Patrick M.

B2B SaaS Marketing Leader | Demand Gen & Pipeline | Full-Funnel Strategy

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Marketing is a field that rewards curiosity as much as execution, which is exactly what drives me. I lead marketing and demand generation for a B2B SaaS company's Americas market: Building strategy, running campaigns end-to-end, owning the martech stack, producing content, executing events, and navigating a fast-moving, highly dynamic environment alongside other teams spread across time zones and continents. I've built the U.S. marketing function from the ground up, consistently growing year-over-year lead generation metrics and influenced pipeline. Along the way I've built a reputation as a trusted cross-functional partner across sales, customer success, and leadership. What keeps me sharp is a genuine commitment to continuous learning. This includes actively integrating AI technology from large language models to emerging agentic workflows into how I approach campaign ideation, content development, research and day-to-day pipeline-building motions. Marketing and technology move faster than most fields. This dynamic is part of what I thrive in. Based in Chicago.

Experience

  • Intershop Communications (8 yrs 10 mos)
    • Head of Marketing & Demand Gen., North America
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Leading North American marketing and go-to-market initiatives across demand generation, brand positioning, partner marketing, and strategic business development. My responsibilities span the full buyer journey, from market positioning and campaign strategy to executive events, partner ecosystems, and pipeline generation, collaborating closely with Sales, Product, Customer Success, and company leadership. Key areas include: - Pipeline generation across paid media, ABM, content, email, events, partnerships, and outbound channels - Leading Intershop’s North American market presence through industry events, advisory boards, analyst relations - Developing cross-functional GTM narratives around AI, B2B commerce, digital transformation, and platform selection - Managing strategic partnerships, co-marketing initiatives, and executive-level customer engagement - Supporting enterprise sales efforts through positioning, messaging, customer advocacy, and strategic account initiatives - Actively applying AI technology and agentic workflows to accelerate marketing execution, from content development and campaign ideation to research and process automation

    • Marketing Manager, North America
      May 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      With the foundation in place, the focus shifted to scaling it. Took full ownership of U.S. marketing operations, expanded scope to include inside sales support and business development activities, and began managing external resources and vendors. Grew year-over-year lead generation metrics while deepening cross-functional collaboration with Sales and leadership.

    • Marketing Manager - Expatriate
      Sep 2019 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Landed in Chicago with a clear mandate and no existing playbook. Built Intershop's Americas marketing function from the ground up: establishing processes, vendor relationships, and campaign infrastructure while integrating with a globally distributed team across time zones.

  • Internship Consulting & Market Intelligence Nielsen at Nielsen
    Jul 2017 - Sep 2017 · 3 mos

    Nielsen is one of the world's leading global measurement and data analytics companies, active in over 100 countries. As a consulting intern, I contributed to national and international client projects, developing marketing concepts, conducting KPI assessments, performing market analyses, and supporting acquisition presentations.

  • Internship Product Management & Marketing at Bauerfeind AG
    Apr 2017 - Jun 2017 · 3 mos

    Bauerfeind is a global medical device manufacturer specializing in orthopedic products, operating in over 20 countries. In this product marketing internship, I supported a product launch campaign from the ground up: coordinating materials, conducting competitive analyses, running customer research, and contributing to naming and concept development.