Senior Marketing Manager
TD Premier is a cornerstone of the One TD strategy, designed to deliver a seamless, elevated experience for our Mass Affluent customers. It is a Retail Program that delivers relationship banking, proactive advice and legendary service for our clients. It fosters deep collaboration across Retail and Wealth, embedding partnership at every levelfrom frontline coaching to strategic program evolution. By equipping colleagues with the skills and mindset to deliver white-glove service, our Leaders will ensure our brand promise is consistently upheld across all customer touchpoints.
The Senior Marketing Manager is a top-level marketing expert that manages / leads development and / or execution of marketing large scope plans / programs / projects / strategies by designing and delivering complex marketing solutions / insights consistent with TDs marketing standards and strategies, in support of business results, customer engagement and experience.
Depth & Scope :
- Oversees multiple and / or complex marketing projects / programs / strategies that may impact several businesses / product lines
- Recognized as top-level marketing expert within the organization and requires significant in-depth and / or breadth of expertise in a complex field and knowledge of broader related areas
- Role requires substantial integration of projects / programs involving significant scope, strategic impact and complexity
- Role requires substantial relationship management breadth and influence in leading strategic initiatives, planning and / or integrating executional activities
- Typically leads or contributes on projects of significant scope, strategic impact and complexity
- Senior specialist providing advisory services to executives, business segment leaders and governs the requirements for own work
- Integrates knowledge of the enterprise functions or business segments overarching strategy in leading program design, policy formulation or operating standards within one or more areas of expertise
- Anticipates emerging business trends and regulatory / risk issues as a basis for recommending large-scale product, technical, functional or operations improvements
- Serves as a source of expert advice to senior management in field of specialty; may lead team(s) of related specialists / experts
- Advises on execution strategy and leads the development and deployment of functional programs or initiatives within their own field or across multiple specialties
- Solves unique and ambiguous problems with broad impact; typically oversees standards, controls and operating methods that have significant financial and operational impact within the context of their own field
- Requires innovative thinking to develop new solutions
- Impacts the technical or functional direction and resource allocation of part of an enterprise function or business segment
- Works within general policies and industry guidelines
- Engages stakeholders to take action; serves as a source of expert advice, influences change; frames information in a broader organizational context
- Provides leadership guidance, makes recommendations and collaborates with business to ensure solutions meet the business needs on a complex project or program
- Identifies and leads problem resolution for project / program complex requirements related issues at all levels
Education & Experience :
Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, designations, or equivalent required10+ years relevant experienceAdvanced knowledge of multiple marketing disciplines, strategy development, consulting principles, lines of businesses supported, banking industry, and product / customer marketsAdvanced knowledge of customer and brand research techniques and ability to develop analyses and insights that will drive customer strategy formation and business decisionsKnowledge of current and emerging competitor and market trendsKnowledge of risk management environment, standards and regulationsAbility to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budgetAbility to contribute to strategic direction of the function and provide advice to senior leadershipAbility to establish goals and objectives that support the strategic planSkill in mentoring, coaching and performance managementAdvanced ability to lead, plan, implement and evaluate program / project activities to ensure completion of initiativesAbility to exercise sound judgement in making decisionsAbility to make an impact, influence and achieve results with effective negotiation, problem-solving and communication skillsAbility to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functionsSkill in using analytical software tools, data analysis methods and reporting techniquesSkill in using computer applications including MS OfficeAbility to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlinesAbility to work successfully as a member of a team and independentlyAbility to handle confidential information with discretionCustomer Accountabilities :
Designs, develops and executes marketing solutions to address marketing / business needs / plans / strategies, to support a positive customer experience and the brand, ensuring alignment with internal marketing standards / goalsReviews, understands and ensures marketing solutions / initiatives are strategically sound and consistent with TDs customer experience and brand imageManages assigned projects from scoping / briefing to launch / fulfillment, following established processes, privacy processes and visual / brand standardsParticipates in project scoping and preplanning sessions, proactively providing partners with advice and expertise on recommended tactics and marketing solutionsWorks with marketing partners and business units to develop appropriate customer insights for marketing briefsDevelops creative briefs that consistently adhere to product positioning where applicable and leverage internal / external marketing creative experts on the development of creativeConducts internal / external Agency / Supplier briefing sessions and creative presentations to internal clientsProvides ongoing communication to ensure appropriate stakeholders are notified of progress or changes in program content, budget, direction, timeline or status and escalates as appropriateProactively acknowledges errors; notifies management promptly where appropriate, and works with team to resolveCaptures and shares lessons learned from projects / campaigns / initiatives to be incorporated in futureDelivers strong marketing communications on strategy, on time, on budget and error freeDevelops and maintains an understanding of TD businesses, products, policies and processes to deliver and ensure effective marketing solutionsDelivers actionable recommendations based on insights generated through integration of multiple sources (e.g. internal customer experience tracking programs, syndicated research, ad hoc analysis, competitive monitoring, external centres of excellence)Assesses the effectiveness of programs, processes and documentation; evaluates the impact of marketing solutions on the achievement of business resultsDelivers and manages programs (e.g. customer experience) and / or project plans by assigning and tracking workgroup project ensuring established processes are followed, and delivering all projects on strategy, on time, on budget and error freeManages the appropriate use of resources (i.e., people, budget, processes) within area of responsibilityDevelops and manages good working relationships and maintains open dialogue with key internal and external business partners to ensure adequate execution of project deliverablesActively works to resolve escalated issues and manages changes within the project / program / initiativeEvaluates the effectiveness of corporate marketing processes / services and recommends / champions possible enhancementsProvides input and works with Marketing Planning to assist in the management of the Marketing calendarRecognized within TD as an expert within own field of expertiseProvides advice and guidance to employees and business partners on customer experience, maintaining the brand image, standards, application and execution within area of expertiseContinuously enhances knowledge and keeps current with leading-edge and emerging strategies, capabilities and / or trends in own field of expertise and competitive landscape and drives innovation throughout the customer experience and insights processUnderstands marketing disciplines and how they link together to deliver integrated solutions and enhanced customer experiencesRemains current with key business initiatives / issues and developments within TDParticipates in the annual planning cycleShareholder Accountabilities :
Manages project budgets within forecasted spendArranges for timely billings, maintains progress billing standard and promptly communicates variancesConfirms quarterly forecast amounts (invoices and estimates) for quarterly budget lockdownIdentifies ways to increase production efficiencies in order to maximize marketing dollars spent on all marketing programsPrioritizes and manages own workload to meet service level requirements for service and productivity