Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence.
With over 6,000 cybersecurity experts worldwide, Thales delivers solutions that protect applications, data, and identities. Our technologies help close compliance gaps, detect and respond to threats, and strengthen digital resilience across financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure sectors.
As the Regional Marketing Manager for the Middle East, Turkey & Sub-Saharan Africa region, you will define and execute the annual Field and Channel Marketing strategy across your region.
Acting as a strategic business partner to Regional Direct & Indirect Sales Team, you will ensure marketing programs directly contribute to pipeline acceleration, revenue growth, partner engagement, and brand visibility.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and execute the annual regional Field Marketing plan aligned to revenue and pipeline targets.
- Partner with Sales and Channel leadership to define GTM priorities and vertical focus areas.
- Execute integrated enterprise B2B campaigns across digital, field, and partner channels.
- Drive webinars, executive roundtables, workshops, tradeshows, and industry conferences.
- Collaborate with distributors and partners to co-create joint demand generation programs.
- Manage Coop planning, execution oversight, and ROI tracking.
- Own end-to-end management of regional events including logistics and reporting.
- Track KPIs including pipeline contribution, conversion rates, and event ROI.
- Collaborate with ABM Campaigns, Digital, and Product Marketing teams to align messaging and programs
- 7+ years of field and/or channel marketing experience within the META region.
- Proven experience in B2B technology marketing (cybersecurity preferred).
- Strong understanding of Middle East, Turkey, and Sub-Saharan market dynamics.
- Experience with Salesforce, marketing automation tools (e.g., Marketo), and reporting platforms (e.g., Power BI).
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to run multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Proven experience of working on an individual basis as part of a larger disparate
geographical team with remote management - Experience managing live and virtual events.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent English.
- Based in Dubai.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field.
- Experience in cybersecurity or enterprise software.
- Arabic or Turkish language skills are a plus.
- Opportunity to play a strategic role in accelerating cybersecurity growth across emerging markets.
- Exposure to enterprise-level global campaigns and regional GTM leadership.
- A collaborative culture built on trust, innovation, and impact.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of field and/or channel marketing experience within the META region
- B2B technology marketing experience, preferably in cybersecurity
- Strong understanding of Middle East, Turkey, and Sub-Saharan market dynamics
- Experience with Salesforce, marketing automation tools such as Marketo, and reporting platforms such as Power BI
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Experience working independently within a geographically dispersed team with remote management
- Experience managing live and virtual events
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Fluent English
- Based in Dubai
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field
- Experience in cybersecurity or enterprise software
- Arabic or Turkish language skills
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
