Marketing Manager

About this role

Discovery is looking for a Marketing Manager for its InHouse Marketing team in Sandton. The role focuses on brand and communication work for restricted medical schemes, helping them meet their goals.

You will work with fund managers, senior business leaders and scheme communication offices. The aim is to keep scheme brands trusted and their communication standards high.

What you’ll do

• Turn complex scheme needs into clear marketing, communication and brand projects, and deliver them.
• Create integrated, creative solutions that follow the Discovery marketing model while protecting both the Discovery Health (Administrator) brand and each scheme’s brand.
• Give specialist marketing advice to senior stakeholders, the InHouse marketing team and schemes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with fund management, scheme offices and key business leaders at strategic and operational levels.
• Bring new ideas to the business. Run feasibility studies and use data-driven insights to shape new ways of working.
• Manage projects so they finish on time and within budget. Measure impact, correct course where needed and handle conflict.
• Coach and develop team members, and manage a budget, where the role requires it.

What you need

• A minimum 3-year undergraduate degree or diploma, such as a BA or B.Com in Marketing or Communication.
• A relevant industry qualification.
• At least 5 years of experience in marketing or communication.
• Proven skill in using AI-enabled tools and digital technology for content, data analysis and marketing work.
• Strong written and verbal English, and the ability to turn technical information into clear messages for different audiences.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to juggle several projects at once.
• Advantageous: a postgraduate qualification in marketing (listed as preferable).
• Advantageous: two to three years of experience in the restricted schemes industry.
• Advantageous: an understanding of the medical schemes industry and of Discovery’s products and processes.
• Advantageous: experience in content marketing, product sales, advertising, rewards programmes or client engagement.
• Advantageous: graphic design skills, shown through a professional portfolio.

Is this job for you?

This role suits a confident, experienced marketer who enjoys bringing ideas to the table and leading projects with many stakeholders. You should be comfortable making decisions, coaching others and working calmly under pressure.

Tips before you apply

• Have your degree or diploma certificates and your industry qualification ready to upload.
• Show your five or more years of marketing or communication experience with specific projects, budgets and results.
• Include examples of how you have used AI tools in your work, and add a portfolio if you have design experience.