Head of Marketing

White Collar Factory (95009) United Kingdom London London

Head of Marketing

About the role

At Capital One we aim to be a Force for Good in Lending - enabling millions of customers to get a clear fair deal and to succeed with credit. Now were looking for a Head of Marketing to join our team who fully understands and appreciates our values and what we uniquely offer to customers to help us scale our work even further.

Owning the end to end strategic agenda the Head of Marketing will continue to drive our brand and performance marketing forward developing a dynamic marketing plan that has a key focus on acquiring new customers through various digital media channels.

The Head of Marketing will bring commercial acumen and business development know-how - working internally and externally to identify high leverage growth opportunities. They will lead engagement negotiation and due diligence to bring these opportunities to fruition.

This role will report to our Vice President for Customer Acquisition - a member of the UK leadership team. The Head of Marketing will engage regularly with the UK Leadership Team leveraging those relationships to push forward new growth opportunities and investments.

What youll do

• Own the development and delivery of the UK Marketing strategy - owning a large marketing budget with a focus on maximizing ROI and Brand equities

• Lead the execution of market leading digital marketing for new customers across existing and emerging channels

• Develop and drive forwards our brand strategy - bringing to life our Capital One values

• Be accountable for ensuring marketing is compliant with internal policies and regulations

• Proactively identify high leverage growth opportunities - working internally and externally on engagement negotiation and due diligence to bring these opportunities to fruition

• Develop and manage our key strategic relationships - co-developing growth roadmaps with our exciting partnerships

• Own risk management processes controls and budget management for all UK Marketing activities

• Sponsor internal and external growth investments - working with product managers on and a cross functional team to bring these to market

• You will be at the forefront of market developments - bringing in external insights and driving investments to keep pace with market developments (specifically with a focus on AI led marketing channels and tools)

• Develop and lead and elevate high performing cross functional teams (Marketing Analyst Brand Creative Operations Legal Technology) to drive marketing programs

What youll bring

• An experienced marketing leader with proven track record of driving growth across the marketing funnel in a highly regulated industry

• Ability to thrive in a high-performing analytical environment that encourages creativity with integrated data-led decision making

• Demonstrable experience building and leading strong teams at scale in a high performance environment

• Ability to identify key areas of leverage - engage with senior stakeholders for buy-in - and then able to translate these into a set of clear objectives and deliverables

• A strong understanding of brand strategy with a clear understanding of how to drive performance across the marketing mix

• Highly data literate and able to understand and optimise performance across campaigns and channels in order to drive results

• Ability to balance of strong data and analytical skills with the empathy to understand our customers and our brand

• You are a strong communicator who can drive understanding of the brand the customer and our growth plans within the organisation

• Significant experience managing complex risk management processes - with experience of (or willingness to learn quickly) how to operate within Financial Promotion regulations

Where and how youll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham or London offices.

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.

Were big on collaboration and connection so youll be based in one of our offices 3 days a week on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays. If youre London based there will be an expectation that frequent travel to Nottingham will be required.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements and were open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

Whats in it for you

• Bring us all this - and youll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the strategic direction and roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation

• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)

• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme bonus generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave

• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym subsidised restaurant mindfulness and music London you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are whatever you look like wherever you come from. We know its about what you do not just what you say. Thats why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in to name a few:

• REACH Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies

• OutFront to provide LGBTQ support for all associates

• Mind Your Mind signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all

• Women in Tech promoting an inclusive environment in tech

• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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