Job responsibilities
- Develop and execute global customer marketing and advocacy strategy, annual marketing plans and tactics, owned platforms and programs, and measurement framework.
- Lead the development of storytelling and strategic plans for customer marketing engagements and campaigns, ensuring they are aligned with product and sales objectives.
- Oversee the execution of the customer marketing and advocacy programs; collaborate with cross-functional teams (PR, product marketing, sales teams, events, relationship management, etc.) to drive the planning and execution of opportunities.
- Build and lead a team of customer marketers and agency resources in developing and delivering against the marketing plan and budgets.
- Lead the customer marketing operating model and process, ensuring key stakeholder alignment and that the various marketing functions properly and effectively execute in a collaborative way for the highest ROI.
- Develop and evolve repeatable processes, executional roadmaps, best practices, and playbooks for customer marketing and advocacy.
- Track and manage marketing budgets and build business cases for growth initiatives.
- Foster a high level of collaboration across the firm to align and execute product strategies, ways of working, and global delivery.
- Build and grow relationships with product, product marketing, sales, relationship management, and marketing partners; integrate client engagement opportunities within existing workstreams and processes.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 10+ years of relevant customer marketing and advocacy experience.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams with mixed experience levels and skill sets.
- Proven experience building and executing impactful, innovative, and multidimensional customer marketing campaigns.
- Experience marketing and managing technology and/or financial products.
- Strong expertise in full-funnel customer marketing, with a track record of understanding customer motivations, influencing strategy and positioning, building marketing and advocacy programs, and delivering strategic go-to-market plans.
- Proven ability to lead, influence, and align across cross-functional teams while interacting with multiple stakeholders.
- Understanding of industry and competitor trends to spark fresh ideas and drive cutting-edge concept development in a changing marketplace.
- Experience in content development and creation, including developing creative briefs, reviewing proposals, and overseeing production.
- Proven end-to-end project management with the ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly creative, bringing a diverse perspective that makes marketing concepts stand out.
- Able to translate core business strategies into actionable initiatives.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or other related degree. MBA preferred.
- Experience working with or on major global brands.