Chief Marketing Officer (Founding University Launch)
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About the Role
Qureos is hiring a founding Chief Marketing Officer to lead brand strategy and marketing for a new university launch. Requires 15+ years of marketing experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership, with expertise in B2C marketing, digital growth, and multi-channel campaigns.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of the institution’s brand strategy, ensuring strong brand identity, positioning, and market competitiveness across multiple international markets and segments
- Develop and execute annual marketing plans and campaign calendars aligned with enrolment and revenue targets
- Design and implement best in class marketing campaigns driven by customer insights, effective messaging, creative execution, and optimized channel selection
- Integrate digital lead generation campaigns into the overall marketing strategy
- Act as the product owner for the institution’s website and digital presence
- Support planning and execution of key institutional events and activations
- Own lead generation targets and collaborate closely with student recruitment teams to support enrolment objectives
- Continuously improve marketing effectiveness through innovation in reporting, automation, analytics, and campaign optimization
- Ensure integrated delivery of marketing activities across all channels and platforms
- Build and develop a high performing marketing team over time through effective leadership, mentorship, and performance management
- Develop and manage the marketing budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources and measurable return on investment
- Provide accurate reporting and forecasting on recruitment performance, campaign effectiveness, and digital marketing impact
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years of experience in marketing, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
- Strong background in marketing strategy, planning, and lead generation across multiple markets and customer segments
- Proven expertise across brand strategy, campaign development, media buying, digital marketing, social media, SEO & SEM, website development, content production, public relations, event management, sponsorships, market research & analytics, marketing optimization
- Experience building and launching new consumer brands, ideally within startup or high growth environments
- Experience managing cross functional or geographically distributed teams
- Strong agency and budget management experience
- Extensive experience with CRM systems, marketing automation tools, dashboards, and automated workflows
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
- Fluent in English; Arabic language skills are an advantage
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Role Overview
- The Chief Marketing Executive is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the institution’s brand strategy and marketing plans to achieve enrolment targets, brand awareness, and overall business objectives.
- This is a founding level position, offering significant opportunity to build, shape, and lead the marketing function from the ground up.
- The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in business to consumer marketing, digital first growth strategies, and multi channel campaign execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of the institution’s brand strategy, ensuring strong brand identity, positioning, and market competitiveness across multiple international markets and segments.
- Develop and execute annual marketing plans and campaign calendars aligned with enrolment and revenue targets.
- Design and implement best in class marketing campaigns driven by customer insights, effective messaging, creative execution, and optimized channel selection.
- Integrate digital lead generation campaigns into the overall marketing strategy.
- Act as the product owner for the institution’s website and digital presence.
- Support planning and execution of key institutional events and activations.
- Own lead generation targets and collaborate closely with student recruitment teams to support enrolment objectives.
- Continuously improve marketing effectiveness through innovation in reporting, automation, analytics, and campaign optimization.
- Ensure integrated delivery of marketing activities across all channels and platforms.
- Maintain a digital first approach by staying current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and marketing best practices.
- Build and develop a high performing marketing team over time through effective leadership, mentorship, and performance management.
- Shape how the institution presents itself to prospective students, families, and the broader higher education market.
What We Are Looking For
- Minimum 15 years of experience in marketing, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Strong background in marketing strategy, planning, and lead generation across multiple markets and customer segments.
- Proven expertise across the full marketing spectrum: brand strategy, campaign development, media buying, digital marketing, social media, SEO & SEM, website development, content production, public relations, event management, sponsorships, market research & analytics, marketing optimization.
- Experience building and launching new consumer brands, ideally within startup or high growth environments.
- Experience managing cross functional or geographically distributed teams.
- Strong agency and budget management experience.
- Extensive experience with CRM systems, marketing automation tools, dashboards, and automated workflows.
- Experience in education is preferred but not essential.
- Strategic thinker with ability to translate business goals into actionable marketing and recruitment plans.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Data driven mindset with ability to leverage insights and performance metrics for continuous improvement.
- Strong cultural awareness and understanding of factors influencing student and consumer decision making.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with experience.
- Medical insurance and standard employee benefits.
- A collaborative, ambitious, and fast paced work environment with strong opportunities for growth.
- A unique opportunity to build and shape a new institution in one of the region’s most dynamic education markets.
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