VP, Marketing

About Andela: At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America. As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster. Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI. Join us and change the world. Job Summary: The Vice President of Marketing is a critical leadership role responsible for shaping and executing Andela's marketing strategy to accelerate growth, drive market visibility, and enhance our brand positioning.  Reporting directly to the Chief Revenue Officer, the VP of Marketing will lead all marketing activities across our core business lines, including AI services, our talent marketplace, and a SaaS product portfolio. The successful candidate will be a strategic marketing generalist capable of building high-performing teams, crafting compelling narratives, and driving measurable business outcomes in a fast-paced technology environment. Exceptional Leadership: As an Andelan, you’ll serve as a role model for the rest of the company. Think about the feedback your peers typically give you – if it usually sounds like the below, we want to hear from you.  Low ego, low drama, servant leader: You share credit, take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea.  One team mentality: You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone.  Great listener, hungry for feedback: You’re always seeking to improve – our product, our business, yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen.  Owner, not renter: You see a problem, you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you. Player-coach: You fly high (create strategy) AND low (know the details that matter). You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this without micromanaging, empowering your team while actively engaging in important details.  Business problem solver: You’re not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems.  Key Responsibilities: Marketing Strategy and Execution: Develop and implement a cohesive marketing strategy aligned with business objectives, including market positioning, product marketing, demand generation, and brand development. Brand Leadership: Strengthen Andela’s market presence by refining and enhancing our brand identity and voice across AI services, talent marketplace, and SaaS offerings. Demand Generation: Lead initiatives to generate high-quality leads through integrated marketing campaigns, digital marketing, content marketing, events, and strategic partnerships. Product Marketing: Oversee the creation of compelling product positioning and messaging tailored to enterprise customers, highlighting differentiated value across our offerings. Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing marketing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Market Intelligence: Leverage market insights, competitive analysis, and customer research to inform strategic decisions and identify growth opportunities. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Talent teams to ensure alignment and effectiveness of go-to-market strategies. Budget Management: Define, manage, and optimize the marketing budget to deliver measurable ROI. Qualifications: 12+ years of progressive experience in B2B marketing, with at least 5 years leading marketing in a senior leadership capacity, within IT services, GenAI services, or talent marketplaces. Proven ability of exceptional leadership, scaling marketing teams, managing complex initiatives, and collaborating cross-functionally at executive levels. Demonstrated track record of crafting and executing strategic marketing plans that drive substantial business growth and brand recognition. Extensive knowledge and experience across brand, product marketing, demand generation, digital marketing, content strategy, and marketing operations. Strong data-driven mindset, comfortable with marketing analytics, metrics, and reporting. Exceptional communicator able to clearly articulate complex ideas internally and externally. #LI-RDR #LI-REMOTE   Benefits Fully Remote work culture - we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote! Bring your own device stipend - buy your own laptop with funds from Andela Flexible working hours Equity (as a part of the compensation package) Healthcare, 401k / pension Generous Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Compassionate Leave And more to come! We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela. At Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV/AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above. Andela is home for all, come as you are.