Position Summary
The Payment Marketing Manager serves as a dedicated marketing partner to Treasury Management and Payments leadership, responsible for developing and executing integrated marketing initiatives that support deposit growth and the adoption of treasury management and payments solutions, including BuseyPayments and the broader payments portfolio.This role works in close alignment with Commercial Payments, Treasury Management and product teams to translate business priorities into client-centric marketing programs, content and collateral development and sales outreach initiatives. The position ensures all marketing efforts reinforce the enterprise brand while supporting sales-led growth objectives and delivering measurable business impact.
This role partners closely with business leadership to support, enable and accelerate execution against established goals. The role will report to the Managing Director of Marketing.Duties & Responsibilities
Payments & Marketing Partnership
- Partner with payments and treasury leadership to translate business strategies, product priorities and growth objectives into integrated marketing plans and initiatives.
- Support the marketing of treasury management solutions and payments offerings, including BuseyPayments, ensuring alignment with established business direction and market focus.
- Collaborate with product and treasury partners to support product launches, enhancements and lifecycle marketing efforts that reflect defined positioning and client strategies.
- Bring forward client insights, competitive tactics and market observations to inform marketing approaches and enhance message effectiveness.
- Attend payment sales meetings – connect opportunities to further support the treasury and payments roadmap and bring back overarching initiatives to the marketing team.
Sales Enablement
- Develop and deliver sales enablement tools—including presentations/pitches, sales sheets/collateral, video content (demos, how tos, about us, expert positioning, etc.) and client guides—to support sales-led client engagement strategies.
- Align marketing resources and messaging with sales priorities and go-to-market positioning, in partnership with payments goals.
- Collaborate with sales and product partners to support cross-sell and upsell efforts across deposit, payments and treasury solutions.
- Support activation through tradeshow participation, sales presentations, client engagement efforts and relationship-building initiatives
- Maintain ongoing feedback loops with frontline sales and relationship teams to refine materials and ensure alignment with client needs and sales outcomes.
Campaign Development & Execution
- Lead the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns that support business objectives and sales initiatives.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (brand, media, creative, insights) to deliver campaigns across traditional, digital and relationship-focused channels.
- Ensure campaigns are client-centric, compelling, differentiated, compliant and aligned with brand standards.
- Activate campaigns in coordination with sales and business leadership to ensure alignment with timing, priorities and target segments.
- Develop and deliver marketing materials and content that support sales outreach, including collateral, promotional materials and storytelling assets.
- Craft and deliver compelling copywriting and content—including client outreach materials, thought leadership and website and blog content—to support sales engagement and strengthen expert positioning in the market.
Analytics, Insights & Optimization
- Partner with insights and sales analytics teams to measure campaign effectiveness against success metrics, manage reporting dashboards and project plans.
- Monitor performance across growth, engagement and adoption indicators, reviewing all efforts for alignment and return.
- Translate campaign results into actionable recommendations to improve future marketing effectiveness and client acquisition/retention.
- Support the development of performance updates for stakeholders, incorporating marketing perspectives and key takeaways.
- Incorporate sales and client feedback into marketing strategies to ensure relevance, adoption and alignment with real-world client needs.
Brand & Corporate Alignment
- Ensure all marketing efforts across deposit, treasury and payments solutions align with the enterprise brand, voice, and value proposition.
- Partner with brand and corporate marketing teams to integrate initiatives into broader marketing calendars and priorities.
- Maintain consistent messaging and positioning across all channels and audiences.
- Support industry events and conferences through coordination of marketing materials, messaging and on-site needs in alignment with business objectives.
Knowledge of:
- Strong understanding of deposit products, payments, treasury management and/or FinTech solutions.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience in campaign reporting, dashboards and performance optimization preferred.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations in financial services marketing.
- Experience with PowerBI, HubSpot, prospecting tools (ZoomInfo, RelPro, etc.), SalesForce, Smartsheet, Monday.com, dynamic presentation tools, social media management platforms and more.
Ability to:
- Partner with sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
Education and Training:
- 5+ years experience in marketing, with experience in commercial payments and deposit growth within the financial services sector
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns tied to measurable business outcomes.
- Experience supporting B2B or B2B2C financial solutions (treasury, payments, cash management) preferred.
- Experience working within a brand-led, enterprise marketing organization preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
Compensation and Benefits
Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.
(Base Pay Range: $85,000 - $122,000/annually)
Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.
Equal Opportunity
Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.
Unsolicited Resumes
Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of deposit products, payments, treasury management and/or FinTech solutions.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience in campaign reporting, dashboards and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations in financial services marketing.
- Experience with PowerBI, HubSpot, prospecting tools (ZoomInfo, RelPro), Salesforce, Smartsheet, Monday.com.
- Ability to partner with sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
- 5+ years experience in marketing with experience in commercial payments and deposit growth within financial services.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns tied to measurable business outcomes.
- Experience supporting B2B or B2B2C financial solutions (treasury, payments, cash management).
- Experience working within a brand-led, enterprise marketing organization.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
Busey Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Busey and has not been reviewed or approved by Busey.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match alongside a profit‑sharing plan, creating multiple employer‑supported savings channels. This structure strengthens long‑term financial security beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, adding an ownership pathway that complements traditional retirement benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time off are included, supporting time away for family and community. Flexible scheduling features in some materials further support practical use of time off.
Busey Insights
What We Do
As of September 30, 2023, First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) was a $12.26 billion financial holding company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of First Busey Corporation, had total assets of $12.23 billion as of September 30, 2023, and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank currently has 46 banking centers serving Illinois, eight banking centers serving Missouri, three banking centers serving southwest Florida, and one banking center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Through Busey’s Wealth Management division, the Company provides asset management, investment, and fiduciary services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Assets under care totaled $11.55 billion as of September 30, 2023. Busey Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FirsTech, specializes in the evolving financial technology needs of small and medium-sized businesses, highly regulated enterprise industries, and financial institutions. FirsTech provides comprehensive and innovative payment technology solutions including online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money and data movement; merchant services; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments at retail agents. More information about FirsTech can be found at firstechpayments.com. Busey Bank is honored to be named among America’s Best Banks by Forbes magazine for the second consecutive year. Ranked 26th overall in 2023, compared to 52nd in last year's rankings. Busey was named among DiversityInc’s Top Regional Companies. The DiversityInc Top 50 survey is the external validator for large U.S. employers that model fairness in their talent strategy, workplace and supplier diversity practices, and philanthropic engagement. We are honored to be consistently recognized nationally and locally for our engaged culture of integrity and commitment to community development. For more information about us, visit busey.com.
