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Jacqueline Dennington

VP / Head of Growth | Fintech, Payments, B2B SaaS

๐Ÿ“ Hermosa Beach, CA

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Executive marketing leader with 12+ years of experience driving go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, and market expansion across fintech, payments, AI, blockchain, and B2B SaaS. Expert in product marketing, demand generation, and lifecycle strategy within regulated environments. Strong cross-functional leader accelerating adoption, improving conversion, and delivering measurable growth.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 200,000 โ€“ 275,000

Skills

Fintech / Payments9/10
Product Marketing9/10
Demand Generation9/10
B2B SaaS Marketing9/10
Go-to-Market Strategy9/10
Funnel Optimization (9/10)SEO / GEO / AEO (8/10)Affiliate Marketing (8/10)Customer Segmentation (8/10)Marketing Analytics & Attribution (8/10)Paid Media (8/10)Performance Marketing (8/10)Pipeline Development (8/10)Account-Based Marketing (ABM) (8/10)Lifecycle Marketing (8/10)Community-Led Growth (7/10)Brand Strategy (7/10)Blockchain / Web3 / Crypto (7/10)Revenue Operations (7/10)AI Product Marketing (7/10)

Work Experience

Sr. Director, Marketing

Glitch Financial & Taoshi

Dec 2024 โ€” Sept 2025

Led product marketing, growth, and go-to-market strategy across AI, blockchain, and crypto products. Accelerated lead volume 26% in 2 months, launched B2C trading platform scaling AUM to $500K during beta, drove community-led growth increasing organic audience 28% in 3 months, and directed full brand and website redesign.

Marketing Advisor

Santa Barbara Venture Partners

Jul 2023 โ€” Present

Advise portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy, demand generation, SEO/GEO/AEO, and scaling growth engines across SaaS brands.

VP of Marketing

Sila Money

Aug 2022 โ€” Apr 2023

Owned end-to-end marketing strategy and demand generation for a Series A fintech API platform. Doubled pipeline in 5 months, drove 1100% ARR growth in 7 months, improved MQL quality 46%, and directed website redesign increasing traffic 22% and conversions 8%.

VP of Marketing

Startpage

Jul 2019 โ€” May 2022

Architected global growth and performance marketing strategy across U.S. and European markets. Built multi-channel acquisition engine across search, affiliates, partnerships, and content. Developed marketing analytics infrastructure and KPI frameworks.

Director of Marketing

PeerStreet

Feb 2017 โ€” Jun 2018

Directed acquisition, lifecycle marketing, and analytics during high-growth phase. Contributed to scaling transaction volume from $300M to $1B in one year, reduced CAC 30%, and launched affiliate program increasing lead volume 20% in 6 months.

VP of Marketing

AssetAvenue

Feb 2016 โ€” Feb 2017

Built and scaled demand generation and performance marketing for a fintech lending platform. Drove 900%+ growth in leads and revenue, increased traffic 83%, applications 500%, and reduced CAC 42%.

Head of Marketing

MaestroDev

Feb 2015 โ€” Feb 2016

Operationalized demand generation, ABM, and product positioning in early-stage SaaS. Increased ARR 100% within 12 months, grew pipeline 35%, and improved MQL-to-SQL conversion 30%.

VP of Marketing

Saatchi Art

Apr 2014 โ€” May 2015

Orchestrated global growth and digital acquisition strategy. Increased traffic 46% to 1.2M monthly users, grew revenue 89% while reducing paid spend 86%, increased affiliate revenue 266%, and achieved 90 first-page SEO rankings.

Executive Director, Marketing

Edmunds

May 2010 โ€” Jan 2014

Managed $30M budget and drove 45% of $172M annual revenue. Delivered 700% revenue growth and 500% traffic growth. Built multi-channel acquisition engine and generated $8.5M in annual affiliate revenue.

Education

Pepperdine University

MBA

Arizona State University

BS ยท Marketing & Advertising