Overview

Head of Marketing - Business Partnering role at Markel International

Are you ready to take the next step in your marketing career and be part of something truly impactful? We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded leader to head the Marketing Business Partners and serve as the senior marketing lead for the UK retail broker channel.

The opportunity

The Marketing department within UK National Markets is a high performing team delivering innovative and bespoke insurance solutions to UK businesses. This role sits within the Marketing Services team to support the NMUK Marketing plan and offers a fabulous opportunity to forge an exciting career in Marketing.

What you’ll be doing

• Leadership - Own the marketing plan for our Broker channel, ensuring alignment to commercial goals and growth ambitions
• Lead a team of Marketing Business Partners, coaching and developing them to deliver impactful marketing plans and strengthen business alignment
• Translate channel objectives into clear marketing plans and priorities, working collaboratively with content, digital, PR, events, and insights teams
• Provide day-to-day leadership and performance management for the Marketing Business Partner team
• Champion collaboration between marketing and the wider business, especially Sales, Underwriting, Claims and Proposition teams
• Support the annual marketing planning process for the Broker channel, ensuring effective prioritisation of investment, campaigns, and resources
• Guide the briefing, scoping, and delivery of high-impact marketing activity, ensuring all projects are aligned with brand, message, and customer outcomes
• Work closely with Campaign Delivery and Marketing Services teams to ensure timely and effective execution of marketing activity
• Performance & Insight - Drive a culture of measurement and continuous improvement across all marketing activity
• Oversee the reporting and performance evaluation of marketing campaigns within the Broker channel
• Ensure all activity contributes to business objectives including engagement, lead generation, brand awareness, and sales enablement

Our must haves

• Proven experience in a senior marketing role in the insurance industry (insurer, broker or distribution)
• Strong understanding of intermediary-led distribution models
• Demonstrable experience leading teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset
• Confident communicator with excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Passionate about using insight to guide marketing activity and decision-making
• Experience with budget management and campaign ROI measurement

Who we are

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) is a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

What’s in it for you

• A great starting salary plus generous annual bonus & strong benefits package
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan, and other benefits
• Opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career with support to do so

Are you ready to play your part? Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us at rec@markel.com or 0161 507 5827 to request accommodations.

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