Marketing Manager - 12 month FTC

General information

Job Title

Marketing Manager - 12 month FTC

City

London

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Division

Commercial

Department

Marketing

Description

Thought Machine’s mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.

We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023.

We are hiring a Marketing Manager to cover maternity leave for 12 months. This person will cover a range of activities to support the company and the commercial team’s objectives, including elevating our brand, delivering highly effective commercial events, and helping with marketing operations, lead-generation activities, and social/digital campaigns. You will be comfortable working across the marketing mix and with colleagues across marketing and beyond.

Duties

• Drive Digital Campaign Strategy & Execution: Plan and execute cutting-edge digital marketing campaigns across paid social, email, website, and partner channels.
• Orchestrate High-Impact Commercial Events: Plan, organise, and deliver bespoke events that enhance brand and generate leads which includes dinner/cocktail events held alongside larger industry events.
• Optimise Marketing Operations: Oversee and enhance CRM management, list health, and strategic coordination with commercial teams.
• Collaborate on Content & Creative: Work with designers to produce compelling event graphics, sales collateral, and website content.
• Innovate & Identify Growth Opportunities: Proactively discover and champion new initiatives to elevate the brand and fuel lead generation.
• Measure & Optimise Performance: Rigorously analyse lead generation activities, leveraging marketing analytics to drive continuous improvement and ROI.
  
  

Requirements

Essential

• B2B & Industry Acumen: Proven expertise in B2B software or financial services marketing, with a deep understanding of complex buyer journeys, intent, and persona development.
• Digital Campaign & PPC Leadership: Track record of leading highly successful digital campaigns |(including hands-on expertise with LinkedIn Ads and overall PPC strategies) that effectively drive tangible, high-quality leads.
• Event Strategy & Execution: Experience in strategically building, executing, and orchestrating commercial events with clear objectives for brand elevation, client ambassadorship, and demand generation.
• Marketing Operations & Tools: Proficiency in marketing operations tools such as HubSpot and Salesforce.
• Strategic Communication & Influence: Ability to confidently articulate marketing strategy, results, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  
  

Desired

• Experience in Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategies.
• You possess a strong understanding of the concepts and principles underpinning cloud-native software, enabling you to drive impactful marketing content and activities.
• Comfortable creating and editing design templates using Figma.
  
  

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress
• Weekly food pop-up
  
  

Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on people's everyday lives. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.