How do you redesign your marketing operating model to align with modern growth strategies—without blowing up your team or budget? In this episode of Growth Driver, we dive deep into one of the most overlooked yet mission-critical challenges facing B2B marketing and revenue leaders: marketing org transformation. Host John Common and guest Jen Ross examine why even the most hard-working and well-intentioned marketing teams are falling short—not because of effort, but because their org model wasn’t built for today’s fast-changing environment. The truth? Efficient growth starts not with more tactics, but with rethinking how your team is structured, enabled, and resourced to deliver cross-functional outcomes.

Jen and John walk through the signals that it's time to reevaluate your org—like skill gaps, bottlenecks, and constant fire drills—and lay out a smarter path forward. That means moving beyond reactive hiring, legacy structures, and blunt cost-cutting, and instead designing an operating model grounded in business goals, scalable capabilities, and true alignment across marketing, sales, and customer success. From pilot programs to new models like Marketing-as-a-Service, this conversation arms leaders with the tools to drive both agility and accountability across their revenue engine.

Jennifer Ross brings unmatched insight to this conversation, having advised hundreds of CMOs and now helping organizations execute marketing transformation from both the strategic and operational side. As Executive VP of Marketing Strategy at 2X, she knows firsthand how to operationalize marketing for impact—bridging the gap between strategy and execution. Whether your company is navigating flat budgets, new markets, or just trying to unlock better performance from your team, Jen shares how to think differently about your org—and how to lead meaningful, lasting change.

As an accomplished B2B Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Executive Advisor, Jennifer brings over three decades of expertise to the dynamic realm of business-to-business marketing. A trailblazer in innovative strategies, her journey is marked by an unwavering commitment to excellence and thought leadership, shaping transformative approaches in B2B marketing.

Jennifer is an influential author, thought leader, and sought-after keynote speaker on B2B marketing best practices. With a fervor for future-proofing marketing functions, she guides teams to navigate the ever-changing, complex B2B landscape.

As Fractional CMO and Executive Director of Marketing Strategy at 2X, Jennifer draws upon her extensive background to pinpoint the capabilities, competencies, strategies, and operating models essential for 2X and its valued customers. Her goal is to facilitate exceptional experiences that not only enhance customer value but also drive accelerated growth.

Jennifer's leadership extends to her tenure at Forrester (formerly SiriusDecisions), where she led the B2B CMO Service. In this global research and advisory firm, she and her team served as trusted personal advisors to leading global CMOs, offering actionable intelligence, transformative frameworks, and expert industry guidance. Their collaborative efforts empowered marketing, product, and sales leaders to align with precision, accelerate growth, and execute audience-centric go-to-market strategies.

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The reality for most B2B organizations is that go-to-market teams—marketing, sales, customer success—are still operating in silos, creating inefficiencies that hurt pipeline conversion and customer experience. RevOps is the unlock. Today we’re digging into how RevOps has become the critical, behind-the-scenes growth driver for today’s B2B enterprises. When executed well, it transforms disconnected technology, data, and processes into a well-orchestrated system that ensures the right signals reach the right people at the right time.

But implementing RevOps isn’t just about adding a new role or department—it’s about enabling your entire revenue organization to work as one. Companies that successfully move beyond RevOps curiosity to capability build what Evan Liang calls a “coalition of the willing,” aligning leaders across departments around shared goals and a unified tech and data strategy. This approach not only reduces friction between teams but also eliminates wasted effort—whether it’s lost leads, duplicated outreach, or missed opportunities to engage key decision-makers in a buying group. And the result? A smarter, more efficient revenue engine that drives better growth outcomes with less waste.

To help break it all down, we’re joined by Evan Liang, CEO and co-founder of LeanData. Evan has spent over a decade helping B2B organizations master revenue orchestration, moving beyond outdated MQL-based models to a more intelligent, signal-driven approach. In this conversation, he shares the key trends shaping RevOps today, the biggest mistakes companies make when structuring their revenue teams, and why RevOps leaders are becoming the future CROs.

About the Guest

Evan Liang is the Co-founder and CEO of LeanData. Prior to launching LeanData in 2012, Evan worked in product, strategy, and business development roles at Microsoft, Ebay, Caring.com and Smart Modular Technologies as well as associate positions with venture capital firms Shasta Ventures and Battery Ventures. Evan is often credited with pioneering revenue operations.

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How can B2B organizations transform product marketing into a strategic driver for go-to-market success? Some companies have already cracked this code and realized that product marketing is no longer a handoff function—it’s the connective tissue aligning product, sales, marketing, and customer success. In this episode, we dig into the critical relationship between product marketing and a precise ICP, how to effectively align product offerings with customer needs, and optimize for pipeline generation–all while staying flexible to market shifts.

Then, we dive deep into the rising importance of product marketing in shaping pricing strategies, aligning sales enablement with buyer needs, and driving cross-functional cohesion. Sam Melnick shares how product marketing can act as the central node for gathering and synthesizing customer insights, informing product roadmaps, and fostering long-term customer success. The episode breaks down how product marketers can thrive at the intersection of strategy, execution, and stakeholder alignment.

Joining us today is Sam Melnick, VP of Product Marketing at Postscript, a leader in SMS marketing for Shopify merchants. Drawing from his wealth of experience, Sam illustrates how product marketing goes beyond launches to influence customer lifetime value, revenue efficiency, and market expansion. Whether you're a product marketer looking to amplify your impact or a business leader seeking to unlock untapped potential in your GTM strategy, this episode is a masterclass in building alignment, agility, and lasting value.

About the Guest

With a proven track record at high-growth SaaS companies, Sam and his teams have contributed to significant milestones: 400%+ revenue growth, doubling competitive win rates, 2.5Xing deal sizes, and raising renewal rates by 20%+.

Currently, Sam is the VP of Product Marketing at Postscript, overseeing product marketing and enablement. At Postscript, we've expanded from 1 to 3 products and secured over triple-digit % revenue growth despite the challenging environment for SaaS companies.

He began his career as a CMO Analyst at IDC, serving billion-dollar companies like Salesforce, Adobe, Intuit, and SAP. This foundational experience shaped Sam’s strategic perspective and influenced his approach to marketing and customer success leadership. With experience at startups backed by top-tier VCs such as Greylock Capital, Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures, and Y Combinator, Sam brings expertise to drive growth in the competitive tech landscape.

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