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Jon AshleyJA

Jon Ashley

Tech B2B Customer-Led GTM Leader | Revenue Enabler

€695/day
Southampton, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Jon

I support B2B and SaaS leadership teams when marketing execution exists, but confidence in its commercial impact does not.

With 25+ years’ experience leading customer marketing, advocacy and go-to-market strategy across EMEA and APJ, I now work as a fractional leader and senior marketing advisor. Engagements typically focus on alignment, prioritization and measurable outcomes rather than volume delivery.

My work commonly includes:
  • Customer marketing strategy and advocacy programs aligned to revenue goals
  • Go-to-market planning and execution roadmaps (3–6–9 months)
  • Alignment between marketing, sales and leadership teams
  • Transforming customer stories into sales-usable proof
  • Improving marketing credibility, focus and ROI visibility
I do not operate as an agency and I do not sell generic growth tactics. I work directly with founders, marketing and leadership teams to establish clarity, traction and momentum where marketing performance or trust has stalled or needs a fresh perspective and execution.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Southampton (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Elastic
    Director, Customer Marketing
    TECH
    February 2022 - October 2025 (3 years and 8 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    I help SaaS/Tech leadership teams turn customers into revenue leverage.
    • Marketing & Advocacy leader for B2B SaaS scale-ups (Series C–pre-IPO)
    • Specialist in fixing unclear GTM, weak customer proof, and misalignment between Sales and Marketing
    • Designed and delivered customer-led growth programs influencing $100M+ pipeline
    • Built scalable customer proof engines: stories, video, references, events, and sales enablement
    • Created and launched a full customer advocacy program aligned to revenue streams specifically focused on cross-sell and upsell lead generation
    • Partnered directly with Sales and SDR leadership to support strategic deals and conversion through campaigns, social and SEO to drive inbound MQLs
    • Created prioritized 90-day roadmaps to turn strategy into execution
    • Implemented governance, measurement and ROI dashboards to restore trust in marketing
    • Drove performance through focus and reuse (154% FY24 delivery vs target)
    • Operated across EMEA & APJ as a trusted senior advisor during growth and change
    • Created ongoing advisory boards with strategic customers to provide real-world product development feedback loops, ensuring relevance and demand.
    Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Revenue Enablement Customer Loyalty/ Retention customer success Marketing
  • Sage
    Head of Marketing and Programs
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    April 2018 - January 2022 (3 years and 9 months)
    Reading, United Kingdom
    • Senior Customer & Go-to-Market Marketing leader in a global B2B SaaS organisation
    • Managed and mentored high performing team of 8 marketers
    • Built customer-led marketing programs to support pipeline growth and deal conversion
    • Adopted social campaigns to showcase key customers to create brand preference, leading to 35% increase in inbound web traffic
    • Scaled Sage Champions to 6,000+ customers as a commercial engagement engine
    • Drove 350% YoY growth in customer content and sales-usable proof
    • Repositioned customer stories as revenue assets, not brand collateral leading to full insertion within sales funnels to close more deals.
    • Worked closely with Sales leadership to align messaging with live opportunities
    • Improved deal velocity through stronger proof and field enablement
    • Introduced prioritization, governance and measurement tied to revenue outcomes
    • Continually demonstrated the value of marketing through OKRs and KPIs, becoming a trusted partner to leadership during growth and transformation
    • Operated cross-regionally, aligning teams around commercial goals.
    Revenue Enablement Sales Excellence Customer Loyalty/ Retention Communication Content marketing
  • Cisco
    Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Services and Partner Enablement
    TECH
    August 2010 - August 2017 (7 years)
    London, United Kingdom
    • Senior Partner & Services Marketing lead within a global B2B technology organization
    • Created full 3 year marketing plan and owned the go-to-market marketing for Cisco Services and Partner-led offers
    • Designed and executed partner marketing campaigns to drive revenue growth and adoption
    • Nurtured and onboarded European VAR partners exceeding recruitment target by 15% in year one
    • Built and scaled the Services Partner Program, enabling partners to sell higher-value services and create net new revenue opportunities
    • Improved partner performance through clearer value propositions and sales enablement
    • Delivered 32% YoY growth in partner-influenced services revenue
    • Aligned Marketing, Sales and Partner teams around shared commercial objectives
    • Created repeatable GTM frameworks for partner acquisition, activation and expansion
    • Supported regional and global stakeholders across multiple markets
    • Focused relentlessly on measurable outcomes, not activity
    Marketing Transformation & Execution Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Content marketing Marketing and Communications Planning Revenue Enablement

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Education

  • Chartered Institute of Marketing | CIM
    Open Remote
    2010
    Postgraduate Professional Qualification in Strategic Marketing

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