Marketing Manager - NZ (Sydney-based)

Stake is looking for a Marketing Manager - NZ to join our dynamic Marketing team here at our dog-friendly Sydney CBD office, within a flexible hybrid working model!

We’re an Australian investing platform that helps ambitious people confidently grow their wealth. By offering seamless, immersive access to the share markets, we’ve empowered a new wave of investors. Stake has grown fast from a fintech startup into a robust financial services company. Today we have 750,000+ customers and more than A$5 billion under administration.

At Stake, we break barriers in everything we do. Just like our customers, we’re driven by ambition. Our desire for continuous growth is what creates the collaborative and high-performance environment we work in. Though we’re spread around the world, we’re a unified team moving towards a shared vision: to unleash the investor in everyone. 

Join us as we continue to reshape the financial industry, inspiring investor confidence and celebrating our wins along the way.

New Zealand is a strategically important market for Stake, with significant opportunities to grow our brand, deepen customer engagement and attract a new generation of investors.

As Marketing Manager – New Zealand, you'll play a central role in shaping how Stake shows up in the market. You'll combine customer insight, creative thinking and commercial acumen to build awareness, drive growth and strengthen our connection with ambitious New Zealanders.

This is a broad role with meaningful ownership. You'll lead local marketing initiatives across campaigns, partnerships, PR and growth, while working closely with teams across Australia and New Zealand to deliver measurable business impact.

You'll have the opportunity to influence strategy, test new ideas and help define Stake's next chapter in New Zealand.

• Drive Stake's growth story in New Zealand, helping establish us as the investing platform of choice for ambitious New Zealanders.
• Develop and execute the local marketing strategy, balancing long-term brand building with measurable commercial outcomes.
• Discover customer insights, market trends and emerging opportunities that influence both marketing strategy and broader business decisions.
• Launch campaigns, partnerships and initiatives that strengthen brand awareness, accelerate customer growth and deepen engagement.
• Build Stake's profile in New Zealand through compelling storytelling, media opportunities and strategic relationships.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure customers experience a consistent and compelling Stake journey from first impression through to long-term advocacy.
• Manage marketing investment with strong commercial discipline, focusing resources on the initiatives that create the greatest impact.
• Establish clear performance measures and use data to continuously optimise marketing effectiveness.
• Act as a key voice for the New Zealand market, helping Stake identify new opportunities for growth and expansion.

• Stake has significantly strengthened its position in New Zealand, with sustained growth in brand awareness, customer acquisition and engagement.
• You've become the local marketing expert for the market, bringing deep customer insight and translating it into high-impact campaigns, partnerships and initiatives.
• Stake's marketing activity in New Zealand feels distinctly local while remaining connected to the broader brand and business strategy.
• You've built a strong network of media, agency and industry relationships that help amplify Stake's presence and credibility.
• Marketing is recognised as a key contributor to business growth in New Zealand, with clear evidence of the impact your work has had on customer and commercial outcomes.
• You've identified and executed new growth opportunities that have helped unlock Stake's next stage of expansion in the market.

• You're commercially minded and enjoy connecting marketing activity to measurable business outcomes.
• You're equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up your sleeves to make things happen.
• You're naturally curious about customers, markets and culture, and use those insights to create better marketing.
• You thrive in fast-moving environments where ownership is high and priorities evolve quickly.
• You're a strong communicator who can build alignment across teams and bring people together around a shared objective.
• You have a bias for action and enjoy testing, learning and refining ideas based on what drives impact.

• Helped launch or scale a consumer brand in New Zealand.
• Worked in fintech, investing, financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Led integrated campaigns across brand, PR, partnerships and digital channels.
• Built strategic partnerships that delivered measurable growth or brand impact.
• Worked closely with product, growth or customer teams to influence customer experience and retention.

At Stake, we’re more interested in your attitude than your resume. If you believe this is a role you want to jump into, please apply and let us know why in your cover letter!

You’ll have the opportunity to work with autonomy while learning from some of the best talent in the industry, playing a meaningful role in building a company that has loads of positive momentum and excitement around it. Having said that, we also have perks.

Please see on our Careers website the list of benefits under our Grow with Stake program. They include:

• Career relevant development and training with professional development allowance
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Childcare allowance
• Sonder - healthcare, safety support and EAP for you and your immediate family
• Additional leave types (Swap days, Bear Days, TOIL, Compassionate, Sorry Business)
• Employee Share Options scheme for senior leaders
• Stake products: SMSF 30% discount on yearly membership fee, $295 AUD annual trading credit and Stake Black account
• Recognition awards and team celebrations
• Discretionary performance bonus and talent referral bonus

Stake is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We’re proactive about providing an inclusive work environment and do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. We’re also endorsed by WORK180 as a great employer for women. 

It all comes together to explain why Stake placed 1st in the 2024 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list for the Banking, Superannuation & Financial Services category, across all of Australia and New Zealand.

Once we've received your application, we'll give it the attention it deserves and you'll hear from us either way. We’re committed to responding to every applicant. If we think you’d be a good addition to our team, we’ll give you a call and from there, you'll cruise through our recruitment process.

To all recruitment agencies: Stake does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or directly to Stake employees. Stake is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.