Strategy is a leadership act.
Marketing functions stall when activity outruns positioning. We start with the narrative that aligns founders, RevOps, product, and the board, then build everything underneath it.
JUST Go To Market is the fractional CMO practice of Julia Stein. Senior marketing leadership for teams operating at the intersection of brand, product, and growth, fused with an integrated stack of generative and agentic AI that runs like a full-function team.

The most interesting marketing problems live at the edge of what’s established, where the category is still being defined, the product is complex, and the buyer needs to be educated before they can be converted. That’s where this practice does its best work.
Deep experience across financial services, fintech, insurtech, luxury, and B2B SaaS. Comfortable in regulated environments where compliance and marketing have to move together without slowing each other down. Plugs into early-stage builds and established teams equally well.
Marketing functions stall when activity outruns positioning. We start with the narrative that aligns founders, RevOps, product, and the board, then build everything underneath it.
I grew up in agency and spent the last decade client side, so I know what brand needs to feel like, what product teams need to ship, and what growth needs to compound. The work happens at that intersection.
I operate with a roster of generative and agentic models wired into research, content, analytics, lifecycle, and ops. It performs like a 10-person team, costs a fraction, and ships at machine speed.

I’m a senior marketing leader with 15+ years across financial services, fintech, insurtech, luxury, and global consumer brands including PepsiCo, Capital One, LVMH, Onlia, and Canaccord.
I started in agency, then spent nearly a decade client side in senior leadership roles, owning budgets up to $16M and teams of 20+. Across every role, I’ve operated at the intersection of brand, product, and growth, treating them as one motion rather than three separate functions. My recent agency work with Junto XP, where I was quoted in Strategy, is one recent proof point.
JUST Go To Market is the practice I built to keep doing the work I love at the pace it deserves: senior marketing leadership, augmented by an integrated AI stack that runs like a full team. Currently certifying in Generative & Agentic AI for Business Transformation at the Rotman School of Management.
Embedded marketing leadership. I sit on your leadership team, own the GTM number, and run the function across positioning, brand, product marketing, and channel execution.
A focused engagement to crack a specific problem: a launch, a repositioning, a category entry, a product narrative. You get the strategy and the assets shipped, with a clear handoff for what comes next.
Drop-in senior leadership or execution for a defined window. Cover a parental leave, hold the function between hires, or add horsepower to a launch without slowing the team you already have.
For founders ready to bring marketing in-house. I help scope the right role for the stage, sit alongside your new hire to set up the systems, rituals, and AI stack, so they walk into a function that works instead of a blank page.
I install the same agentic stack I use into your team: research agents, content engines, analytics dashboards, lifecycle automations. Your team operates with the same leverage I do.
in new AUM secured via targeted advisor outreach
Optimize Financial GroupYouTube views on the 'Go Online with Onlia' campaign
Onlia Insurancelift in brand awareness within 18 months
Onlia Insuranceannual policies, up from 10,000
Onlia Insurancein new agency revenue from RFP wins
Junto XPfragmented marketing function unified into one team
Optimize Financial GroupBrands shaped, launched, or repositioned —
The practice runs on an integrated roster of generative and agentic models, wired into the same workflows a 10-person team would own. It performs at machine speed and lets the strategy stay senior all the way down to execution.
Currently taking 2 new fractional engagements per quarter. If you’re a founder, a CEO, or a leadership team rebuilding a marketing function, send a note.