measurable impact on lead and pipeline outcomes.
• Experience using generative AI to accelerate content development and personalization while maintaining quality, brand consistency, and compliance standards.
• Experience designing integrated programs and coordinating cross-channel plays with Sales and Inside Sales to improve alignment, handoffs, and pipeline creation.
• Project management skills, including managing timelines, priorities, and stakeholders across concurrent campaigns; proficiency with tools such as Monday.com, Trello, or Asana preferred.
• Proven copywriting and editing skills for ads, landing pages, and nurture/email communications.
• Demonstrated cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions and drive follow-through across Sales, Sales Operations, and Product Marketing.
• Experience managing external agencies, including briefs, SLAs, budgets, deliverables, and performance feedback.
• Working knowledge of marketing technology and web systems (marketing automation, CMS workflows, and basic HTML); experience with Eloqua and Sitecore XM Cloud preferred.

Job Benefits

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with Fidelity - 2.5% Base contribution paid toward your retirement by Glory even if you do not participate. Plus, Glory matches 3% up to 6% of your contribution
  • Health insurance - 3 medical plans to choose from. High, Medium and Low deductible through Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • MDLive - 24/7 Virtual Doctor plus a Nurse Line
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • FSA / Dependent Care
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • Basic Life insurance and AD&D - Company paid
  • Short Term Disability / Long Term Disability / Employee Assistance Program - Company paid
  • Paid Vacation - start with a prorated amount of hours your first year depending on start date. 80 vacation hours earning your first full year and vacation hours increase based on years of service
  • Paid Sick days based on City/State requirements
  • Paid Holidays - 9 to 11 days based on start date
  • Professional development assistance
  • Education assistance
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Legal and ID Theft plans
  • Annual Bonus opportunity
  • Opportunities for internal promotions/career advancement

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