General information
Reference
2026-298Job title
Marketing Director
Contract
Permanent contract
Contractual hours
Full-time
Job description
Key Responsibilities
Marketing Strategy & Positioning
- Define the overall marketing direction in support of Wygwam's international growth ambitions
- Develop clear, differentiated value propositions across product lines, geographies and customer segments
- Translate complex technical offers into simple, commercially meaningful narratives
- Rebalance the organisation from a sales-led mindset towards a mature, insight-driven marketing contribution
Customer Engagement Programme
- Design and own Wygwam's customer engagement strategy, anchored in a 360° customer view: company data, business maturity, product usage, engagement signals and NPS
- Build and evolve the Customer Engagement Platform — a segmentation-driven engine that delivers personalised next-best-actions, targeted programmes and loyalty mechanisms at scale
- Define a Professional Gateway model: tiered services and support priced and positioned according to customer engagement level
- Lead platform development through MVP release (planned Q2 2027) and beyond, embedding every new touchpoint into an ongoing engagement journey
Go-to-Market & Commercial Support
- Strengthen marketing's role in lead generation, channel activation and market development
- Clarify target group strategies across end users, installers, specifiers, wholesale and commercial stakeholders
- Support more effective routes to market across countries and product lines
- Create feedback loops between customer behaviour data, segment marketing and the product roadmap
International Market Intelligence
- Bring strong sensitivity to differences across countries, channels and customer segments
- Ensure marketing choices are grounded in local market realities, not headquarters assumptions
- Build stronger connection with local teams and commercial "sensors" across EMEA and beyond
Team Leadership & Function Development
- Lead and develop a multifunctional team across MarCom, segment marketing, customer success operations and marketing data management
- Shape the structure, capabilities and operating model of the function in line with strategic needs
- Decide what is built internally and what is supported through external partners
- Build a focused, performance-oriented team culture with clear priorities and direction
Profile
Experience
- Senior marketing or customer success leadership in an international B2B, technology-driven environment
- Proven track record in strategic positioning, value proposition development and go-to-market leadership
- Experience building or scaling customer engagement, lifecycle or loyalty programmes
- Comfort with technically complex products, ecosystems or solutions
- Track record leading multifunctional marketing teams in evolving organisational contexts
Capabilities
- Able to translate complex offers into simple, customer-relevant messaging
- Strong understanding of segmentation, CRM, customer journeys and behavioural data
- Balances brand-building, demand generation and customer retention priorities
- Operates effectively in ambiguity, across disciplines and without complete information
Leadership Style
- Structured and pragmatic — brings focus, momentum and direction to a developing function
- International in outlook; thinks beyond home-market or headquarters assumptions
- Strong communicator, able to adapt to technical, commercial and executive audiences
- Inclusive and energising, with resilience in fast-moving, complex environments
Languages
- Fluent English required; Dutch and/or German a strong asset
We offer
- A director-level role with board visibility and direct CEO reporting line
- The mandate to build a customer engagement discipline from the ground up, at international scale
- A company actively investing in its platform, product and people
- A culture where leaders are expected to think, challenge and act — not just execute
- Competitive package in line with the seniority and scope of the role
Job location
Europe, Belgium, Antwerp
Division (Niko/Wygwam)
Wygwam
Specify region/city (if applicable)
Antwerp