SVP, Marketing

Alight Solutions • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Our story At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.” Our Values: Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs. Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives. Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation. With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work. Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight. The Senior Vice President of Marketing leads Alight’s tactical marketing organization, with a focus on execution, speed, and alignment to commercial priorities. This role is responsible for delivering practical, high-impact marketing support that enables sellers, supports clients, and reinforces consistent messaging across the business. This role will report to the Chief Commercial Officer (or equivalent). The SVP of Marketing is focused on running a lean, highly effective marketing team that partners closely with Product, Communications, Sales, and Client Management to bring Alight’s story to life in the market. The organization is intentionally smaller and more focused, requiring a hands-on leader who can prioritize, simplify, and deliver.

Requirements

• 15+ years of marketing experience, with a strong emphasis on execution, field marketing, or commercial enablement.
• Proven experience leading marketing teams in a B2B, services, or technology-enabled environment.
• Experience operating effectively in a scaled-down or resource-constrained organization.
• Strong background partnering with Sales and Product organizations.

Responsibilities

• Marketing Strategy & Execution Lead a streamlined marketing organization focused on execution rather than broad brand strategy.
• Translate commercial and product priorities into clear, actionable marketing plans.
• Ensure marketing efforts directly support sales effectiveness, client engagement, and growth priorities.
• Operate with discipline and focus in a smaller team environment, setting clear priorities and trade-offs.
• Digital Marketing Own digital marketing channels and campaigns, including web, digital demand support, and campaign execution.
• Partner with Commercial leadership to support pipeline development and seller enablement.
• Use performance data to continuously improve effectiveness and focus.
• Content & Messaging Lead content development across sales, client, and external-facing materials.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Product verticals and Communications to ensure consistent messaging, positioning, and narrative.
• Maintain a clear and consistent messaging framework across solutions, industries, and audiences.
• Ensure content is practical, relevant, and easy for sellers and clients to use.
• Events & Field Marketing Oversee Alight’s events strategy, including industry events, client events, and sales-supported engagements.
• Ensure events are well executed, aligned to commercial priorities, and deliver clear business value.
• Partner with Sales and Client Management to ensure strong planning and follow-through.
• Design & Creative Services Lead an in-house design capability that supports sellers, clients, and external partners.
• Ensure design resources are used efficiently and aligned to business priorities.
• Deliver high-quality, on-brand materials across presentations, proposals, digital assets, and client-facing content.
• People & Team Leadership Lead and develop a lean marketing organization, scaling from approximately 60 roles to a more focused team of about 15.
• Set clear roles, expectations, and accountability across the team.
• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, and delivery.
• Develop strong working relationships across Commercial, Product, Communications, and Technology.

Benefits

• We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person.
• Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed