Senior Director Brand Strategy & Go-To-Market

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About the Role

Sitting within the Creative Strategy organization and reporting directly to the VP of Creative Strategy the Senior Director of Brand Strategy & GTM leads Verizons most ambitious enterprise-wide brand initiatives.

This role sits at the intersection of cultural strategy world-class creative craft and flawless operational execution. You will turn sharp cultural insights into compelling creative work while keeping the business connected to real-time performance and addition to driving external consumer initiatives you will oversee Employer Brand translating our core brand identity internally to position Verizon as a premier destination for top-tier talent.

A natural galvanizer you will bring clarity to complex matrixed environments rally executives behind a bold vision and cultivate high-stakes partnerships across sports music and pop culture.

What Youll Do

• Drive Enterprise Brand Architecture & Strategy: Set the vision and strategic direction for high-visibility brand initiatives across the entire Verizon ecosystem ensuring a unified brand voice that resonates with consumers business partners and employees alike.
• Transform Strategy into Industry-Leading Creative: Translate complex business objectives into emotionally resonant culturally connected advertising campaigns. Youll champion bold creative ideas from early concepting through production ensuring the work maintains an uncompromising bar for quality.
• Champion Employer Brand & Talent Attraction: Oversee the strategic positioning of Verizons internal brand. Develop compelling creative-led candidate and employee engagement campaigns that elevate Verizons reputation as an employer of choice to attract retain and inspire elite talent.
• Master Flawless Go-To-Market Execution: Own end-to-end launch mechanics across 360-degree channels including digital social retail PR experiential and internal platforms ensuring large-scale multi-million dollar campaigns land with operational precision on time and on budget.
• Galvanize Leaders & Build Alignment: Act as a trusted strategic connector for the Chief Marketing Officer and executive leadership team. You will navigate complex stakeholder landscapes to build conviction resolve friction and align diverse business units around a single cohesive campaign vision.
• Cultivate High-Stakes External Partnerships: Build and manage strategic relationships with major partners across sports music entertainment and agency networks. You will maximize the value of tentpole sponsorships by integrating emerging creators and cultural figures directly into our brand story.
• Connect Performance ROI & Continuous Optimization: Partner with analytics and media teams to design robust measurement frameworks. You will continuously track campaign performance translate data into actionable story-lines for executives and apply real-time creative optimizations to maximize business impact.
• Lead Inspire & Mentor: Nurture a high-performing team of strategists and marketers. You will foster an environment built on creative ambition accountability and empathy empowering your team to push creative boundaries while staying rooted in business objectives.

What Were Looking For

• 10 years of progressive leadership in brand strategy creative direction or integrated marketing within a top-tier creative agency culture-driven brand or media organization.
• 8 years managing high-visibility large-scale partnership activations (sports music entertainment or major cultural tentpoles).
• Cross-Functional Visionary: Demonstrated ability to bridge external marketing campaigns with internal employer branding to build a holistic 360-degree brand narrative.
• Executive Presence & Storytelling: Masterful communicator capable of synthesizing complex strategies into crisp persuasive narratives that inspire senior executives and cross-functional partners.
• Operational Excellence: Rigorous project management discipline with a proven track record of steering complex multi-channel initiatives through intricate corporate environments without losing momentum or craft.
• Relationship & Talent Management: A collaborative leader who builds authentic trust across internal units and external creative partners with a passion for mentoring rising talent.

Even Better If You Have

• Experience working inside a fast-paced matrixed creative org where speed and high-level craft coexist.
• Deep intuition for emerging cultural shifts digital formats and evolving social platforms.
• A background in employee value proposition (EVP) development or internal culture-building campaigns.

Where youll be working

In this hybrid role youll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical dental vision short and long term disability basic life insurance supplemental life insurance AD&D insurance identity theft protection pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition assistance plus other incentives weve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime shift differential holiday pay allowances etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year which grows with additional service. For part-timers your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the New York location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $190500.00 - $332000.00.

Required Experience:

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