Demand Marketing Manager
Apex Group · Cape Town, Western Cape
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- As a Demand Marketing Manager for Apex Invest, you will be responsible for driving global demand generation across a sophisticated, data-driven private capital platform and supporting services.
- The Apex Invest platform is a compliant, end-to-end marketplace connecting allocators and fund managers, leveraging Apex proprietary technology, data insights, and integrated capital raising capabilities. Your role will focus on translating this complex proposition into high-performing, audience-led campaigns that generate qualified pipeline across both sides of the marketplace.
- You will lead integrated campaigns that drive allocator engagement, fund manager acquisition, and platform adoption, working closely with Portfolio Marketing, Sales, Product, and Events teams to ensure a consistent go-to-market approach.
Job specification
Go-to-Market & Campaign Strategy
- Own GTM planning for Apex Invest campaigns, including product launches, feature releases, solution activations and event-led demand programs
- Develop integrated campaign plans spanning platform, content, and event ecosystem
- Build structured campaign frameworks aligning sales, marketing, and CRM execution campaign packs, messaging, channel mix
Demand Generation & Pipeline Growth
- Design and execute multi-channel demand generation campaigns targeting:
- Institutional allocators pension funds, family offices, wealth managers
- Fund managers seeking capital and distribution
- Use channels including paid media, email, digital content, webinars/events, and partnerships
- Optimise campaigns to drive high-intent conversations and platform engagement, aligned to the platform's matching and capital allocation model
Audience & Value Proposition Development
- Translate Apex Invest's core capabilities into compelling messaging, including:
- AI-powered allocator–manager alignment for investment mandates
- Data-driven insights and scoring frameworks
- Capital raising and investor access solutions
- Develop persona-based messaging for both sides of the marketplace allocators / managers
- Work with Product and Portfolio Marketing to align messaging with platform capabilities and roadmap
Content & Thought Leadership
- Partner with Content and Brand teams to deliver:
- Campaign-led assets reports, case studies, platform demos, case studies
- Insight-led content aligned to private markets, capital allocation trends, and investor behaviour
- Leverage Apex Invest insight ecosystem webinars, podcasts, forums to fuel demand and nurture journeys and establish Apex Invest as the destination for private markets and alternatives
Performance Marketing & Optimisation
- Define campaign KPIs across the funnel MQL, SAL, pipeline contribution, platform engagement
- Monitor and optimise performance using marketing automation and CRM tools
- Apply data-driven decision making to continuously refine targeting, messaging, and channel mix
Sales Alignment & Enablement
- Partner closely with Apex Invest management team, Sales and SDR teams to:
- Ensure clear qualification criteria and lead handover
- Deliver campaign insights and pipeline reporting
- Maintain clear visibility of each stage of the pipeline to drive better conversions
- Support sales enablement with targeted collateral and campaign narratives
Platform & Data Integration
- Ensure campaigns are fully integrated across marketing technology stack Salesforce, marketing automation platforms
- Support tracking of user journeys across platform engagement, content consumption, and event participation
- Contribute to improving attribution models in a multi-touch, multi-channel environment
Skills Required
- 4–7 years' experience in B2B demand marketing, ideally within:
- Financial services / asset management
- Fintech / WealthTech
- Capital markets ecosystem
- Proven experience delivering multi-channel, global demand generation campaigns
- Strong understanding of private markets, investment ecosystems, or capital raising dynamicspreferred
- Ability to translate complex platform or technology propositions into clear, commercial messaging
- Experience working in matrixed, global organisations across Product, Sales, and Marketing teams
- Strong analytical capability with experience in performance tracking and optimisation
- Hands-on experience with CRM and marketing automation tools e.g. Salesforce
- Excellent communication skills, with a clear and concise storytelling style
Core Competencies
- Commercial mindset with strong focus on pipeline and revenue impact
- Audience-first thinking ability to engage both allocators and fund managers
- Data-driven decision making
- Collaboration and stakeholder management across global teams
- Ability to operate at pace across multiple campaigns and priorities