Marketing Manager (Technology), Cape Town

Job Description

Hire Group is recruiting a forward-thinking Marketing Manager for a fast-growing technology company in Cape Town, Western Cape. This is a pivotal, permanent leadership role for a modern marketer who thinks in systems, leads with data, and is genuinely fluent in the AI tools reshaping the profession in 2026. If you want to build and lead a high-performing, AI-augmented marketing function at the heart of Cape Town’s technology sector, this is your role.

About the Role

As Marketing Manager you will own the full marketing engine: strategy, brand, demand generation and the numbers behind them. You’ll lead multi-channel campaigns end to end, turn a modern CRM into a growth machine, and set the standard for how marketing and AI work together. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who is as comfortable shaping strategy in the boardroom as they are orchestrating an AI-assisted content pipeline.

What You’ll Do

• Own and drive the end-to-end marketing strategy across multiple channels: organic and paid social, SEO, content, email, events, PR and partnerships.
• Lead demand generation and lifecycle marketing through the CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce or similar), covering segmentation, automation, lead scoring, nurture flows and closed-loop reporting.
• Embed AI across the marketing workflow, using tools such as Claude and other large language models for research, campaign ideation, copy, briefing, personalisation and analysis, while keeping brand voice and quality high.
• Build, mentor and grow a small, high-performing marketing team and manage external agencies and freelancers.
• Define the metrics that matter (pipeline, CAC, LTV, conversion and ROI) and report performance clearly to leadership.
• Partner closely with sales and product to align messaging, positioning and go-to-market for a technology product.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years’ marketing experience with a track record of leading multi-channel campaigns that drove measurable growth, ideally in technology, SaaS or a digital-first business.
• Genuine AI fluency: you already use tools like Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini in your daily workflow and can show how AI has made your marketing faster and better.
• Strong hands-on CRM and marketing-automation expertise (HubSpot, Salesforce, ActiveCampaign or similar).
• A data-led mindset, comfortable with analytics, attribution and turning numbers into decisions.
• Excellent writing, storytelling and brand instincts, with sharp commercial judgement.
• A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience, and the leadership presence to build a team and influence stakeholders.

The Marketing Leader We’re Looking For in 2026

This role is built for a modern marketing leader, not a traditional one. You see AI as a force multiplier, not a threat. You are curious, experimental and quick to adopt what works. You lead with clarity, coach your team to raise their game with new tools, and you balance bold creative ideas with disciplined, measurable execution. You are as fluent in a CRM dashboard as you are in a creative brief, and you are excited to shape what great marketing looks like in the years ahead.

Why Join Through Hire Group

• Very competitive remuneration for a senior marketing leader in Cape Town’s technology sector.
• The autonomy to build a modern, AI-augmented marketing function from a strong foundation.
• A forward-thinking, technology-led business where new ideas are backed, not blocked.
• Real career progression towards Head of Marketing and beyond.

How to Apply

This vacancy is managed by Hire Group. To apply, click Apply Now and submit your updated CV, along with a short note on how you use AI in your marketing. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis and shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly, so please apply early. All applications are treated in the strictest confidence in line with POPIA.

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