Vice President of Marketing – Cybersecurity & Compliance Services

About the opportunity

Our client, a growing provider of cybersecurity and compliance services, is appointing a Vice President of Marketing to lead the next stage of its growth.

Reporting to the CEO, this leader will help set business strategy, shape the go-to-market direction and build lasting marketing capability. You will be as effective in the boardroom with owners, investors and senior leadership as you are guiding your own team through change and stretching growth targets.

The ideal candidate knows how to build high-performing marketing teams, bring stakeholders together across a distributed organization, and position sophisticated security and compliance offerings in a crowded, competitive market.

Responsibilities

Growth strategy and market expansion

• Define and lead the marketing vision that underpins the company’s long-term growth plans.
• Spot new markets, customer segments, service opportunities and growth initiatives.
• Make marketing a central engine for pipeline, revenue growth, customer retention and market share.
• Turn company goals into go-to-market strategies that scale and build long-term enterprise value.

Executive leadership and business partnership

• Act as a trusted adviser to the CEO and the wider leadership team.
• Play an active role in company-wide planning, prioritization and strategic decisions.
• Build credibility and influence across a distributed, multi-location organization.
• Drive close alignment between Marketing, Sales, Delivery and Operations.
• Weigh competing demands while keeping the focus on company-level goals.

Team leadership

• Build, coach and grow a high-performing marketing team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop the next generation of marketing leaders and strengthen succession planning.
• Shape team structure, skills and resources around changing business priorities.

Security, compliance and industry expertise

• Lead the strategic marketing of security, compliance and risk management services.
• Make sure positioning reflects the real-world demands of regulation, governance and cybersecurity.
• Help the business communicate trust, assurance and security value to both executive and technical buyers.
• Be a strategic voice in markets shaped by common frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA, as well as emerging security requirements.

What success looks like

In the first 12 to 24 months, you will:

• Put in place a clear growth strategy tied to company goals.
• Strengthen the company’s standing as a recognized leader in its market.
• Build a marketing function that can scale with significant revenue growth.
• Grow marketing’s measurable contribution to revenue and enterprise value.
• Improve alignment between commercial, operational and leadership teams.
• Develop a resilient leadership bench that can sustain growth as the business expands.

What you bring

• 15+ years of progressive leadership in B2B marketing.
• A track record of leading marketing through periods of rapid growth and transformation.
• Proven success working with executive teams on corporate strategy and business planning.
• Strong experience building, coaching and leading distributed teams.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders across functions, cultures and regions.
• Background in cybersecurity, compliance, risk, enterprise technology, professional services or a related field.
• A solid grasp of executive buying cycles and complex B2B sales.
• Outstanding communication, leadership and organizational development skills.
• Experience in investor-backed, growth-stage or similarly performance-driven businesses is strongly preferred.