Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Job at The York Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

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  • The York Group, Inc.
  • Pittsburgh, PA

Job Description

About Matthews

Matthews International is a blue‑chip, diversified, publicly traded company (MATW) with over $1 billion in revenue.  Matthews’ core business is its Matthews Memorialization Group (roughly $850M in sales and $170M in EBITDA).  Our Memorialization Group is the market leader in the memorialization supply market selling to funeral homes and cemeteries.  We are trusted by funeral professionals, cemeteries, and families for quality, integrity, and forward‑thinking solutions.  The Memorialization Group has a long track record of consistent revenue and EBITDA growth through market share gains, innovation, and strategic acquisitions.  The Group is a purpose drive organization helping funeral homes and cemeteries serve families suffering a loss and helping them move from grieving to remembrance.

The largest business segment in the Group is our Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions business which serves the funeral home market with a full range of products/services including caskets, urns, jewelry, and software solutions.  The business successfully competes based on a differentiated set of capabilities.  Backed by the resources of a market leader and publicly traded organization, Matthews offers the rare combination of stability, scale, and entrepreneurial energy -- our culture of entrepreneurial spirt is embedded in who we are creating an environment where innovation thrives.

What You Will Lead- Product Strategy & Innovation

  • Product Strategy & Innovation. Leads development of commercial strategic growth plan for the business

  • Own the full product/service innovation pipeline—from early‑stage ideation to commercial launch.  Identify emerging trends and whitespace opportunities across the memorialization landscape.

  • Identify opportunities appealing to families and also help market through our funeral home customer base.  Opportunities include both products and services sold to funeral homes as well as value-added service offerings that differentiate Matthews from competitors

  • Manage vendor partner relationships for sourced product offerings

  • Software Solutions business leadership

  • Own the commercial direction of our software solutions business (which includes both software solutions sold to funeral homes as well as software tools offered to our customers) including setting the software development vision and priorities

  • Lead the software solutions selling and customer service functions

What You Will Lead- Marketing Leadership

  • Marketing Leadership
  • Develop strategies that elevate Matthews’ market leadership and brand presence.
  • Shape compelling value propositions, narratives, and product messaging.
  • Commercialization & Sales Enablement
  • Architects go‑to‑market plans that ensure successful adoption and revenue growth.
  • Develop product training and sales enablement tools that empower the 100+ person sales team.
  • Partner with sales leaders to translate market insight into winning strategies.

What You Will Lead - Financial partnership and Talent Development

  • Pricing & Financial Partnership
  • Collaborate with Finance to build pricing structures
  • Optimize product portfolio
  • Guide decisions using robust financial and market intelligence.
  • Leadership & Talent Development
  • Lead and mentor high‑performing product and marketing teams.
  • Foster a culture of creativity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Play a key role in shaping long‑term organizational strategy.

Why This Role Is Exceptional

  • Shape the future commercial direction of a key business in our market-leading Memorialization Group
  • Own the product and services lifecycle from vision to market success.
  • Access the resources, stability, and innovation capability of a blue‑chip organization.
  • Lead meaningful innovation that impacts families during one of life’s most important moments.

Matthews Memorialization is a leader in the memorialization industry who is committed to helping customers grow their businesses and helping families move from grieving to remembrance by providing products of superior craftsmanship and revenue generating programs and services. Within this industry, our Environmental Solutions is focused on the design and manufacture of advanced combustion systems. Matthews Memorialization is a (MATW) Matthews International company. 

At Matthews International, what makes us different is what makes us great.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Matthews International affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.  Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

Matthews International endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, Matthews International provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team.

Job Tags

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