Regional Marketing Manager · Sandton

Gallagher Group Limited; Sandton; Sur place; ZAR 900 000 - 1 500 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive remuneration

Bonus opportunities

Career development opportunities

Access to global marketing expertise

Résumé du poste

Gallagher Group Limited seeks a strategic, hands-on Regional Marketing Manager to lead Africa marketing, including brand, demand generation and market development across Africa. Based in Johannesburg, the role shapes regional strategy while delivering campaigns, events, and partner programmes that accelerate growth.

You will collaborate with Sales, Global Marketing and Product Marketing to raise brand awareness, engage partners, and drive demand across sectors like finance, data centres, mining

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in a broad marketing role with responsibility for both strategy and execution.
• A tertiary qualification in Marketing, Communications, Business or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering regional or multi-market marketing programmes.
• Experience working across South Africa and wider African markets is highly desirable.
• A strong track record of partnering with Sales teams to support demand generation, Channel Partner engagement and business growth.
• Experience managing agencies, suppliers and external marketing partners.
• Confidence using CRM systems, marketing platforms, reporting tools and data to guide decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project management and stakeholder relationship skills.
• The ability to work independently, influence across functions and cultures, and manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Experience in technology, security, infrastructure, industrial or channel-led businesses would be an advantage.

Responsabilités

• Develop and deliver the Africa marketing plan, aligned with regional priorities and sales objectives.
• Identify market opportunities across South Africa and Africa.
• Plan and manage the Africa marketing budget and report on campaign effectiveness and ROI.
• Deliver Channel Partner events, consultant engagement activities and end-user forums.
• Create integrated campaigns across digital, social, content, PR, events and partner channels.
• Localise global campaigns for African markets and audiences.
• Drive regional PR, media engagement and thought leadership.
• Support product launches and channel partner growth in the region.

Connaissances

Marketing strategy

Campaign management

Stakeholder management

CRM proficiency

Budget management

Data analysis

Partner engagement

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Business

Outils

CRM systems

Marketing platforms

Reporting tools

Description du poste

About Gallagher

Our purpose at Gallagher is 'Protect what matters most' and we live it every day, whether that's protecting the world's highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we care deeply about our people, their families, and our wider communities.

Gallagher Security is on a mission to unlock more value for our customers through the power of our people and solutions. Our culture is entrepreneurial in spirit, complex, challenging, and ever changing. With operations in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Africa, USA, Canada, the UK, Europe and the Middle East, and exports to over 160 countries, we're proud to be unlocking globally focused career paths for candidates. We're painting the future of what's possible. Come join us.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a strategic and hands-on Regional Marketing Manager to drive Gallagher Security's brand, demand generation, and market development activities across Africa. Based in Johannesburg, this standalone role offers the opportunity to shape regional marketing strategy while leading the delivery of campaigns, communications, events, content, and channel partner programmes that support business growth.

Working closely with regional Sales leadership, Global Marketing, Product Marketing, and key stakeholders, you'll develop and execute marketing initiatives that increase brand awareness, strengthen partner engagement, influence key decision-makers, and generate demand across priority sectors including finance, data centres, mining, government, critical infrastructure, and higher education.

Your role at a glance:

• Develop and deliver the annual Africa marketing plan, aligned with regional business priorities, sales objectives and global marketing direction.
• Identify market opportunities, customer needs, industry trends and competitive activity across South Africa and wider African markets.
• Prioritise activity across South Africa, SADC, East Africa and West Africa based on opportunity, market maturity and business objectives.
• Manage the Africa marketing budget and report on campaign effectiveness, sourced and influenced pipeline, lead quality, engagement and return on investment.
• Plan and deliver Channel Partner events, consultant engagement activities, end-user forums and trade exhibitions, managing logistics, suppliers, sponsorships and communications.
• Develop integrated campaigns across digital, social, content, PR, events and partner channels to drive awareness, engagement, lead generation and pipeline growth.
• Create account-based and sector-focused marketing initiatives alongside Sales, and localise global campaigns for African markets and audiences.
• Drive regional PR, media engagement, thought leadership and social media activity, including customer stories, case studies, articles and presentations.
• Support product, service and business initiative launches across the region.
• Build Channel Partner engagement and growth through joint campaigns, communications, events, enablement resources and marketing tools.
• Strengthen Gallagher's specification influence through consultant, industry association and stakeholder engagement.
• Use performance insights and changing market conditions to continually optimise marketing activity.

About You

You love turning ideas into action. Equally comfortable setting direction and rolling up your sleeves to deliver, you're a self-starter who thrives in diverse, fast-moving markets. Combining commercial acumen with strong relationship-building skills, you know how to engage stakeholders, navigate complexity, and create marketing initiatives that generate real impact.

What you’ll bring:

• 7+ years' experience in a broad marketing role with responsibility for both strategy and execution.
• A tertiary qualification in Marketing, Communications, Business or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering regional or multi-market marketing programmes.
• Experience working across South Africa and wider African markets is highly desirable.
• A strong track record of partnering with Sales teams to support demand generation, Channel Partner engagement and business growth.
• Experience managing agencies, suppliers and external marketing partners.
• Confidence using CRM systems, marketing platforms, reporting tools and data to guide decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project management and stakeholder relationship skills.
• The ability to work independently, influence across functions and cultures, and manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Experience in technology, security, infrastructure, industrial or channel-led businesses would be an advantage.

Working at Gallagher

At Gallagher, we foster a supportive and family-friendly work environment where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are at the forefront. We value work-life balance and prioritise the well-being of our employees.

This role is based in Johannesburg, where you'll play a key part in strengthening Gallagher Security's market visibility, customer engagement, specification influence and Channel Partner success across Africa.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration and bonus opportunities.
• The opportunity to shape marketing strategy and execution across diverse, high-potential African markets.
• A visible, influential role supporting growth in priority sectors and strengthening customer and partner engagement.
• A collaborative, supportive culture with access to global marketing expertise, product knowledge and career development opportunities.

If you're ready to lead marketing activity that builds Gallagher Security's brand, strengthens customer and partner engagement, and supports sustainable growth across Africa, we’d love to hear from you.