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Associate Director for Sales and Marketing

U.S. Mint

Location: Washington, District of Columbia Advertised pay: USD 151,661–228,000 / yearly Work arrangement: Unclear Posted: October 20, 2026 Freshness: Posted today Source check: Observed very recently

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionAround the current median31 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityUnclearBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence3 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternativesCurrent role context limitedCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.
Watch closely: Work arrangement · Employment type

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

One strong reason to look closer: the application route looks comparatively direct. An important detail is still open: confirm which countries employees may work from and whether payroll-country, timezone or office-attendance restrictions apply.

May appeal in aSimpler application route
PayRange available

Current comparable position is around the 52th percentile.

FlexibilityRules unclear

Country, timezone, payroll or office-attendance limits still need confirmation.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationDirect-looking route

The visible path is straightforward and no additional mandatory step is stated in the available listing text.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

3 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Location eligibility
  • Application closing time

What to verify next

  • Work arrangement: What is the expected on-site, hybrid or remote schedule, including any fixed office-attendance or timezone-overlap requirement?
  • Employment type: Is this permanent, fixed-term, contract, temporary, freelance or another employment arrangement, and which benefits apply?

Unknown information is never converted into a negative score. The questions above exist to prevent missing evidence from being mistaken for a favorable term.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

  • The application route looks comparatively direct: The primary route points through an employer, an employer-authorized hiring source or an official employment source, and no extra mandatory step is stated in the listing text.

Trade-offs to weigh

No major trade-off is stated clearly in the information available here. Employment terms outside the listing may still matter.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm which countries employees may work from and whether payroll-country, timezone or office-attendance restrictions apply.
  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Director of Lifecycle Marketing

Upstart · USA

USD 195,800–271,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 23% higher advertised midpoint

Head of Field and Partner Marketing

Dropbox · USA

USD 220,300–372,600 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 56% higher advertised midpoint

Director, Product Marketing

SmithRx · USA

USD 157,300–222,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

Advertised midpoint is roughly level

Director of Product Marketing

ActiveCampaign · USA

USD 192,400–264,600 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 20% higher advertised midpoint

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Marketing roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles1,064

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented166

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure26%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated23%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated99%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time12%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample. This listing: 3/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (24) · EUR (10) · GBP (5) · CAD (5). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 24 / 200 12%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require usable compensation disclosure 46 / 200 23%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 52 / 200 26%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 62 / 200 31%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Stay in the same stated country 19 / 59 32%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 10 / 24 42%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Stay around the same seniority band 129 / 200 65%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 1064 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 23% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample23%

Pay disclosure is uncommon in the current role sample.

Current employer patternInsufficient evidence

Employer-level comparison is withheld until enough current employer listings are available.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 151,661–228,000 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 149,16024 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 208,875Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementVerify

The work arrangement is not established clearly enough.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • What office attendance, travel or timezone-overlap expectations apply in practice?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyMarketing roles
Adjacent families worth exploringSales roles · Product roles · Design roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

digital marketing manager

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • online ads campaign techniques
  • integrate marketing strategies with the global strategy
  • perform business analysis
  • social media marketing techniques
  • design brand's online communication plan
  • brand marketing techniques
  • analyse consumer buying trends
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • pay-per-click
  • data protection
  • manage staff
  • conduct search engine optimisation
  • ethics of sharing work through social media

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

O*NET occupation skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
Build my private skill preparation brief Your evidence · Practice · Interview questions

Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

online ads campaign techniquesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
integrate marketing strategies with the global strategyESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
perform business analysisESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
social media marketing techniquesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
design brand's online communication planESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
brand marketing techniquesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
analyse consumer buying trendsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
pay-per-clickESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
data protectionESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
manage staffESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
conduct search engine optimisationESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
ethics of sharing work through social mediaESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
WritingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Career move map

What sits one step away?

This listing is currently read as Leadership. Nearby roles one visible seniority step away can help you judge whether to widen the search, stretch upward or compare the responsibilities more carefully.

Broader-entry direction

Senior / lead

Performance Marketing Manager

Mural · USA

USD 131,840–164,800 / year Same country · Recently posted Advertised midpoint is about 22% lower
Senior / lead

SEO/ASO Manager

Life360 · USA

USD 121,500–178,500 / year Same country · Recently posted Advertised midpoint is about 21% lower

These are live roles one visible seniority step away in the same broad occupation family. They can reveal nearby options, but they are not a guaranteed promotion path and do not account for your personal experience.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: Sales roles, Product roles, and Design roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 86 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Work arrangement: What is the expected on-site, hybrid or remote schedule, including any fixed office-attendance or timezone-overlap requirement?
  • Employment type: Is this permanent, fixed-term, contract, temporary, freelance or another employment arrangement, and which benefits apply?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
  • Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

For Associate Director for Sales and Marketing at U.S. Mint, the most useful clues right now are pay has a useful comparison point, the application route gives a few useful clues, and the listing can be traced to a current source. Looking at them together makes the trade-offs easier to see.

Pay has a useful comparison point

The annualized midpoint sits near the 52th percentile within 31 comparable USD salary observations. Treat that as current advertised-pay context rather than a forecast of take-home or total compensation.

The application route gives a few useful clues

More direct application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

80%Strong analysis evidence coverage
80%
Current-sample pay position52 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidenceNot enough work-location evidence

The available listing data is not clear enough to score location flexibility.

Salary evidence qualityMedium confidence · Broad but usable range

The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.

Listing freshnessPosted today

The source posting date is today.

Source provenance evidenceStronger source evidence

The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • Recent provenance includes a comparatively direct source lane, improving traceability.
  • The current provenance provides a comparatively direct application route.

Visible cautions

No specific caution is supported by the currently available evidence. This does not prove that none exists.

Still unknown

  • The work-location policy is not clear enough for a Remote Freedom assessment.
  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Pay and barrier context available

The current pay position can be viewed alongside the stated barriers, but the available detail does not support a stronger conclusion.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 52 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.
  • Work-location flexibility is not established strongly enough for Remote Freedom comparison.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Competitive current-sample pay position

The annualized salary midpoint is at or above about 52% of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

52/100

Within the current market range

52%
Comparison familyMarketing roles · Leadership
Comparable salaries31
Current-sample medianUSD 189,650
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 144,250–210,250
Position in sampleAt or above about 52%
Comparison geographySame country (US)
Pay positionAround the current median

The annualized midpoint is within about 2% of the current comparable median, so the difference is treated as effectively tied rather than meaningfully higher or lower.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: Medium. The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.
  • Range quality: Broad but usable range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at U.S. Mint

Not enough current listings

Only 2 current listings from this employer are indexed. At least three are required before employer-level pay transparency is summarized.

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

U.S. Mint — current opportunity snapshot

Employer-level patterns not available yet

Only 2 current listings from this employer are visible. At least three are needed before an employer pattern is shown.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

Not enough work-location evidence

Why no score?

  • The work-location policy is not clear enough to support a Remote Freedom score.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

No obvious trade-off appears in the available job details. That does not mean the role has no drawbacks, so the original listing and employment terms are still worth reading carefully.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +56% midpoint

Head of Field and Partner Marketing

Dropbox · USA

USD 220,300–372,600 / year Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About +91% midpoint

Head of Growth Marketing

Flex · USA

USD 275,000–450,000 / year Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country

About +23% midpoint

Director of Lifecycle Marketing

Upstart · USA

USD 195,800–271,000 / year Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

More direct application path

The primary route is a direct-employer, employer-authorized hiring or official government source. That can reduce intermediary steps, although the external form may still be lengthy.

Current destination: www.usajobs.gov · HTTPS

No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

The source does not provide listing text for display here. Open the application destination to read the full vacancy.

Listing provenance

Where did this job come from?

See where this vacancy came from and whether more than one current source can still support it. Source names help with traceability and attribution; they are not endorsements or guarantees.

Current source evidenceStronger source evidence

The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.

Continuity
One recent renewable source
Source-class independence
One renewable source class
Last source observation
Observed very recently

This records when High Paid Job last observed the vacancy in source evidence. It confirms source presence, not that the employer edited the vacancy at that time.

  • 1 enabled source recently observed this vacancy.
  • At least one recent enabled source is a direct-employer, employer-authorized or official public source.

Source confidence is about traceability and continuity. It is separate from application safety and should not be read as an employer reputation rating.

USAJOBSUS federal source

This vacancy is supplied through an official public employment service. The source identifies where the listing was published; it is not an employer endorsement.

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Listing source: USAJOBS. Destination: www.usajobs.gov. The application opens in a new tab so you can keep this report open.