The worldwide leader in networking for the Internet and Telecom is looking for Head of Marketing Department.

The Senior Marketing Manager is responsible for developing and executing the marketing plan and go-to-market strategies and tactics in the GCC. The Senior Marketing Manager will also establish alliance relationships with Cisco Marketing and Strategic partners. The Senior Marketing Manager is held accountable for achieving the revenue, operating expense, and margin goals of the GCC business by creating and executing campaigns in all channels, including Retail, E-Commerce, VAR, Distributor, and Service Provider. Campaigns should win market share while supporting the worldwide branding, positioning and messaging.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Creating and implementing the GCC Marketing plan, including the objectives, strategies and tactics for each channel utilizing both internal and outsourced resources.
• Build the quarterly Marketing Plan defining tactical campaigns based on the new product roadmap and overall corporate focus. Campaigns include driving content for advertising, and defining and delivering retail, VAR, and distributor promotions and programs, including merchandising.
• Propose and drive marketing activities and programs to capture market share from dominant competitors.
• Drive and implement a lead generation program which engages business customers with Partner Connection Resellers.
• Lead the Strategic Alliances with key partners to gain Linksys a dominant and exclusive competitive advantage , including co-marketing activities, co-messaging, and development plans.
• Prepare and execute the GCC Corporate Marketing Budget, with responsibility for achieving OpEx goals.
• Summarize and interpret Market Share data and provide reporting to sales, marketing, and senior management.
• Whenever possible, leverage Marketing worldwide best practices to minimize Marketing expense and make the most of scarce resources. Leverage US marketing resources before outsourcing.
• Track ROI for key elements in the Marketing Budget.

Core Competencies:

• Superior written, oral and interpersonal & presentation skills in English and Arabic.
• Ability to gain consensus among other managers, often involving sensitive situations.
• Excellent project management, negotiation and decision-making and problem Solving.
• Exercises broad independent judgment.
• Tackles complex issues in creative ways and uses originality, ingenuity and expertise to create effective and lasting solutions.
• Able to synthesize complex technical or market issues, develop insights into and solutions for those challenges and gain acceptance and commitment from others.

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