One of the world’s leading global financial institutions, this company operates at the intersection of banking, payments, and technology.

We are seeking a Senior Marketing Strategist to support the Office of the Chief Brand Officer. This person will work in close partnership with the Chief of Staff & Head of Brand Strategy — serving as a peer-level collaborator on strategy, communications, and cross-functional project management across a 300+ person brand organization.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact contract for someone who is equally comfortable building an executive deck from scratch, tracking a KPI framework end-to-end, and driving a cross-functional workstream — all without a lot of oversight. You're not waiting to be told what to do. You're connecting the dots, chasing down answers, and moving work forward.

The right person for this role:

• Has worked in or alongside a C-suite marketing or brand leader — you understand how executives think and what they need
• Builds polished, executive-ready presentations and documents with speed and precision
• Treats project management as a discipline — timelines, milestones, blockers, dependencies, all tracked
• Is hands-on keyboard and unafraid of the 'grunt work' — this is a doer role, not a director role
• Knows how to navigate a large, matrixed organization with confidence and good judgment
• Handles confidential organizational information with absolute discretion

Location: New York City preferred. Open to Jersey City, NJ · Chicago, IL · Columbus, OH · Wilmington, DE
Contract Start: ASAP
Contract Term: 8 months with potential to extend
Working Hours: 40 hours/week, 5 days in-office presence required
Compensation: $80/hr

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Performance Tracking

  • Partner with the Chief of Staff to translate Brand and Marketing priorities into initiatives, OKRs/KPIs, baselines, and targets
  • Synthesize performance data and research into decision-ready recommendations for senior leadership — everything substantiated and backed

• Executive Storytelling & Communications

  • Co-develop executive narratives and briefing materials with the Chief of Staff
  • Build C-suite presentations including MBRs and leadership readouts
  • Prepare talking points and read-aheads for the Chief Brand Officer
  • Understand what goes up, across, and down — and craft each piece accordingly for its audience

• Cross-Functional Project Management

  • Co-orchestrate workstreams across Brand, Product, Marketing, Lines of Business, and agency partners
  • Own multiple projects end-to-end with minimal oversight — managing timelines, interdependencies, risks, and milestone reporting
  • Track progress, escalate blockers, and deliver on time with consistently high quality

• Organizational Effectiveness & Operations

  • Work with the Chief of Staff to identify bottlenecks and implement improvements
  • Institutionalize cadences, templates, and dashboards that streamline planning, approvals, and measurement across the Brand org

• Stakeholder Partnership & Executive Readiness

  • Serve alongside the Chief of Staff as a conduit between the CBO, internal teams, and external partners
  • Build trusted relationships, anticipate issues, and drive timely decisions
  • Prepare high-quality materials to ensure the CBO is fully ready for speaking engagements, boards, and leadership forums

• Brand Org Communications & Town Halls

  • Co-own planning and content for Brand org communications in partnership with the Chief of Staff
  • Shape agendas and develop executive-ready materials for org-wide town halls and BURs
  • Design communication flows to CBO direct reports — briefing notes, action summaries, and read-outs — that drive clarity, alignment, and follow-through

Must-Haves

• Proven ability to build executive-quality presentations, strategy briefs, and documents from ambiguous, fast-moving inputs — this is the #1 skill
• Experience defining, tracking, and synthesizing OKRs/KPIs into leadership-ready reporting
• Strong cross-functional project management skills — able to juggle multiple workstreams without losing momentum
• Background in corporate strategy, management consulting, Chief of Staff support, or a COO/ops-adjacent function
• Experience working in or alongside large, matrixed organizations
• High discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive or confidential organizational information
• Self-starter with high initiative — proactively moves work forward without waiting to be directed

Nice to Have

• Financial services or regulated industry experience
• Familiarity with marketing and brand organizations
• Experience supporting a CMO, CBO, or senior marketing executive directly

The ideal candidate has worked in a corporate strategy, management consulting, or COO/Chief of Staff-adjacent role — someone who understands how executives think and can translate that into polished, actionable materials. They have the presence and credibility to represent the team in cross-functional settings, the analytical chops to back recommendations in data, and the hustle to do the footwork themselves. Not too senior to get their hands dirty — this person runs toward the work.

A note on title:

• Our client uses VP as a mid-senior individual contributor title (roughly 7–10 years of experience). This is not a people management role. We're listing this externally as Senior Marketing Strategist to attract candidates who are the right fit — the internal client title will be shared with finalists.

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the world’s biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people, swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018, We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works, with an inclusive, human-centric approach that’s better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades, including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, the Inc. 5000 2022, and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.

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