Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To lead, influence and shape the Business Unit (BU) product, segment, sector and coverage Brand and Marketing strategic priorities through partnering with business executive teams to design and recommend a global view of how the BU goes to market (understanding all products and segments to ensure the right decisions are being made when there are competing priorities and trade-offs need to be made).

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree required
Field of Study: Business Commerce, Marketing

Experience Required
Integrated Marketing
Brand & Marketing
1-2 years
Strong background in B2B or B2C marketing, with experience in developing and implementing marketing strategies, campaigns, and initiatives in a multi-product, multi-client context, across multiple locations. Familiarity with financial services industry, including relevant banking segment, understanding of market trends, customer behaviour, and competitive landscape.

3-4 years
Experience working with large scale B2B/B2C global organisations to deliver marketing expertise, leading a team of marketing professionals, including managing workloads, competing priorities, providing guidance, and fostering a collaborative work environment. Experience in managing marketing budgets, including allocating resources effectively to achieve marketing goals and objectives and in managing marketing projects from conception to completion, including planning, execution, and reporting.

5-7 years
Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements, data-led decision making to deliver demand generation, lead generation and account-based marketing campaigns to enhance the client experience and drive the revenue growth agenda. Product management experience may be beneficial.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

Articulating InformationChallenging IdeasConvincing PeopleDirecting PeopleEmbracing ChangeEmpowering IndividualsExploring PossibilitiesInterpreting DataMaking DecisionsProviding InsightsPursuing GoalsTaking Action

Technical Competencies:

Analysing and Interpreting InformationBrand and Product ActivationsData Driven Digital MarketingDeveloping Marketing InsightsLeadership to Stakeholder EngagementMeasuring Marketing and CommunicationSegmentationUnderstanding of Financial Services