The CMO’s Role In Elevating Marketing Operations As A Strategic Function

A positive symbiosis between the B2B CMO and their marketing operations team ensures a critical benefit: company growth. When the CMO and the marketing operations leader are fully aligned, marketing can fully demonstrate its value to the business. To achieve this, CMOs must organize marketing operations to provide its traditional support to the wider marketing team while elevating it as the crucial link between marketing, other operations teams, and business and marketing planning and strategy. This report outlines four ways CMOs can elevate marketing operations, best practices for supporting each method, and some common pitfalls to avoid.