Head of Demand Generation

Asana Asana · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Marketing

Head of Demand Generation at Asana, responsible for owning the global pipeline engine and demand programs across enterprise and commercial segments. This role will translate Asana's agentic positioning into campaigns that generate pipeline and accelerate revenue, manage a team, and partner with various marketing functions. The role requires an AI-first approach to demand generation workflows, utilizing automation for campaign launches, optimization, content personalization, and reporting. Experience with ABM platforms, GTM tools, and leading a demand generation team is essential. The company is a leader in human + AI collaboration.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and own Asana's global demand generation strategy for corporate and enterprise segments, setting and tracking marketing-sourced pipeline targets, MQLs, SQOs, conversion rates, and campaign ROI.
  2. Architect integrated multi-channel programs that move buyers from problem identification to purchase, with a particular focus on enterprise buying committees such as CIOs, COOs, Heads of IT, and Ops leaders.
  3. Build and operate always-on demand programs alongside campaign-specific bursts for product launches, vertical pushes, and key buying seasons.
  4. Partner with content and PMM to ensure campaigns are anchored in differentiated messaging across Asana's core GTM pillars (Operations, Marketing, IT/AI, and Agencies).
  5. Lead the ABM strategy targeting Asana's highest-priority accounts, deploying intent-driven ABM platforms and partnering with paid media to optimize account penetration and pipeline velocity.

Skills

Required

  • Extensive experience in B2B demand generation
  • Proven track record in enterprise SaaS owning marketing-sourced pipeline targets
  • Proven capability in building or materially scaling a demand generation function
  • Deep hands-on expertise with ABM platforms (such as 6sense or Demandbase)
  • Executing programs against multi-stakeholder buying committees with long sales cycles
  • High technical and analytical proficiency with GTM tools such as Marketo, Salesforce, and BI/attribution tools (e.g., Tableau)
  • Data-driven decision-maker fluent in MQL-to-SQO conversion, pipeline velocity, and multi-touch attribution
  • Strong ability to build performance-based business cases
  • Experienced people leader
  • Thrives as a cross-functional collaborator
  • Aligning diverse global stakeholders around shared pipeline goals without introducing bureaucracy
  • Strategic thinker
  • Experience marketing a comprehensive platform or operating layer rather than a standalone point solution

Nice to have

  • Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-first approach to demand generation workflows
  • Asana's new agentic positioning
  • AI agents change enterprise buying behavior