Senior Marketing Specialist

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd (PFA); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd (PFA) in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Marketing Specialist to lead marketing initiatives supporting Symmetry's investment capabilities and business development priorities.

You will partner with the Head of Marketing and stakeholders to plan and deliver campaigns, content, and client engagement activities, translating complex investment concepts into clear, client-focused marketing communications.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' progressive marketing experience in asset management or regulated environment.
• Proven experience leading integrated marketing campaigns and go-to-market activity with measurable outcomes.
• Experience in technical/product marketing and understanding of the investment ecosystem.
• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional marketing initiatives from brief through delivery with multiple workstreams.
• Strong strategic and commercial judgement with ability to translate business context into marketing activity.
• Comfortable balancing strategic context with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced environment.

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 in support of the business plan and strategy.
• Track campaign performance and provide reporting and recommendations for optimisation.
• 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.
• Develop and manage marketing content including presentations, brochures, articles, web content, email communications, social media content, and thought leadership pieces.
• Partner with investment and business development teams to develop client-relevant narratives and collateral translating complex investment thinking into clear marketing communications.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with all key stakeholders.
• Monitor competitor activity, industry trends, and market developments; share insights with marketing and business stakeholders.

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

Job description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together! Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Marketing Specialist to lead key marketing initiatives that support Symmetry's investment capabilities, propositions and business development priorities.

Working closely with the Head of Marketing and stakeholders across and outside of the business, you'll lead significant initiatives from planning through to delivery, using strong marketing and commercial judgement to navigate complex requirements and turn them into effective campaigns, content and client-facing activity.

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.

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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.