Director, Area Marketing

Title and Summary

Director, Area Marketing AREA MARKETING Director Netherlands

• Oversees and/or executes local Marketing strategies, including advertising, promotions, sponsor ships, market research, etc., to align with business priorities and deliver against company objectives
• Leads projects on behalf of own country, balancing needs of stakeholders and managing multiple work streams
• Develops metrics and specifications to track program performance, measures program performance, and makes recommendations based on results
• Translates high-level direction into desired specifications for Master Card marketing staff or agency staff for production/delivery of promotional marketing materials, including print, electronic, direct mail and call center promotions
• Oversees parts of the local Marketing budget to ensure that all campaigns, programs, and activities are within allocated budget
• Collaborate closely with internal & external communications as a full part of our marketing strategy
• Supervises a group/team of 2 contributors, ensures compliance to goal setting and performance appraisal processes, identifies and coaches top talent within own team

• Demonstrated success in building integrated marketing & communications plans that leveraged synergies between marketing channels
• Demonstrated ability in establishing collaborative relationships with global Marketing counterparts and representing the voice of the local market
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in one marketing family, with additional experience in two to three marketing families, including B2B and/or Consumer Marketing
• Experience in supervising, coaching, and motivating marketing teams

• Experience working in multiple areas of the Marketing function
• Led complex cross-functional projects locally
• Demonstrated success in delivering results on multiple projects, setting priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at the local level or within the business area
• Developed understanding of global best practices, both in own function and in the broader organization, through experience working in a matrixed or global organization

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

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