About the Opportunity
• Reporting into the CCO, this fabulous senior level role is responsible for leading brand and marketing across NZ and Australia. I know this role is going to be very popular as roles like this don’t come up often! Auckland or Christchurch based.
• Drive growth outcomes (demand, enquiry quality, conversion) while protecting a premium, high-trust brand
• The business is in a period of transformation — you’ll bring calm, pace and clarity, keeping marketing moving while ways of working evolve
• Lead integrated marketing (and large marketing budgets) across national, regional and local activity, partnering closely with Sales, Operations and senior leadership
• Lead 5 direct reports across brand, acquisition, creative & digital, plus a large wider marketing team
• Lead the marketing engine: campaigns, content, digital performance and creative output across channels, with clear measurement and optimisation loops
What You’ll Bring
• Senior marketing leadership with clear commercial accountability (pipeline, conversion, revenue)
• Strong demand generation and performance marketing capability across paid/owned/earned
• Brand leadership in a high-trust, customer-led environment (long decision/sales cycle ideal)
• Digital and CRM/nurture experience: website conversion, analytics, lifecycle comms
• Confidence leading multi-disciplinary teams and agency partners, with strong standards on briefs and delivery
How You’ll Lead
• Credible, grounded senior stakeholder management — able to align a complex group quickly
• Comfortable in ambiguity and change; practical, solutions-led and resilient under pressure
• Strategic thinker who can also get hands-on (sharpening briefs, unblocking delivery, lifting quality)
• High EQ and judgement — knows when to push, when to simplify, and how to protect brand trust
• Clear communicator: can translate data and direction into action people can follow
What’s on Offer
• Significant scope across two markets, with a seat at the senior leadership table
• Broad remit: brand + acquisition + digital + customer journey, with real authority to lift capability and ways of working
• Leadership of a large marketing team & marketing budget
• Strong internal and agency support, plus meaningful outcomes and visibility
• Base salary plus bonus
• Auckland or Christchurch based
Next Steps?
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.
For any questions give Suzie Gates a call on 0221599311 and quote Job ID: 18326 for a confidential chat. This role is going to be very popular, pls can I ask if you are interested in the role that you apply first.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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