Director, Marketing

InforFarnborough, EnglandHybrid, On-siteFull-timePrincipal, 12–15+ yearsListed 2 hours ago

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About this role

The Field Marketing Director, UKI leads Infor's field marketing strategy and execution across the UK and Ireland, turning global campaigns and solution messaging into local programmes that generate qualified pipeline with Sales. This role is accountable for marketing's commercial contribution in the region and champions the use of AI and innovation to make programmes smarter, faster and more effective.

As a people leader, the Field Marketing Director manages a team of Field Marketing Managers and acts as the primary marketing partner to UKI Sales leadership, working closely with EMEA and global marketing teams.

This is a player/coach leadership role whereby you'll work with talented team members to plan, execute and roadmap the future strategy of Marketing, with a focus towards net-new growth of the UK&I.

A Typical Day in the Life Includes:

• Drives demand generating activities, partnering with UKI Sales, Customer Success, Alliances, Solution Marketing and Industry teams to prioritise accounts and reviewing performance against targets so investment shifts toward the programmes that convert.

• Leads, coaches and develops a team of Field Marketing Managers, setting clear objectives, giving regular feedback and building the team's confidence and skill in using AI tools responsibly.

• Owns the annual UKI field marketing plan, aligning programmes, target accounts and budget to regional sales targets, industry priorities and global campaign frameworks.

• Directs an integrated mix of events, executive roundtables, digital campaigns, webinars and partner-led activity, adapting global messaging to resonate with UKI buyers.

• Applies AI and innovation to improve account targeting, audience insight, content localisation and campaign optimisation, running structured experiments and scaling what delivers pipeline across the team .

• Manages the UKI marketing budget, forecasting accurately, reporting variances and overseeing agency, event and vendor relationships.

• Safeguards data quality and compliance, working with Marketing Operations to keep campaign and attribution data accurate and making sure activity, including the use of AI, meets Infor brand, legal, GDPR and data-privacy standards.

Basic Qualifications:

• A rich background years of B2B marketing experience, including demonstrated experience in field or regional marketing, ideally in enterprise software or technology.

• Proven experience in successfully leading and developing a team of experienced marketing professionals.

• Proven track record of generating measurable pipeline and revenue contribution through field-led programmes.

• Experience planning and delivering multi-channel programmes, including events, account-based marketing and digital demand generation.

• Demonstrated experience applying AI and marketing technology to improve campaign performance, productivity or insight, with a practical understanding of responsible and compliant use.

• A track record of innovation, including testing new approaches, learning from the results and scaling what works.

• Strong commercial judgement and a history of working closely with sales leadership to align marketing activity to sales targets.

• Hands-on knowledge of CRM and marketing automation platforms (for example Salesforce and Marketo), with confidence in pipeline reporting and attribution.

• Budget ownership, with the ability to prioritise investment across competing demands.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence at senior and executive level.

• Working knowledge of UK and Irish data-privacy requirements, including GDPR.

• Willingness to travel within the UK and Ireland, and occasionally across EMEA. Hybrid working with office based in Farnborough.