Dow Jones

Director - Outbound Strategy & Enablement

Dow Jones$180K — $220K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in Growth Marketing, Sales Operations, Enablement, or Commercial Analytics in B2B SaaS or Price Reporting Agency (PRA) environments.
  • Proven success designing outbound sales campaigns and playbook architectures that secured enterprise logos.
  • Experience in market sizing and Total Addressable Market (TAM) modeling using corporate intelligence data for product launches.
  • Expertise in modern AI-driven prospecting and outbound tools.
  • Advanced proficiency with Salesforce and data tools like SQL, Excel, and Power BI/Tableau.

Responsibilities

  • Design intuitive outbound playbooks for New Business teams.
  • Integrate and train sales teams on AI tools to enhance pipeline creation.
  • Gather feedback to optimize software tools and remove sales cycle friction.
  • Align digital inbound strategies with outbound marketing to streamline user acquisition.
  • Conduct thorough TAM analysis to identify market penetration opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Product teams to validate new data sets commercially.
  • Run rapid A/B tests on outbound campaigns while tracking key metrics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement benefits with company matching.
  • Wellbeing initiatives to support employee health.
  • Diverse optional benefits to meet individual employee needs.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and execution-driven Director of Outbound Strategy & Enablement. In this commercially focused role, you will sit at the intersection of sales enablement, AI productivity, and market intelligence. Your mission is to scale our recurring revenue by identifying untapped market opportunities and optimizing outbound sales workflows. You will be responsible for validating new product ideas with commercial data and equipping our business development teams with frictionless, high-velocity playbooks.


Key Responsibilities

Commercial UX & Enablement Specialist (New Logos)

  • Design outbound playbooks: Map out and test intuitive, step-by-step outreach workflows that New Business teams can easily execute.
  • Deploy white-space AI tools: Audit, integrate, and train the sales team on cutting-edge AI productivity tools to accelerate pipeline creation.
  • Optimize tech stack UX: Actively gather feedback from front-line reps to identify when a software tool is too clunky or slow, systematically removing friction from the sales cycle.
  • Drive digital e-commerce adoption: Align digital inbound structures with outbound experiments to streamline user acquisition and sign-ups.

Market Intelligence & TAM Analyst

  • Map out total addressable market (TAM): Conduct exhaustive white-space analysis to define and structure our true market penetration potential.
  • Validate new products commercially: Work closely with the Product team to stress-test and provide revenue-focused validation for new data sets and solution ideas.
  • Hunt for growth targets: Proactively scour target industries and verticals to uncover entirely new solution opportunities and buyer personas.
  • Monitor churn trends: Track client usage drop-offs against market trends to pivot outbound messaging toward higher-retention customer profiles.



Reporting & Experimentation

  • Run rapid A/B tests: Launch and analyze weekly outbound campaigns to continuously iterate on copy, channels, and intent data sources.
  • Track core pipeline metrics: Measure and regularly report on funnel velocity, Marketing/Sales Qualified Leads (MQLs/SQLs), and overall campaign ROI.
  • Align cross-functional teams: Serve as the commercial link between Sales, Product, and Marketing to sync go-to-market execution.

Experience & Qualifications

Required Experience

  • Work history: 12+ years of experience in Growth Marketing, Sales Operations, Enablement, or Commercial Analytics within a B2B SaaS or Price Reporting Agency (PRA).
  • Execution track record: Proven experience designing outbound sales campaigns and playbook architectures that successfully landed new enterprise logos.
  • Market validation: Background in market sizing, TAM modelling, and utilizing corporate intelligence data to support product launches.

Technical Skills

  • AI & Productivity tools: Mastery of modern AI-driven prospecting, sequencing, and generative outbound tools.
  • CRM systems: Advanced proficiency with Salesforce for pipeline tracking, object management, and campaign attribution.
  • Data & BI platforms: Solid capabilities in SQL, Excel, and Power BI/Tableau to extract client usage insight and market mapping data.

Core Competencies

  • Ruthless experimenter: A data-driven mindset focused on rapid testing, failing fast, and doubling down on winning outreach angles.
  • Empathetic trainer: Ability to coach non-technical sales reps through complex tech updates with patience and clarity.
  • Commercial mindset: Deeply focused on connecting user workflows directly to predictable pipeline velocity and net revenue growth.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Energy

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Non-Union role

 

Base Pay Range: 180,000 - 220,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world?s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America?s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron?s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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