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About the role

  • Head of Brand Strategy and Governance leading EQ Bank’s enterprise brand architecture, naming and governance. Shaping distinctive, trusted banking experiences for Canadians.

Responsibilities

  • Lead EQ Bank’s enterprise brand strategy system, including positioning, purpose, promise, personality, voice, messaging principles, master brand role and long-term agenda
  • Own brand architecture across products, propositions, partnerships, channels and future business areas
  • Lead naming, nomenclature and taxonomy decisions, including naming principles, decision trees, evaluation criteria, approval paths and documentation
  • Develop and maintain the brand governance operating system, including standards, decision rights, review forums, approval pathways, exception processes, training materials, templates and practical tools
  • Build adoption mechanisms for the brand system, including central guidance, reusable assets, stakeholder enablement, training, governance communications and measurement of compliance or drift
  • Guide claims, hierarchy, messaging, verbal identity, design-system principles and brand experience decisions
  • Partner with Product, Marketing, UX, Technology, Legal, Compliance, HR, Communications, Partnerships and business leaders to embed brand strategy into customer and employee experiences
  • Lead partner-brand governance for co-branded work
  • Translate customer insight, competitive context, brand health data, business priorities and regulatory considerations into recommendations for senior stakeholders
  • Review priority brand work and provide counsel to improve clarity, consistency, customer understanding, strategic fit, risk management and brand distinctiveness

Requirements

  • University degree or college diploma in marketing, business, communications, design strategy or a related field is required
  • Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience in brand strategy, brand management, brand architecture, naming, governance, planning, consulting, or enterprise brand transformation
  • Minimum 3 years of experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional work; people management experience is preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of brand strategy, brand architecture, naming, nomenclature, taxonomy, verbal identity, governance, customer experience, design systems, integrated marketing and brand measurement
  • Working knowledge of financial services, regulated categories, digital banking, partnerships, compliance review, customer experience or complex product portfolios is an asset
  • Strong ability to use customer, market, competitor and brand health evidence to create clear strategic recommendations
  • Strong ability to diagnose ambiguity, create structured decision processes, simplify complex issues, write clearly and translate strategy into usable tools
  • Advanced communication skills, including preparing executive materials, facilitating decision meetings, influencing cross-functional teams, providing strategic counsel and delivering clear guidance to senior stakeholders
  • Strong judgment, collaboration, stakeholder management, analytical thinking, attention to detail and comfort creating order without slowing the business down or diluting challenger-brand ambition
  • All candidates considered for hire must successfully complete a criminal background check and credit check

Benefits

  • Competitive discretionary bonus
  • Market leading RRSP match program
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
  • Employee Share Purchase Plan
  • Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
  • Generous vacation policy and personal days
  • Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
  • Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program
  • Fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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