The Senior Associate, Product and Channel Marketing plays a key role in developing and monitoring marketing strategies and go-to-market plans that align with Line of Business goals. Serves as a strategic marketing partner to assigned business stakeholders, utilizing a data-driven, account management approach, excellent organizational skills, and a passion for delivering customer-centric marketing strategy. Partnering with Sales, Product and Marketing shared service teams, this role will define target audiences, develop and articulate offering value propositions, and establish messaging strategies to support product sales, brand awareness, and business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Marketing Planning:
• Collaborate with the Line-of-Business (LOB) team to define business objectives, customer segments, and product offerings.
• Develop marketing plans that support sales and growth goals, leveraging market insights, competitor analysis, and customer behavior trends.
• Play key role in developing strategic briefs to guide marketing plans and go-to-market strategy.
• Engage research, stakeholders, and LOB teams to develop strategic messaging platforms to guide development of campaigns, content, and creative design.
Plan Monitoring:
• Ensure all campaigns are aligned with marketing plans, LOB objectives, and messaging platforms.
• Review and communicate campaign performance, identifying improvement and optimization opportunities.
• Works within project management system to track progress of marketing projects and serves as the subject matter expert for all channel marketing projects.
• Monitor LOB budgets ensuring alignment with annual plans and GTM activities.
Stakeholder Collaboration:
• Act as a liaison between the LOB team, marketing teams, and external partners to ensure alignment on goals and deliverables.
• Support internal communication efforts to keep stakeholders informed about marketing initiatives and results.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES
Industry Expertise:
• Solid understanding of the Insurance and Retirement lines of business and their market environments.
• Familiarity with customer demographics, behavior, and key competitors.
Marketing Concepts:
• Proficiency in marketing strategy development, campaign planning, and execution.
• Knowledge of customer lifecycle marketing, segmentation, and targeting.
• Comprehensive knowledge of digital marketing channels, including social media, email, SEO/AEO, PPC, and content marketing.
• Expertise in leveraging paid, earned, and owned media for brand growth.
Data, Analytics, and Legal Standards:
• Strong understanding of metrics, including ROI, CAC, LTV, and engagement rates.
• Knowledge of A/B testing, audience segmentation, and personalization techniques.
• Awareness of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and marketing compliance rules.
• Familiarity with ad and content guidelines for different platforms.
Strategic Planning:
• Ability to contribute to long-term marketing strategies that align with business objectives.
• Skills in prioritizing projects to achieve maximum impact within budget constraints.
Project Management:
• Expertise in managing cross-functional campaigns with multiple deliverables and deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills to oversee project timelines, budgets, and resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for creating compelling content and presentations.
• Ability to adapt messaging for different channels and audiences.
Collaboration and Analytical Thinking:
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, build alignment, and gain support for marketing strategies and priorities across Lines of Business and cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring junior associates or collaborating with teams across functions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.
Qualifications & Experience
• 7+ years of experience in marketing, product marketing, channel marketing, or related disciplines, preferably in a B2B environment.
• Experience developing and executing strategic marketing plans and go-to-market initiatives that support business growth objectives.
• Financial services, insurance, retirement, or other regulated industry experience preferred.
• Proven ability to translate business objectives and market insights into effective marketing strategies, messaging, and value propositions.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, influence decision-making, and drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience using marketing analytics and performance metrics to measure results and optimize outcomes.
• Experience managing marketing budgets and ensuring alignment with annual business and go-to-market plans.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously and balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with enterprise project management platforms (e.g., Workfront) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in marketing, product marketing, channel marketing, or related disciplines
- Experience developing and executing strategic marketing plans and go-to-market initiatives supporting business growth
- Financial services, insurance, retirement, or other regulated industry experience
- Ability to translate business objectives and market insights into marketing strategies, messaging, and value propositions
- Experience building relationships, influencing decisions, and aligning cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
- Experience using marketing analytics and performance metrics to measure and optimize results
- Experience managing marketing budgets and aligning them with business and go-to-market plans
- Experience managing multiple complex projects and competing priorities
- Proficiency with enterprise project management platforms such as Workfront and Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
Protective Life Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Protective Life and has not been reviewed or approved by Protective Life.
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Retirement Support — A pension plan alongside a 401(k) with employer match is repeatedly highlighted and considered a standout feature. Feedback suggests these offerings provide strong long‑term financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are complemented by HSA/FSA options with company contributions and wellness incentives. Feedback suggests the breadth of health benefits is comprehensive.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and holidays are frequently cited as positives, with parental leave and adoption assistance available. Feedback suggests time‑off policies support work‑life balance.
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What We Do
Protective Life Corporation (Protective) provides financial services through the production, distribution and administration of insurance and investment products throughout the United States. Protective traces its roots to its flagship company founded in 1907, Protective Life Insurance Company. Throughout its more than 110-year history, Protective’s growth and success can be largely attributed to its ongoing commitment to serving people and doing the right thing — for its employees, distributors and, most importantly, its customers. Protective’s home office is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and its 3,000+ employees work across the United States. As of June 30, 2020, Protective had assets of approximately $123 billion. Protective Life Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings,







