EMEA Marketing Planning & Operations Lead

Grant Thornton; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Advisors in Dublin, Ireland, is expanding its marketing leadership across EMEA. The Associate Director, EMEA Marketing Planning and Operations, will be a senior adviser and partner to the Head of EMEA Marketing, leading regional planning and shaping priorities, investment, capacity and delivery.

You will work with market, regional and global teams to design the operating model, clarify responsibilities, and ensure access to global marketing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, marketing, management, finance or related discipline.
• Eight or more years' experience in marketing planning, strategy, business planning, marketing operations or management consultancy, including responsibility across several markets or business units.
• Experience designing or implementing an operating model across global, regional and local teams.
• Experience translating business priorities into plans, investment choices and resource decisions, including funding or cost-allocation approaches across business units with separate budgets.
• Experience advising senior leaders independently, making recommendations on complex trade-offs and exercising sound judgement about when to act or elevate.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Experience in professional services, financial services or another complex international organisation would be useful but is not essential.
• Fluent English is required.
• Another European language would be useful.
• European travel will be required.

Responsibilities

• Regional planning and priorities – Lead annual and quarterly EMEA marketing planning, bringing global priorities, regional opportunities and market plans into a clear regional view of priorities, commitments and investment.
• Investment, capacity and risk – Maintain a consolidated view of marketing investment, resources, capacity and delivery risk across EMEA and use it to support regional decisions.
• Leadership decision support – Establish the regional planning and review cadence needed to make timely decisions and maintain accountability across EMEA marketing.
• EMEA marketing operating model – Help design and implement the EMEA marketing operating model, defining how regional, market and global marketing teams work together.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Fluent English

Experience advising senior leaders

Marketing planning

Operating model design

Education

Degree in business, marketing, management, finance or related discipline

Job description

Grant Thornton Advisors in Dublin, Ireland, is expanding its marketing leadership across EMEA. The Associate Director, EMEA Marketing Planning and Operations, will be a senior adviser and partner to the Head of EMEA Marketing, leading regional planning and shaping priorities, investment, capacity and delivery.

You will work with market, regional and global teams to design the operating model, clarify responsibilities, and ensure access to global marketing capabilities.