Director, Mission & Brand Marketing (Home-Based)

Company: Susan G. Komen
Location: Schiller Park
Posted on: February 7, 2026

Job Description:

The physical location for the candidate selected must reside within the contiguous United States. Who We Are Susan G. Komen brings a 100% virtual working environment, and you can work anywhere within the U.S. We are a force united by a promise to end breast cancer forever. For over 40 years, weve led the way by funding groundbreaking research, community health initiatives and advocacy programs in local communities across the U.S. Susan G. Komen is the ONLY organization that addresses breast cancer on multiple fronts such as research, community health, outreach and public policy initiatives to make the biggest impact against this disease. Komen strives to have a culture of passionate, growth-minded professionals who thrive in a team environment and work collaboratively to inspire greatness in others! We take an ongoing approach to ensure open communication from all levels throughout the organization. It’s encouraged to give and receive feedback to ensure two-way accountability with a focus on continual improvement both personally and professionally! What you will be doing in the role of a Director, Mission and Brand Marketing The Director, Mission & Brand Marketing is a senior marketing leader responsible for driving integrated planning, audience insights, performance marketing strategy, and cross-channel campaign orchestration across Susan G. Komen’s marketing ecosystem with a focus on Mission and Brand marketing. Reporting to the VP, Brand Marketing & Partnerships, this role ensures that brand, mission, community, partnership, and digital marketing efforts work together cohesively to strengthen awareness, engagement, participation, and meaningful action among individuals, communities, and organizations. This role also serves as the key marketing partner for mission initiatives, ensuring mission priorities and program content are woven into integrated marketing plans and campaigns.The Director brings strong expertise in both brand marketing and performance marketing, balancing brand storytelling with measurable outcomes. The Director manages the Senior Manager, Program Marketing, responsible for mission marketing project management, plan development and partnership coordination. What you will bring to the table Integrated Marketing Strategy & Planning Partner with program teams to create strategic briefs / campaign frameworks to build cross-channel activation plans and monitor performance aligned with brand strategy, mission priorities, audience insights, and organizational goals. Create strategic briefs, campaign frameworks, and cross-channel activation plans blending brand-building and performance marketing. Support cross-channel orchestration to ensure marketing efforts across brand, mission, community/peer to peer, partnerships, digital, content, and communications teams are aligned and sequenced effectively. Ensure campaigns motivate individuals, communities, and organizations to engage and take meaningful action. Mission Integration & Program Marketing Lead development and implementation of marketing strategies and plans for mission initiatives (including research, education, advocacy and other) to drive impact and support overall brand and organizational goals. Provide strategic marketing guidance and integration of mission priorities, programs, and content into broader marketing plans. Ensure mission marketing strategies are audience-informed and aligned with broader marketing strategies and executed with excellence. Audience Insights, Segmentation & Journey Development Lead development of audience insights to inform messaging, creative direction, and channel mix. Build and maintain audience personas, profiles, and end-to-end supporter journeys. Partner with marketing and cross-functional teams to apply segmentation, targeting, and optimization strategies. Ensuring campaigns reflect the needs of both new and existing audiences. Cross-Functional Campaign Leadership Coordinate integrated campaigns across brand marketing, mission marketing, peer to peer/community, partnerships, content, communications, and digital teams. Lead integrated briefing, strategic alignment, and cross-functional planning processes. Ensure consistent messaging, sequencing, and creative direction across channels. Provide strategic guidance to creative, content, and channel owners based on audience needs and performance insights. Brand Activation & Messaging Alignment Ensure integrated plans align with Komen’s brand strategy, messaging pillars, and brand tone. Support development of messaging frameworks for brand initiatives, mission programs, peer to peer/community campaigns, and partnership activations. Maintain alignment with brand guidelines and ensure cohesive brand expression across all marketing outputs. Performance Marketing Strategy & Measurement Define performance marketing approaches and KPIs in partnership with channel owners across Komen Monitor campaign performance and identify opportunities for optimization Support test-and-learning strategies to enhance engagement, conversion, and retention. Translate insights into recommendations for future planning and execution. All other duties as assigned. We know you will have and be able to 7–10 years in integrated marketing, brand marketing, performance marketing, mission/program marketing, or related roles. Bachelor’s degree is required, in marketing, communications, business, or related field. Experience developing multi-channel campaigns that balance brand strategy with performance outcomes. Strong digital marketing background Strong background in audience insights, segmentation, and journey mapping. Experience influencing and collaborating across brands, content, mission, community, digital, and partnership teams. Experience overseeing SEO best practices preferred. Possible travel to mission events - up to 15%. So, whats in it for you? Komen believes in the importance of taking care of our employees so that in turn they can be committed to supporting our critical mission to support those impacted by breast cancer and to help find cures. Approximate annual salary of $102,000 - $145,000, exact compensation ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job level, internal equity and budget. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidates skills, experience and geographic location. Additionally, this is what Komen provides away from the computer: Health, dental, vision and a retirement plan with a 6% employer match Unlimited Flexible Paid Time Off plus scheduled holidays Flexible work arrangement in a fully remote working environment Bi-weekly work from home stipend Parental leave Tuition Reimbursement A culture of learning and development And so much more! Komen provides a remote and/or home-based working environment for all active employees. Komen defines remote as the ability to work from any physical location within the U.S. where an employee can perform specified work duties without disruption or distraction. Komen defines home-based roles as positions that are required to reside in a specific market. Work schedules for both remote and home based are determined by the organizational needs of each department. Susan G. Komen is fair and equal in all its employment practices for people without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation. Additionally, we embrace Diverse Teams & Perspective, and we find strength in the diversity of cultural backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. The physical location for the candidate selected must remain within the contiguous United States. In the event a move is expected to occur by the candidate selected, it must be pre-approved by Komens HR team prior to the move.

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