Senior Marketing Associate, Strategic Planning, Performance & Operations

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to work in technology for the fourth year in a row. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

The Role

This role supports the end-to-end marketing operational alignment across the APAC Marketing team, including marketing planning and prioritisation, capacity planning, marketing performance reporting and regular business reviews. They play a critical role in maintaining a single view of all ongoing and upcoming marketing programs across the APAC region, fostering transparency and prioritisation across teams.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Operational Support:

• Assist in managing the end-to-end marketing operational alignment in APAC by supervising marketing planning, prioritisation, and capacity planning
• Work closely with Marketing team members to ensure alignment of marketing activities with overarching business objectives and discover opportunities for operational improvements and driving process efficiencies
• Implement core processes and workflows to ensure efficient, effective, and timely execution that aligns with business goals

Cross-Team Marketing Program Coordination:

• Help maintains a single view of all ongoing and upcoming marketing programs across the region, ensuring transparency, alignment, and prioritisation
• Collaborate with regional and global teams to gather updates, ensuring marketing programs are on track, objectives are met, and key resources are allocated effectively
• Coordinate the evaluation and prioritisation of new projects, assessing impact, feasibility, and resource allocation

Cross-Marketing Cadence and Meeting Coordination:

• Assist in coordinating key marketing forums, including monthly and quarterly business reviews and retrospectives, helping to provide team members with actionable insights into marketing effectiveness and performance
• Support the organisation of key marketing cadence meetings and activities, ensuring consistency in communication and fostering effective teamwork across teams
• Ensure that all meetings are structured and purposeful, with clear outcomes and follow-up actions

Investment & Budget Management:

• Support the budget management process, collaborating with the finance team to track expenditures and ensure financial accuracy across marketing programs
• Assist in the forecasting and financial reporting process, ensuring marketing initiatives are on budget and any variances are promptly addressed

Partner Management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners to ensure smooth

collaboration and the successful delivery of marketing programs

Essential Requirements

• Possess program management regionally which includes budget management, financial tracking, and ensuring operational efficiency
• Experience in marketing operations, strategic planning, or performance management in a regional or global context
• Strong understanding in marketing technology platforms, project management tools, and performance reporting systems
• Strong organisational and project management skills to handle multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, build strong and credible relationships across various business units and at all levels of the organisation

Other Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field
• Ability to balance critical thinking with attention to operational detail, with a focus on both execution and process improvement
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and expectations

The Team·     

• The APAC Marketing Strategy team is responsible for shaping the overarching marketing and brand strategy, working closely with segment, product, channel, and country teams to ensure alignment with company objectives. The team manages a diverse portfolio of research studies and market/customer-focused data analytics to uncover valuable customer insights, ensuring the voice of the customer is integrated throughout the organisation. Additionally, the team leads the end-to-end marketing operational alignment, driving effective planning, coordination, and performance across the APAC Marketing team.
• Key stakeholders include the Executive and Commercial Leadership Teams, Marketing, Product, Technology, Sales and Service, Commercial Growth and Strategy.
• Our team members are based in Melbourne, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, providing an international perspective and collaboration across SEEK's key markets

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program)
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Free income protection insurance
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.