512: Finding and Winning Your Next CMO Role

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges of finding and securing a CMO role in a competitive job market.

A tough CMO job search can mess with your confidence fast. The search runs longer than expected. A role looks right on paper, then gets murkier as the conversations unfold. The company says it wants growth, but the real issue may be churn, product, or a CEO still figuring out what kind of marketing leader the business needs. That ' s what makes this market hard. You are not only trying to tell a strong story about yourself. You are also trying to judge whether the opportunity in front of you is one you can win in. Executive recruiter Erica Seidel , founder of The Connective Good , has a front-row seat to how CMO hiring is working right now. In her conversation with Drew, she gets into what CEOs say they want versus what they are really hiring for, how to frame your story when growth is hard to prove, and how to spot the signals that a role may be shakier than it first appears. What You'll Take Away : Why every hire is a set of tradeoffs and how to position yourself What CEOs mean when they ask for a "growth partner" Why business context matters as much as headline results How AI fluency is showing up in CMO hiring How to shape your story before others define your narrative…

People in this episode

Host: Drew

Topics covered

• CMO job search
• marketing leadership
• career development

Keywords

• confidence
• job search
• growth
• churn
• product

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