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Tara Cleary-Gaillard

Rockville Centre,NY

Summary

Growth-oriented Manager of Strategic Accounts with 10+ years of marketing and marketing technology experience. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of senior-level and C-suite stakeholders to achieve or exceed strategic objectives. Collaborative leader dedicated to partnering with colleagues & clients (internal & external) to promote an engaged, empowering work culture, while driving positive business outcomes.


Seeking a Director of Marketing role that combines my Marketing Strategy and MarTech expertise.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager, Strategic Accounts

Simon Data
01.2022 - Current
  • Simon Data is a SaaS provider offering a suite of solutions alongside our flagship Customer Data Platform (CDP)
  • Manage and grow a niche strategic portfolio of Fortune 500 Enterprise clients with ARR of over $4 million.
  • Grow book of business by over 10% half over half by identifying strategic upsell and cross-sell opportunities to increasing client ROI 10x or more
  • Present Quarterly Executive Business Reviews to C-level stakeholders including CMOs, CTOs, COOs, and CEOs.
  • Mentor and manage technical support staff to enable more productive workflow and promote career development.
  • Cultivate deep, trusted-advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders and decision makers; serving as thought partner and strategic advisor, enabling innovative cross and omni-channel use cases across the customer lifecycle: loyalty, retention, acquisition, etc.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, product & finance to unlock client value.
  • Project manage client CDP implementations, integrations, and delivery of strategic advisory and data science engagements.
  • Lead bi-weekly sprint meetings with clients.
  • Coordinate & activate internal resources to develop and deliver on complex client solutions throughout data and marketing workflow.

Senior National Account Executive

IRIS Software
07.2021 - 01.2022
  • Managed, supported and grew business relationships with existing accounts and developed strategies to increase sales and revenue.
  • Managed end-to-end SaaS sales cycle targeting CPAs and Accountants achieving top 30% sales performance within 90-day on-boarding.
  • Presented software demos to senior-level and leadership prospects.
  • Closed new business with over 25 new logos

Management Consultant: Marketing

The Market Foundry
02.2019 - 06.2021
  • Provided strategic advisory services to CEOs, CMOs and executive leadership. Industries included: E-commerce, Adtech, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Travel & Hospitality, Entertainment
  • Researched, wrote and implemented strategic marketing plans focused on Lifecycle Marketing, Growth Marketing, Loyalty Strategy, Referral Marketing, Branding, Customer Experience, Omnichannel and Cross-channel marketing and Customer 360
  • Client results included: 20% increase in annual sales, 15+% lift, 5x ROI, 10% increase in LTV
  • Sourced and implemented CRM software and Email Marketing solutions
  • Advised clients on marketing operations best practices leading to workflow efficiencies

Director of Marketing and Operations

Univest Capital (formerly Lance Leasing)
11.2015 - 02.2019
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop sales and marketing strategies and increase adoption of technology solutions.
  • Recruited and onboarded administrative staff.
  • Created marketing collateral. Designed and executed digital email marketing campaigns.
  • Researched and procured sales tracking and CRM software, FreshSales.
  • Identified benchmarks and KPI’s to measure sales volume, revenue, conversion rates, etc.
  • Created and nurtured lead pipeline via tradeshows and conferences.
  • Cultivated relationships with key contacts at banks, vendors and healthcare providers to facilitate funding process.

Education

MBA - International Business

George Washington University, The
Washington, DC

MA - International Affairs

George Washington University, The
Washington, DC

BA - Psychology

Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY

Diplôme de Langue - French

Alliance Francaise
Paris, France

Skills

  • Marketing Strategy
  • Campaign management
  • Strategic planning
  • Lifecycle Marketing
  • Customer Experience
  • Customer Data Platform
  • Mentoring, Training and Development
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Project Management

Software

Google Suite

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Gainsight

Hubspot

Salesforce

Tableau

SQL

Jira

Zendesk

Metabase

Timely

Calendly

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
French
Full Professional
Spanish
Elementary

Certification

  • SQL Bootcamp
  • Diplome de Langue: French
  • Javascript Bootcamp Prep

Timeline

Manager, Strategic Accounts

Simon Data
01.2022 - Current

Senior National Account Executive

IRIS Software
07.2021 - 01.2022

Management Consultant: Marketing

The Market Foundry
02.2019 - 06.2021

Director of Marketing and Operations

Univest Capital (formerly Lance Leasing)
11.2015 - 02.2019

MBA - International Business

George Washington University, The

MA - International Affairs

George Washington University, The

BA - Psychology

Ithaca College

Diplôme de Langue - French

Alliance Francaise
Tara Cleary-Gaillard