Senior Marketing Advisor

Desjardins; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance organization in Toronto seeks a Senior Marketing Advisor to lead strategic marketing projects and advise clients. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, nine years of marketing experience, and advanced English proficiency. The role offers competitive salary, annual bonus, and comprehensive benefits including a pension plan and flexible vacation.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• Minimum of nine years of relevant experience in Marketing.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and development activities in marketing.
• Advise clients on strategic projects.
• Oversee development of policies and standards.
• Analyze issues and recommend business solutions.
• Represent unit in committees and negotiate agreements.

Skills

Action oriented

Customer Focus

Interpersonal Savvy

Communicates effectively

Nimble learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

As a senior marketing advisor, you help develop and update the organization’s products and services to meet the member / client needs and support business development and analyze market needs for Desjardins General Insurance Group. You lead and influence planning and development projects, feasibility studies, and complex, highly innovative strategic interventions involving multiple sectors. You help develop and recommend strategic directions and business positions. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your field. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in a wide range of other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as expert advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for senior management and decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to :

Act as the lead for projects, mandates, and development activities specific to your area of expertise, which have major scope and impact for the organization and may extend across the Desjardins Movement.

Advise and support your clients and partners in positioning, planning, developing, executing, and following up on various strategic projects and mandates under your responsibility in the field of marketing.

Oversee the development and evolution of policies, standards, models, and programs that support your unit’s strategic projects and mandates.

Identify and analyze issues, raise significant concerns, establish diagnoses, and make recommendations to the relevant authorities regarding business solutions, strategies, and market development tactics.

Represent your unit on various committees composed of senior management members and other governing bodies.

Represent, negotiate, and commit Desjardins in agreements with partners or external organizations.

What we offer

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year

Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

What you bring to the table

Bachelor's degree in a related field

A minimum of nine years of relevant experience in Marketing

Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and / or clients

Action oriented, Ambiguity, Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning

LI-Hybrid

Trade Union (If applicable)