- Great benefits and remuneration
- Join a global organisation with a strong focus on training, safety and quality
- Enjoy a diverse and inclusive workplace where people are valued and respected
At KONE, you'll find innovation that goes somewhere
We see a future of smart cities. As an innovation leader in the elevator and escalator industry, our award-winning products and solutions continue to push boundaries, rethinking how we use buildings for life, work and play
Our work will take you in different directions.
We are seeking an experienced Marketing Manager (12-Month Contract) to join our Strategy, Transformation & Marketing Team. This person can be based in our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office. In this role, you will lead the execution of KONE’s marketing, brand, and communications strategy across Australia and New Zealand. You will play a key role in strengthening KONE’s market position, enhancing brand visibility, and supporting the delivery of our growth objectives.
What will you be doing?
- Champion the KONE brand across ANZ.
- Lead the ANZ marketing and communications strategy, plans, and budget, ensuring high commercial impact.
- Work closely with business and sales leaders to support growth through segment-based demand generation, account-based marketing, sales enablement and customer engagement programs.
- Use market and customer insights to identify opportunities and strengthen KONE's market position.
- Lead media, PR, reputation management, and external communications.
- Provide communications support and advice to senior leaders on leadership messaging, business updates, and employee communications.
- Increase KONE's visibility and reputation through customer stories, industry partnerships, events, and engaging content.
- Drive digital marketing activities across web, social media, email marketing, automation platforms, and campaigns to generate engagement and business growth
- Deliver customer-focused campaigns that promote KONE's products, services, and sustainability initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with privacy and marketing policies
- Lead, coach, and develop team members and external partners, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
- Measure and report on marketing performance, insights, and opportunities.
Are you the one?
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role.
- Experience in a multinational, technology, infrastructure, construction or service environment desired.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, business or a related discipline desired.
- A track record of developing strategy and translating it into measurable growth, customer and reputation outcomes.
- Strong commercial acumen, including segmentation, value proposition development, demand generation, budget ownership, analytics and business case development.
- Experience advising senior leaders and influencing diverse local and global stakeholders.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated people leadership and experience managing agencies and multi-disciplinary delivery partners.
There’s so much more to KONE than you may realise.
- Career progression opportunities within a global organisation.
- Access to world‑class learning and development programs.
- A supportive, high‑performing team environment.
- A total rewards package designed to recognise and motivate.
Note: Applicants must either be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia or be a citizen of New Zealand to apply for this position.
This role is being sourced directly by KONE. We respectfully request no agency approaches.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in a similar marketing role
- Relevant tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, business, or a related discipline
- Experience developing marketing strategy and translating it into measurable growth, customer, and reputation outcomes
- Commercial acumen in segmentation, value proposition development, demand generation, budget ownership, analytics, and business case development
- Experience advising senior leaders and influencing diverse local and global stakeholders
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
- People leadership experience and experience managing agencies and multidisciplinary delivery partners
- Experience in a multinational, technology, infrastructure, construction, or service environment
- Australian permanent residency or citizenship, or New Zealand citizenship
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
