The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,300 health and wellness offices across 48 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working in partnership with independent practice owners and clinicians, the team is united by a single purpose: to prove that healthcare can be better and smarter for everyone. TAG provides a comprehensive suite of centralized business support services that power the impact of five consumer-facing businesses: Aspen Dental, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, WellNow Urgent Care, Chapter Aesthetic Studio, and AZPetVet. Each brand has access to a deep community of experts, tools and resources to grow their practices, and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality consumer healthcare experiences at scale. As a reflection of our continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Marketing team as Manager, Marketing Strategy to support the Aspen Dental brand.

　　We are adding a strategic planning professional to our Aspen Dental marketing team to support our growing priorities, initiatives, and commitments to the organization. We’re looking for an energetic, collaborative, organized professional who is familiar with strategic planning, marketing strategy and typical marketing programs and competencies to help us plan, manage and drive to completion high priority, strategic initiatives. This role will report to the Chief Marketing Officer and support the service line marketing team across general dentistry, hygiene, dentures, implants and clear aligners, working on multiple projects and initiatives across the Marketing organization.

　　The Manager, Marketing Strategy is a critical role serving as a strategic partner to the service line team and a liaison between various marketing teams and partners to manage the planning, process and execution of key strategic initiatives related to category and business growth and development. The manager oversees and manages projects through completion often managing multiple initiatives simultaneously. The manager is responsible for monitoring progress, keeping stakeholders informed and ensuring projects meet deadlines.

　　Essential Responsibilities

　　Support the strategic and operational planning process, partnering with the service line marketers and broader marketing team to develop short and long-term strategies, initiatives and investments required

　　Create structure and focus for broad, ambiguous ideas that the service line teams are exploring, analyze and bring forth recommendations for action in a timely manner

　　Develop detailed plans for key initiatives and support service line marketers to drive and execute on initiatives

　　Own and continuously improve team operating cadence (e.g., Weekly Business Review, Performance Meetings, Full Team Meetings, etc.)

　　Support leadership meetings by owning the planning, agenda, notes and action items

　　Provide support on key strategic initiatives across the team (e.g., research, analytics, modeling, expansion efforts, partnerships, etc.)

　　Drive team integration and collaboration through the establishment of tools and processes that maintain status and enable communication across the team, extending to key cross functional partners and agencies

　　Look across category and marketing initiatives and ‘connect the dots’, including identifying dependencies, barriers, and risks and working with stakeholders to solve

　　Plan, direct and coordinate initiatives to ensure on-time completions within budget –

　　Create and maintain effective initiative plans

　　Forecast deficiencies and unrealistic expectations while identifying solutions

　　Evaluate specifications to determine requirements necessary for success - Proactively handle project issues and/or risks

　　Develop presentations and updates for the Marketing leadership team

　　Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

　　Requirements/Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s Degree required. Marketing, Business Management, Communications, or related field preferred

　　5+ years of related experience

　　2-3 years of management consulting or strategy experience preferred

　　Demonstrated ability to create structure and process for large cross-functional teams

　　Detail-oriented with excellent organization and planning skills

　　Proven leadership skills, ability to interact with all levels of the organization and ability to influence without authority

　　Ability to look across functional teams and identify potential interdependencies and risks

　　Takes ownership and drives forward amidst ambiguity while also building relationships and alignment

　　Desire to be part of a growth-oriented team and culture

　　Positive and gritty attitude while establishing effective professional relationships

　　Experience running strategic / brand planning process a plus

　　Ability to ruthlessly prioritize in a time-crunched, fast-paced environment

　　Strong critical and creative thinking, problem structuring and strategic problem-solving skills

　　Excellent written and oral communication skills

　　Ability to manage multiple projects at once and operate in a high degree of ambiguity

　　Salary: $125-145k with bonus opportunity

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　　Salary: $125-145k with bonus opportunity