For years, a marketing team's value was measured by their headcount and their budget. That equation is breaking down. As AI moves from writing assistant to agentic orchestrator, the companies pulling ahead are driving more revenue with fewer people.
In this episode of the Finite by Clarity podcast, Jodi Norris sits down with Colin Piper to unpack what it takes to build a marketing team in the AI era. As BuildOps' first CMO, Colin inherited a team of fewer than ten and chose to grow it deliberately, to around 20 people in a 500-person company.
But Colin hasn't always worked with lean teams. Through ten years at Autodesk Colin rose from early-stage product marketer during the company's move to the cloud to leading a 100-plus person marketing organisation across its construction technology vertical.
This perspective makes for an excellent view of trade-offs and advantages of lean teams in an era of AI.
Inside you'll find…
Efficiency over headcount: why revenue per head is becoming the new badge of honour for marketing leaders
The orchestrator hire: why Colin looks for boundary-spanners over specialists, and the full-stack marketer that may come next
Where lean stops: field marketing, ABM, and the human work AI can't automate
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