Senior Marketing Specialist

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Cape Town is seeking a senior marketing professional to translate strategy into actionable plans and drive integrated campaigns across digital, content, events, and client engagement. You will lead end-to-end campaign delivery and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to implement go-to-market initiatives.

The role requires 7+ years in asset management or similarly complex environments, with a proven track record in technical

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ progressive marketing experience, ideally within asset management, investments, wealth management or a similarly complex, regulated environment.
• Strong track record of leading integrated marketing campaigns and go-to-market activity with measurable outcomes.
• Proven experience in technical/product marketing and understanding of the investment ecosystem.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional marketing initiatives from brief to delivery.
• Strong strategic and commercial judgement translating business context into marketing activity.

Responsibilities

• Translate marketing strategy into actionable plans and campaigns with measurable metrics and outcomes.
• Execute marketing initiatives across digital, content, events, product, and client engagement activities.
• Track campaign performance and provide reporting and recommendations for optimisation.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of integrated marketing campaigns across channels.
• Drive go-to-market planning and execution for key products and services.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to implement marketing plans.
• Develop and manage marketing content including presentations, brochures, articles, web content, email, and social media.
• Partner with investment and business development teams to create client-focused narratives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and coordinate with agencies.
• Monitor competitor activity, industry trends, and market developments; share insights.

Skills

Adaptive Thinking

Brand Development

Campaign Management

Change Management

Commercial Acumen

Cultural Awareness

Data Compilation

Evaluating Information

Executing Plans

Managerial Accounting

Market Analysis

Media Management

Oral Communications

Professional Presentation

Target Market Segmentation

Education

Masters (NQF 9)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Planning & Execution

Translate marketing strategy into actionable plans and campaigns with measurable metrics and outcomes.

Execute marketing initiatives across digital, content, events, product, and client engagement activities in support of the business plan and strategy

Track campaign performance and provide reporting and recommendations for optimisation.

Campaign Delivery & Go-to-Market Support

Lead the end-to-end delivery of integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels, ensuring alignment to business, brand and commercial objectives.

Drive go-to-market planning and execution for key products, propositions, services and strategic business initiatives.

Work with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure seamless implementation of marketing plans.

Content & Communications

Develop and manage marketing content including presentations, brochures, articles, web content, email communications, social media content, and thought leadership pieces.

Product & Investment Marketing Support

Partner with investment and business development teams to develop compelling, client-relevant narratives and collateral for Symmetry’s capabilities and propositions, translating complex investment thinking into clear, differentiated marketing communications.

Stakeholder & Agency Coordination

Build and maintain strong working relationships with all key stakeholders.

Market & Competitor Monitoring

Monitor competitor activity, industry trends, and market developments.

Share relevant insights with marketing and business stakeholders.

Identify opportunities to improve marketing effectiveness and audience engagement.

These responsibilities offer an overview and a general outline of the role and are not exhaustive.

Qualification, Skills & Experience

7+ years’ progressive marketing experience, ideally within asset management, investments, wealth management or a similarly complex, regulated environment.

Strong track record of leading integrated marketing campaigns and go-to-market activity, translating business and commercial objectives into high-quality marketing execution with measurable outcomes.

Proven experience in technical /product marketing and a good understanding of the investment eco -system

Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional marketing initiatives from brief through to delivery, managing multiple workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies and competing priorities.

Strong strategic and commercial judgement, with the ability to understand the broader business context and translate it into relevant, effective marketing activity.

Comfortable balancing strategic context with hands-on delivery, and working in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Skills

Adaptive Thinking, Brand Development, Campaign Management, Change Management, Commercial Acumen, Cultural Awareness, Data Compilation, Evaluating Information, Executing Plans, Managerial Accounting, Market Analysis, Media Management, Oral Communications, Professional Presentation, Target Market Segmentation

Competencies

Action Oriented, Builds Effective Teams, Business Insight, Communicates Effectively, Cultivates Innovation, Drives Results, Ensures Accountability, Manages Complexity

Education

NQF Level 9 - Masters

Closing Date

19 November 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

Old Mutual Story!

Old Mutual is a premium African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key market segments in 14 countries. The lines of business include Life and Savings, Property and Casualty, Asset Management and Banking and Lending. We are rooted in our purpose of Championing Mutually Positive Futures Every Day and believe that a great customer experience is anchored in a great employee experience.