If you're a MarTech leader, you've probably experienced some version of the same frustration. Your team owns critical systems, manages increasingly complex customer data, helps shape digital experiences, and is now being asked to play a leading role in AI initiatives. Yet despite all that responsibility, you can still find yourself treated as an implementation resource. The business arrives with a request, your team evaluates the options, builds the solution, and moves on to the next request. Meanwhile, strategic decisions too often happen elsewhere.