Senior Marketing Manager (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Octopus; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Marketing Manager in London to spearhead marketing initiatives for Venture Capital Trusts. This role focuses on driving client engagement and market growth through innovative campaigns and data-driven strategies. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a background in financial services, contributing to a dynamic marketing team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus and pension plan

Flexible working

Electric vehicle leasing

Private medical insurance

Enhanced family leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services and investments.
• People management experience is crucial.
• Strong analytical and innovative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver marketing plans for VCTs and EIS.
• Conduct market analysis and competitor research.
• Manage a small team and ensure high-quality content.

Skills

Customer obsessed

Data analysis

Storytelling marketing

Market analysis

Campaign management

Team leadership

Job description

Company Description

At Octopus, we’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.

Company Description

At Octopus, we’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.

We think working here is great, but we’re understandably bias. Click here to explore Life at Octopus.

Job Description

As a Senior Marketing Manager, you will own, implement, and deliver marketing plans that drive the commercial success of our Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), Early Enterprise Scheme (EIS), and support our quoted funds. Your focus will be on driving awareness and demand generation to increase the lifetime value of our existing clients and attract new prospects. This role will be focused on fundraising, thematic awareness campaigns, and multi-channel full-funnel activity to support fund growth and increase market share.

The team:

The retail marketing team is made up of 6 employees, one of which you will manage. It’s a team that focuses on collaboration, skills learning and feedback to ensure it’s operating at the highest level in order to support our internal stakeholders and customers. The overall marketing team is around 20 strong.

What will you be doing?

• Shape and deliver go-to-market plans that align with business objectives, utilising storytelling marketing to bring the investment story to life, and launching new products through compelling marketing campaigns.
• Maintain accurate fund & product information across all channels and use organic and paid search strategies to stay visible, aswell as conduct thorough market analysis, including competitor research and customer insights, to inform marketing strategies.
• Own the product's online presence & updates, supported by Google Analytics and market insights. Maximise engagement with our digital team to support online visibility, including paid advertising, SEO, and content. Aswell analysing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and product launches, providing regular reports and insights.
• Manage, mentor and lead another team member.
  
  
  

We operate in a highly regulated environment, so it’s important that this person can produce high-quality content within the financial promotion rules.

Qualifications

Ideally, you’ll have:

Customer & data obsessed and like to get under the skin of how our clients think.

Experience working across investments: financial service, tax, business relief, AIM market.

People management experience.

Bold and not afraid to test, learn, and innovate.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen? This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast-paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that.

Additional Information

What we offer

A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan

️ Take what you need holiday

Flexible working - We do 3 days in the office, 2 days remotely

Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Sanctus, Parent Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more

Enhanced family leave policies

️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection

Private medical insurance for you and your family

Electric vehicle leasing

The option to work overseas up to a month per year

Our Values

At Octopus we don’t just focus on what we do but also how we do it. Everyone shares our values of being straightforward, helpful and bold.

We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive employee experience for all. We promote equal opportunities for growth and development regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or socio-economic background. We believe strongly that teams are at their best when every member of the team feels safe to bring their whole self to work.

Our Values

At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing

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