Interim Global Head of Marketing

Interim Global Head of Marketing

Contract: 12 Month FTCLocation: LondonLevel: Senior and Expert levelStart date: July

Who you are

• The role requires someone comfortable operating with autonomy, making decisions, and leading through complexity
• A commercially minded marketing leader with strong B2B experience
• Comfortable operating in a global, multi-market environment
• Strong commercial mindset, with a focus on impact and ROI
• Confident decision-maker, able to prioritise and make trade-offs
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate clearly at a senior level
• A hands‑on, pragmatic approach, someone who enjoys being close to the work as well as setting direction
• Experience working in B2B marketing, ideally within consulting or professional services
• Experience leading teams or functions, with a track record of delivery and execution
• Experience working across global or multi-regional marketing environments
• Proven ability to deliver commercially impactful marketing activity
• Experience managing budgets and multi‑channel marketing environments
• Experience working with senior stakeholders

What the job involves

• We’re looking for an experienced Global Head of Marketing to join on an initial 12‑month maternity cover, leading our global marketing function
• Marketing plays a central role in how we build our brand, differentiate in key markets, and drive commercial performance
• This role will ensure we maintain momentum, deliver against strategic priorities, and continue to operate as a high‑performing, globally aligned function
• You’ll step into an established model and be expected to provide clear direction, prioritisation, and oversight across a complex, multi‑channel environment, while remaining closely connected to execution and delivery
• This is a hands‑on leadership role
• You will operate as a player‑coach: setting direction while actively shaping campaigns, guiding output, and staying close to performance and delivery across the team. This is not a purely strategic or advisory position
• There is potential for this role to extend beyond the initial 12‑month period, depending on business needs and performance
• This is a fast‑paced, high‑accountability environment where clarity, pace, and quality of execution matter
• We are a lean, high‑performing team, so this role suits someone who enjoys being in the detail and actively driving work forward, not just directing from a distance
• You’ll need to move comfortably between strategic thinking and hands‑on execution on a daily basis

Strategic leadership:

• Own and drive the global marketing strategy and plan
• Translate business priorities into clear, actionable marketing direction
• Set priorities across sectors, campaigns, and regions
• Lead the development of the next global marketing strategy and annual plan
• Ensure alignment and consistency across global and group marketing teams
• Balance strategic ownership with active involvement in execution and delivery

Campaigns, brand & digital performance:

• Actively shape and drive delivery of major campaigns and strategic marketing initiatives
• Ensure activity is aligned to pipeline generation
• Lead digital marketing strategy and stay close to performance, optimisation, and key channel decisions
• Drive external brand positioning through campaigns, content, and thought leadership
• Prioritise activity based on commercial impact and return on investment

Team leadership:

• Lead and develop the global marketing team, with oversight across a multi‑disciplinary function
• This includes leading team members both in the UK and US
• Provide clear direction, structure, and accountability
• Ensure integrated execution across brand, digital, and communications
• Maintain high standards of delivery, pace, and performance
• Remain closely involved in output quality and key deliverables across the team

Budget & planning:

• Own and manage the global marketing budget
• Allocate and optimise spend in line with strategic priorities
• Make clear, commercially driven trade‑off decisions
• Lead planning and budgeting for the next financial year

Stakeholder engagement & governance:

• Build strong relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders
• Own and deliver a clear marketing reporting cadence, including:
  • Bi‑weekly performance updates for management
  • Monthly marketing reports for senior stakeholders
  • Quarterly marketing packs for Partner meetings
• Translate marketing activity into clear, concise, and commercially relevant narratives
• Maintain a structured operating rhythm across planning, reporting, and performance tracking

Demand management & prioritisation:

• Act as the central point of oversight for incoming marketing requests
• Assess, prioritise, and align requests against strategic priorities
• Ensure focus is maintained on high‑impact activity, avoiding fragmentation

Success in this role will look like:

• Continued momentum and delivery across key campaigns and priority sectors
• Strong alignment between marketing activity and commercial outcomes
• Clear prioritisation and effective allocation of budget and resources
• Clear, consistent, and valued communication of marketing performance to stakeholders
• A well‑defined and actionable global marketing strategy for the next financial year
• A visible, hands‑on leadership style, with strong involvement in campaign delivery and output quality
• Fast, pragmatic decision‑making that keeps work moving and avoids over‑complexity
• A team that feels supported, challenged, and clear on priorities, with minimal friction or rework

Global working model:

• This is a global role with core markets in the UK, US, and South Africa
• The majority of the marketing team is based in the UK, so regular collaboration within UK working hours is important, alongside engagement with US stakeholders and activity
• You’ll need to be comfortable operating across time zones, with a level of flexibility in your working pattern to stay connected to both the team and the business

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