Marketing Manager

takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketing Manager to join our team in Cape Town

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Head of Brand & Communications

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Planning & Positioning

Develop go-to-market strategies for new venture propositions from concept to launch

Conduct market research and competitive analysis for untested business models

Create positioning frameworks and value propositions for pilot projects in collaboration with the Brand & Communications team

Define customer segmentation and targeting strategies for new audiences

Campaign Development & Execution

Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across multiple ventures simultaneously

Manage marketing budgets

Develop creative briefs and oversee asset creation with internal/external teams

Coordinate multi-channel campaign deployment (digital, traditional, partnership channels)

Stakeholder Management

Serve as primary marketing liaison with Strategy & Ventures team and channel marketing managers

Manage relationships with external partners

Coordinate with legal, compliance, and operations teams for regulated offerings

Present campaign performance and insights to senior leadership

Performance Management & Optimization

Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for new business lines

Monitor campaign performance and optimize based on pilot learnings

Conduct post-launch analysis and recommend scaling strategies

Conduct monthly marketing reports in collaboration with channel marketing managers

Project Portfolio Management

Manage concurrent marketing streams for 5+ pilot projects

Ensure timeline adherence for venture launches and milestone delivery

Coordinate complex project dependencies across multiple business units

Qualification & Experience

3+ years marketing experience, preferably in e-commerce, fintech, or high-growth environments

Proven track record managing product/service launches from concept to market

Project management experience handling multiple concurrent initiatives

Attributes Required

Proficiency in marketing analytics tools (Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, etc.)

Experience with marketing automation platforms

Strong Excel/data analysis capabilities

Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies

The Environment

takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.

We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

We are short on ego and high on output.

We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.

We love what we do and what we are creating .

We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply .