Senior Manager - Regional Marketing at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager - Regional Marketing

Job Identification: 6847
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time
Reports To: General Manager - Brands and Communications
Division: Marketing 

Mission

• Drives business growth and brand excellence by developing and executing regional marketing strategies that cascade brand and product propositions across all channels and touchpoints. 
• Leverages cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful marketing activations, trade visibility, and customer education initiatives that drive brand preference, product adoption, and revenue growth. 
• Ensuring consistent brand identity and maximizing brand activation opportunities, the role contributes to MTN's market share growth and competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute annual /regional marketing plans for customer education, brand preference, brand loyalty and product/proposition adoption in the regions
• Work with the integrated marketing agency to develop regional adaptations of campaigns being developed by the master brand team
• Ensure all campaigns are speedily deployed across the appropriate channels in the regions at the same time a national campaign goes live. 
• Articulate a clear and compelling strategy for channel marketing for regional propositions and other products & services.
• Create and implement a long-term retail/on-ground strategy, producing a yearly “boots on the ground strategy” working the Sales team and other industry sectors to achieve business KPIs
• Ensure MTNN’s corporate identity is adhered to on all trade communication materials working with the Master brand team
• Compile regional competitive intelligence using detailed market and audience analysis.
• Ensure standardization of communication materials in all channels, MTN shops and the trade in line with corporate identity compliance 
• Work with the sales team to ensure retail audit of all MTN stores
• Prepare communication material deployment plans for all channels in the regions to ensure materials deployed are in line with Business priorities
• Identify and take advantage of new business opportunities, e.g., partnerships with FMCGs and other sectors through value-based symbiotic relationships to push product adoption in the trade.
• Maintain leadership in trade visibility in key commercial nerve centres and revenue generating markets working with the GTM teams.
• Drive customer education in the channels working with the Sales 
• Measure and report performance of all field activations and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs) working with the sales team 
• Identify new local trends/insights in the regions to enhance communication and brand relevance in the regions
• Organize mystery shopping to ensure product knowledge of customer interfacing staff 
• Lead and coordinate the activation agencies/sales reps to deliver on all KPIs set for on-ground product adoption activities/regional sponsorships working with the sales teams
• Articulate agency /sales rep KPIs for all activations working with the respective commercial functions
• Budget optimization for greater efficiency and output.

Requirements
Education:

• A First Degree in Marketing, Mass Communication, a Business-related Degree, or any Social Science discipline
• A Post-graduate Diploma in Marketing, Business Administration or a related discipline
• Master’s in Business Administration will be an advantage
• APCON Certification
• Fluency in English and other local languages

Experience:

• 9 - 17 years experience which includes:
• At least 8 - 12 years in core marketing, Go-to-market strategy, regional marketing and brand activations 
• At least 8 years of proven experience in developing and executing Marketing strategies, retail marketing and Go-To-Market plans
• At least 4 - 6 years in a leadership role managing teams
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent understanding of Brand strategy, Sponsorships and promotions, brand activations and trade marketing
• Adept in handling time-sensitive projects and deadlines, planning of promotions with focus on on-ground product adoption strategies
• Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.

Application Closing Date
25th March, 2026; 01:00 PM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online