demand generation and growth marketing
What counts as an achievement for a demand generation manager on LinkedIn
An achievement for a demand generation manager is pipeline or revenue generated, divided by the budget that produced it.
- they screen on
- pipeline generated, CAC, conversion rate, channel mix
- the decision
- They are deciding whether you spend money efficiently, so they want the numerator and the denominator.
- questions below
- 5
duty line
Responsible for managing paid channels and generating leads for the sales team.
no pipeline generated, no budget, no cost per acquisition
achievement line
Generated $6.8m in pipeline on a $740k budget, taking cost per opportunity from $1,900 to $1,150.
Same demand generation manager, same career. The difference is that somebody asked for the numbers.
The 5 questions that produce those numbers
These are the questions a recruiter screening growth marketing recruiters asks on a call. Answer them on paper and your profile writes itself.
the question
why it is asked
unit
1
How much pipeline or how many qualified leads did you generate, and over what period?
demand gen is judged on pipeline, not on impressions
currency or count, plus period
2
What budget did you control?
pipeline without a spend number is unreadable
currency
3
What was cost per lead, CAC or ROAS, and did you improve it?
efficiency is what a growth recruiter actually screens on
currency or ratio
4
Which conversion rate did you move, from what to what?
a rate with two ends is proof; a rate with one end is not
% before and after
5
Which channels did you own, and which one did you scale the most?
they hire for the channel, not for the title
channel names
Write your answer to each one down. A figure you cannot remember exactly is still better as a range than as a duty.
Why a demand generation manager’s profile ends up with none of these numbers in it
You reported pipeline and spend to somebody every month. That report is your profile, and you never copied it across.
A grader cannot fix this. It can only reword the lines already on the page, and those lines are the problem — there is no pipeline generated figure in them for it to find. The numbers were never written down, so they have to be asked for.
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