🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Remote Recruitment is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Senior Marketing & Growth Strategy Lead

Job Overview

Our UK-based client is preparing for the next phase of growth and is seeking aSenior Marketing & Strategy Leadto shape and own their long-term marketing direction. This is a future-focused hire designed to bring strategic clarity, commercial rigour, and scalable growth planning once day-to-day social media execution is firmly in place.

This role is ideal for a senior marketer who thrives in startup or scale-up environments, understands how to build marketing functions pragmatically, and can balance ambition with budget discipline. You’ll work closely with leadership and execution-level team members to ensure marketing activity directly supports product launches, revenue growth, and long-term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities
* Define and own the overall marketing and growth strategy aligned to business goals and product launches.
* Develop clear, actionable marketing roadmaps that can be executed by junior and mid-level marketers.
* Establish marketing priorities, channels, and KPIs with a strong focus on ROI and sustainable growth.
* Provide strategic oversight across brand, digital marketing, content, and campaign planning.
* Collaborate closely with founders and senior stakeholders to align marketing with commercial objectives.
* Build, mentor, and guide the marketing function as the business scales.
* Evaluate performance, optimise spend, and ensure marketing investment delivers measurable impact.
* Future-proof the marketing function by implementing scalable systems, processes, and frameworks.

Qualifications and Experience
* Proven experience in a senior marketing or growth leadership role, ideally within a startup or scale-up environment.
* Strong background in developing and executing end-to-end marketing strategies.
* Demonstrated experience building, leading, or restructuring a marketing function.
* Commercially minded with a clear understanding of budgets, ROI, and performance metrics.
* Ability to translate high-level strategy into practical execution plans for delivery teams.
* Confident working collaboratively with junior marketers and external partners.
* Strong analytical, planning, and communication skills.
* Access to a reliable laptop, stable internet connection, and a suitable home working environment.

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Remote Recruitment

Remote Recruitment is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 69 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote Recruitment jobs →