Company Overview

Our client is a results-driven digital marketing agency with over 250 in-house marketing experts, managing paid search and achieving millions of page-one rankings for 1,000+ clients across B2B, B2C, industrial, home services, and eCommerce sectors. Backed by private equity, the agency is scaling its paid media business while maintaining a strong SEO foundation, adapting to AI and evolving search behaviors. The company has a collaborative, remote-first, Midwest-rooted culture aligned with growth ambitions.

Position Overview

Reporting to the CEO and serving on the Executive Leadership Team, the SVP Product & Innovation will own service line innovation and delivery standards across Paid Media, SEO, UX, and Email, with an emphasis on scaling Paid Media services. This leader will define and implement best-in-class delivery, translate industry best practices into operational playbooks, and drive differentiation for the agency in the mid-market digital space while leading through influence.

Position Responsibilities

• Evolve service offerings across Paid Media, SEO, UX, and Email using AI and market trends.
• Develop and publish thought leadership content and represent the agency at conferences and in publications.
• Participate in key new business pitches, providing strategic and tactical leadership.
• Serve as executive sponsor for top client relationships, ensuring delivery excellence.
• Build and maintain platform partnerships, managing incentive programs where applicable.
• Partner with the talent team to deliver advanced internal training.
• Collaborate with Directors across departments to align innovation with delivery.
• Contribute to business strategy and product evolution as part of the ELT.

Position Qualifications

• 10+ years of agency-side performance marketing experience, with deep Paid Search and Paid Social expertise.
• Senior leadership experience within agencies of 250+ employees, ideally in performance-focused environments.
• Ability to drive innovation and change through influence.
• Recognized industry presence (publications, speaking engagements, or contributions).
• Ability to anticipate market shifts and translate them into actionable strategies.
• Strong presentation skills for internal and client audiences.
• Experience managing executive-level client relationships with a high retention and upsell track record.

What They Offer

• Strategic leadership in a high-growth, private equity-backed agency.
• Opportunity to shape mid-market agency service delivery and innovation.
• Remote-first, collaborative culture with growth-focused leadership.
• Competitive compensation including base, bonus, and growth incentives.

Talentfoot Overview

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in securing forward-thinking leaders across marketing, sales, eCommerce, product, data, and technology functions with a track record of accelerating growth and profitability. Since 2010, we have partnered with over 2,500 companies with a 98% customer success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com.

Apply Today

If you are a proven product and innovation leader eager to define service excellence in a high-growth digital agency environment, apply today to join this organization in shaping its next stage of growth.