SVP, Marketing

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.

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.

Qualifications:

• 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.

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

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. 

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to  Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected] .

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law.   In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their  recruiter .

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Salary Pay Range

Minimum :

345,000.00 USD

Maximum :

345,000.00 USD

Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page - Alight

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.