Gap report · Sample

Marketing Manager→ Director of Growth Marketing

Here's what we read from your resume — correct anything we got wrong.

  • Manager level
  • Demand generation
  • Paid media
  • Marketing analytics
  • A/B testing
  • Team leadership

You're 62% ready today

+13% possible from resume fixes alone

You're closer than your resume says.

Jump to your plan ↓

Based on typical requirements for this role

The bottom line

You're a stronger director candidate than your resume currently argues. The core of the role — building demand programs, running experiments, managing a meaningful budget — is work you've already done at Northwind, and your numbers are good. What's missing is mostly altitude: this role asks for someone who sets strategy across channels, owns a revenue number alongside sales, and grows a team, while your resume reads like a strong executor with two direct reports. Close the evidence gaps first; they're an afternoon of rewriting and worth 13 points. Then spend the next two quarters deliberately collecting scope: the multi-channel budget, the forecast conversation, the next hire. The one true skill gap worth studying is attribution and forecasting depth. Nothing here requires a degree.

At a glance

What you already bring14

Designing and running the programs that create qualified pipeline — campaigns, channels, and offers working as one system.

Backed by:

Led demand generation at Northwind Software: grew MQLs 64% YoY.

+9 more requirements covered

Your gaps

Evidence

You likely have this — your resume just doesn't show it.

Framing your work in pipeline and revenue terms, not lead-volume terms.

  • Rewrite your Northwind bullets to carry metrics through to pipeline or revenue influenced

    Self · 1 afternoon · $0FREE

    You almost certainly know these numbers or can pull them from Salesforce.

Suggested resume language — only if true:

  • Only if true: 'Grew marketing-sourced pipeline $X YoY by scaling demand programs across paid search, social, and ABM.'
  • Only if true: 'Owned lead-to-opportunity conversion reporting with sales, lifting MQL-to-SQL rate X%.'
Experience

Closable on the job, not in a classroom.

Skill

Genuinely new material worth studying.

Credential

Named requirements — with an honest verdict on worth.

Start here

  1. 1Rewrite six resume bullets to carry revenue, ABM, and cross-functional framingOne afternoon of work, +13 readiness points
  2. 2Ask for the cross-channel budget proposal this quarterThe single scope gap that separates manager from director
  3. 3Start the attribution track (GA4 cert first)Your only true study-required gap, and it's interview-critical

Your plan

Now–3 months

  • Rewrite resume bullets (revenue, ABM, cross-functional)

    Closes: All three evidence gaps · 1 afternoon

  • Complete GA4 certification

    Closes: Attribution and forecasting depth · 1–2 weeks

  • Pitch ownership of the cross-channel budget proposal

    Closes: Multi-channel budget ownership · Ongoing

3–6 months

  • Finish the applied attribution course and write the comparison memo

    Closes: Attribution and forecasting depth · 4–6 weeks

  • Lead the next marketing hire end-to-end

    Closes: Hiring and growing a team · 1 quarter

  • Run the quarterly channel-mix review

    Closes: Multi-channel budget ownership · Recurring

6–12 months

  • Package the director case: scope owned, numbers moved, team grown

    Closes: Positioning · 1 week

  • Target internal promotion or begin external applications

    Closes: · Ongoing

  • Re-run your updated resume through AuditMyResume and compare scores

    Closes: Verification · 2 minutes

Do the first column and re-run your resume here — your readiness score should jump.