Marketing Manager & Growth Lead

Help us become more systematic in how we turn ideas and professional intimacy into meaningful growth!

About Voluntas:

Voluntas is a growing laboratory for applied philosophy, and for more than 10 years we have guided organizations, investors, and institutions on making change, leadership and culture deeply meaningful.

As Marketing Manager , you will help us build a more systematic and proactive approach to how we translate ideas, expertise, and professional intimacy into meaningful growth. You will sit at the intersection of thought leadership, marketing, market intelligence, partnerships and business development – helping turn what Voluntās knows and does into compelling market propositions, relevant conversations and new opportunities.

This could mean that you take lead on our next campaign, coordinating with the right people to turn the overall direction into a production plan, and then you follow-up to ensure it turns into action and measurable impact. Ultimately, we want to become known by more of the right people for the right things to open doors for us to help more organizations grow in a meaningful way.

We are looking for someone who is curious about our philosophy, commercially minded, highly structured and excited by making things happen .

Your Ethics

• •You value honesty above compassion
• •You prioritize self-awareness above self-confidence
• •You rely on facts above sentiments
• •You put aspiration and hard work above good intentions

Main Responsibilities

1. Turn Voluntas thinking into market propositions

• •Help develop and maintain Voluntas’ portfolio of offerings, pitches, case studies and market-facing materials.
• •Help turn Voluntas’ proprietary data, client experiences and philosophical insights into distinctive market agendas and points of view – identifying patterns, questions and tensions that can become new areas of thought leadership, research and client dialogue.
• •Help communicate these perspectives through relevant channels and formats, from articles and LinkedIn content to events, client conversations and other market-facing activities.

2. Identify opportunities in the market

• •Monitor companies, industries, media and emerging trends to identify developments that may create relevant opportunities for Voluntas.
• •Identify relevant events, conferences, podcasts, publications and networks where Voluntas could contribute, speak or build visibility.

3. Activate our network and partnerships

• •Help structure and activate lead lists, including opportunities emerging from Voluntas’ existing networks.
• •Help develop partnerships that can create access, credibility, thought leadership and new business opportunities.

4. Support the growth funnel

• •Help maintain an overview of leads, opportunities, owners, next steps and potential value.
• •Track how opportunities move from initial signal to conversation, proposal and engagement.
• •Help build a more systematic understanding of sales cycles, conversion and where opportunities are being lost.
• •Help report on which growth activities and channels are creating meaningful opportunities for Voluntas.

Success in this roles means that you:

• •Help Voluntas have more qualified brand awareness among the right target group
• •Take ownership of growth initiatives from idea to execution.
• •Work across the organization to mobilize the right people and resources.
• •Bring structure to ambiguous or fast-moving assignments.
• •Be proactive in identifying what needs to happen next rather than waiting to be asked.

General Requirements

• •Have 2–4 years of relevant professional experience within consulting, business development, marketing, strategy, communications, entrepreneurship or a similar field.
• •Experience with project management of campaigns, particularly 1:1 direct marketing concepts
• •Strong analytical skills and an ability to turn large amounts of information into clear insights and actionable opportunities.
• •Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex ideas simple, compelling and relevant.
• •Strong interest in organizations, leadership, business and current affairs.
• •Commercial curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding how organizations create value and where opportunities emerge.
• •Comfortable working with digital tools, data and AI-enabled approaches to research and market intelligence.
• •Relevant academic background, e.g. business, economics, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, organizational studies, communications or similar.

How to apply

Don’t let the fact that you do not tick all boxes stop you from applying! At Voluntas we are committed to creating a diverse environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a community of colleagues from all continents and varied backgrounds.

To ensure all people are treated equally, we encourage all applicants NOT to include pictures, names, or years of birth in their application.

Interested candidates should do the following:

• •Write a short story of who you are as a human being.
• •Identify one untapped growth opportunity for Voluntas. It could be a topic, client, partnership, campaign, event or market development etc. What is it, why does it matter, and what would you do next?
• •Describe the three biggest weaknesses you will bring to Voluntas.

Applications must be written in English with the title “Marketing Manager at Voluntas”.

Selected candidates will be invited for the next step in our recruitment process.

Deadline: 16th October

For any queries regarding the position, please contact:

Ebba Hansen

Advisor, Leadership and Culture

[email protected] . Please note that this email address is for urgent or important inquiries only. Applications or CVs sent via email will not be considered and will be automatically disregarded.