Fixed Term Parental Leave contract
In this senior marketing role, you will need to work cross functionally on strategic Area-wide projects and programs that drive Avanade Growth Markets Go-to-Market strategy. Of particular focus will be the development of programs in support of Avanade's Client Segmentation model and maximising Avanade's strategic marketing relationship with Microsoft.
**As an Area Group Marketing Manager, you will need to**:
- Understand Avanade's corporate strategy and go-to-market and then work with Area Marketing director and Country Marketing Managers to align Area and country business priorities and develop the annual marketing plan to support.
- Design and drive a strategic and programmatic approach to Alliances and partners with particular focus on maximising our Microsoft Alliance--driving Microsoft to become a strategic go-to-market channel across Area and supporting regions. Participate in the Alliance Center of Excellence to support these efforts and work with Area Alliance team and Country Marketing Managers to support and execute this strategy in their regions.
- Build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders including Area leadership, sales leads, solution and industry leads, other peers in Growth Markets and Global marketing community to inspire, influence and align around Area and regional go-to-market strategy.
- Act as a conduit between Country Marketing Managers and Global Marketing to ensure Area adoption of Global Campaigns.
- In conjunction with the Marketing Director, support and drive Area and regional KPIs and metrics for campaigns ensuring clear campaign goals, a close-looped-marketing approach and that return-on-marketing-investment is maximised.
- Work with Marketing Director and Country Marketing Managers to support effective marketing budget appropriation and spend, marketing calendar and campaign execution with a goal of achieving operational excellence
- Design, drive and support Area account-based marketing and CXO program in support of strategic and growth accounts
- Lead and mentor junior team members to inspire and influence the broader stakeholder community to work together to exceed expectations and deliver strong growth in leads, sales and pipeline influenced.
**Other skills or advantageous experience**:
- 8-10 years business-to-business marketing management experience working for multinational companies ideally in the technology industry.
- Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is looking to take the marketing function to the next level and really make an impact.
- A motivated, self-starter who can deal with a level of ambiguity to define cross-regional programs from scratch and work cross-functionally to execute.
- A collaborative team player with an ability to influence and inspire the broader stakeholder community, Area and country leadership, Sales, Global, Area and local marketing, strategic Alliances and partners) to align and support the execution of local go-to-market strategy
- A join-the-dots thinker who is expert in both marketing strategy and campaign execution