OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The Senior Manager Marketing APAC is responsible for leading the regionalization and execution of consumer brand and regional marketing initiatives across Asia Pacific for Silversea

Reporting to the Managing Director APAC and AVP Marketing the role is accountable for the successful implementation of regional marketing plans that drive brand awareness guest acquisition loyalty engagement and market activation across Asia and Australia/New Zealand

The role serves as the primary local marketing lead for the Silversea brand in APAC ensuring global marketing strategies are effectively localized and executed within regional markets while maintaining alignment with global brand standards

The position works closely with regional Sales Commercial Revenue Management and Global Marketing teams to maximize marketing effectiveness improve campaign performance and support long-term business growth

This role is part of the APAC Silversea Leadership team and is expected to represent the company and the marketing function accordingly

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

MARKETING STRATEGY & PLANNING

- Develop and execute annual APAC marketing plans (spanning AUNZ and Asia markets) aligned to commercial priorities and global marketing objectives
- Support effective allocation of marketing investment and ROI measurement
- Translate global marketing initiatives into relevant and effective regional programs and campaigns
Provide market intelligence
- customer insights and competitive analysis to influence global marketing strategies
Provide recommendations on marketing priorities
- resource allocation and activity planning
- Advocate for APAC market needs and identify growth opportunities and emerging trends
Partner with regional leadership teams to align marketing priorities with commercial objectives
- Act as a trusted advisor to commercial leaders through marketing insights and recommendations
Leverage centralized marketing capabilities content
- technology and analytics to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
Collaborate closely with regional Commercial Planning
- Revenue Management and Sales teams to ensure marketing efforts support key business objectives
- Monitor campaign effectiveness and recommend optimizations to improve ROI and business outcomes
- Manage regional agencies and partner relationships where local support is required

CONSUMER & BRAND MARKETING

Lead all consumer and brand marketing activities across Australia

- New Zealand and Asia
- Ensure all regional marketing activity aligns with Silversea's premium luxury brand positioning
- Develop and execute tactical and strategic campaigns focused on guest acquisition and lead generation
- Drive awareness and preference for the Silversea brand through integrated marketing programs
- Manage local adaptation and execution of global campaigns
Oversee brand assets
- messaging and marketing materials to ensure consistency across all markets




Identify opportunities for local partnerships
- events and initiatives that enhance brand presence

LOYALTY & CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

- Support regional loyalty marketing initiatives and programs for Venetian Society members
- Develop and execute engagement activities that strengthen customer retention and repeat purchase
- Identify opportunities to enhance guest experience through relevant marketing communications and programs

CAMPAIGN EXECUTION & PERFORMANCE

Manage the implementation of integrated marketing campaigns across paid

- earned and owned channels
- Work with internal stakeholders and external agencies to ensure campaigns are delivered on time and within budget
- Ensure campaign measurement frameworks are established and maintained
- Monitor performance against agreed KPIs and provide regular reporting and insights
Utilize data
- analytics and customer insights to continuously improve marketing effectiveness

STAKEHOLDER & AGENCY MANAGEMENT

- Build effective relationships with Global Marketing teams and regional stakeholders
- Act as the primary APAC marketing contact for Silversea global initiatives
Manage regional agency relationships including creative media
- PR and production partners
Ensure external agencies deliver agreed outcomes
- budgets and performance objectives
- Collaborate with Sales teams on joint market activation initiatives while maintaining clear ownership boundaries

PAID MEDIA & PERFORMANCE MARKETING

Develop and lead the regional paid media strategy across APAC ensuring alignment with commercial objectives

- audience priorities and brand positioning
Manage media investment across digital and traditional channels including search social display video programmatic print
- partnership and other relevant media opportunities
Partner with Global Marketing and regional stakeholders to localize and optimize media plans for Australia
- New Zealand and Asia markets
Oversee media agency relationships ensuring strategic planning effective execution
- performance optimization and accountability against agreed KPIs
Establish audience targeting segmentation and customer acquisition strategies to maximize awareness
- lead generation and conversion
Monitor campaign performance across all paid channels and implement data-driven optimizations to improve efficiency
- effectiveness and return on investment
Leverage analytics
- attribution models and customer insights to evaluate media effectiveness and inform future investment decisions




- Develop performance reporting frameworks and provide regular insights and recommendations to regional and global stakeholders
Identify and test new channels
- technologies and media opportunities to drive innovation and support business growth
Ensure paid media activities comply with brand guidelines
- legal requirements and market-specific regulations

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP

Lead

- develop and mentor the regional marketing team
Create a high-performance culture focused on accountability
- collaboration and innovation
Conduct regular coaching
- performance reviews and development planning
- Encourage continuous learning and sharing of marketing best practices across the region
Foster strong collaboration between marketing
- sales and commercial teams

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

- Manage assigned marketing budgets in accordance with company policies and approval frameworks
Monitor expenditure
- forecasting and budget performance
- Ensure efficient allocation of marketing investment to support commercial objectives
- Deliver maximum ROI from consumer and regional marketing activities

This role is not responsible for trade marketing strategy co-op investment decisions or trade channel budget management which reside within the Sales organization

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

- Delivery of annual APAC marketing plan and campaign objectives

Brand awareness
- engagement and customer acquisition growth

- Marketing-generated contribution to business performance

- Effective budget management and ROI achievement

- Successful execution of Asia market activation initiatives

- Employee engagement and development of direct reports

- Stakeholder satisfaction and cross-functional collaboration effectiveness

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Business

- Communications or related discipline preferred

Experience

Minimum 8+ years marketing experience

- including significant experience leading multi-channel marketing campaigns
- Minimum 3-5 years people leadership experience
Experience within luxury travel hospitality
- tourism or premium consumer brands preferred
- Experience managing regional or multi-market marketing programs desirable

Knowledge Skills & Capabilities

- Strong understanding of brand and consumer marketing principles
- Excellent campaign planning and execution capabilities
- Proven ability to translate strategy into effective market activation
- Robust analytical and commercial acumen
- Experience managing marketing budgets and agency partnerships
- Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills
Strong presentation
- communication and leadership capabilities
- Ability to operate successfully within a global matrix organization
- Highly organized with strong project management skills
Self-motivated
- proactive and solutions-oriented
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and marketing analytics tools

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