My Client, a large global brand is looking for an experienced Bank Partnerships Marketing Manager. This is fully remote and initially a 12 month contract.
The Marketing Manager will be part of a dynamic marketing organisation and will be focused on supporting a cluster of EMEA Markets, as well as delivering best practice materials that all our Partnerships could leverage.
- Marketing Plan Development
Consult and influence the designated Bank Partners on development of strong plans that are supporting the agreed market priorities (example: acquiring / issuing /both; decommissioning of partnership). Influence Partners to implement such plans. Work in partnership with Business Development counterparts to deliver such. Plans would typically be associated with Merchant acquiring support and Merchant Marketing; Cardmember acquisition and Engagement; Product and Communication work; Portfolio and Benefit decommissioning work where relevant.
- General Marketing Execution
Oversee and support execution of top priority projects in the designated EMEA market cluster. In the short term, those to include partnership decommissioning management for exiting partnerships compliantly.
- Stakeholder Management & Collaboration (External & Internal)
Drive strong relationship with external Partners, to enable delivery of the priority marketing plans and initiatives.
Grow internal network and collaborator base, to help drive results in the designated markets and also to source new information and assets for the benefit of entire marketing function.
- Best Practice development & support of global cross team projects
Drive sourcing and syndication of marketing best practice, for the benefit of the wide Marketing team and our Partner education (topics of such toolkits/sharing documents would be defined based on candidate's core expertise areas). Champion global cross team activities: for example Communications work stream champion, social work stream champion
- Marketing acumen: must have hands on practical executional experience with different elements of the consumer marketing discipline: inclusive of online/digital, customer acquisition, product innovation, rewards or loyalty platforms, engagement, marketing project management. Communication and product / benefits experience would be a particular advantage
- Influencing skills: ability to inspire, influence and work with external Bank Partners and diverse group of internal contacts
- Driving Results: proven record of driving results. Candidates should be able to demonstrate strong existing experience of delivering business results through external to our Partnerships
- Flexibility and change management: an ability to embrace and drive change essential
- Solid numeric and financial acumen: have experience of producing issuance KPI plans/tracking, campaign performance assessment, general budget management
- Optimistic and highly motivated, with a good sense of when to seek advice and when to act autonomously and independently
- Outstanding Project Management skills and superior Multi-Tasking ability
- Desire to learn and develop: ability to pro-actively seek knowledge and best practice in order to increase own acumen and ability to influence Partners on respective subjects
- Self-starter: eager and able to seek new information, establish relationships and leverage those to shape growth activity proposals and implementation
