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Assistant Director (Senior Manager) – Procurement - Operational Strategy - Strategy and Execution - EY-Parthenon At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The Opportunity At EY-Parthenon (EY-P), our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions and corporate finance delivers real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity. With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI-powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, boards, private equity and governments every step of the way. The Operational Strategy practice within EY-Parthenon provides clients with pragmatic, results-oriented solutions that drive efficiency and performance improvement, helping solve their most significant financial and operational challenges. We develop strategies and deliver value for clients, that optimise operations and enhance overall business value, leveraging deep sector and functional expertise, including: • Cost transformation, procurement strategies & optimisation, • Transaction value creation, e.g. carve-outs and integrations, • Private Equity procurement value creation pre and post deal, • Contract separation Our teams work closely with executive leadership across industries to identify opportunities for improvement (including quick wins), implement best practices, and ensure sustainable growth. Your Key Responsibilities As an Assistant Director you'll advise clients across a variety of sectors, supporting key decision makers (e.g. Board, C-suite, lenders, investors) in developing and implementing strategic transformations. This role involves hands-on delivery in fast-moving, high-pressure situations, often working with incomplete information and tight stakeholder timelines. You will be expected to lead project delivery teams, working with senior client stakeholders within tight timeframes for some of EY’s most demanding clients. As a consultant you’ll advise clients across all sectors, supporting key decision makers in developing and executing strategies for value creation and cost reduction. Given the client-facing nature of the role, strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential to effectively engage with clients and pragmatically address their needs, including the production of clear, concise, executive-ready reports and recommendations. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of independence, owning workstreams end-to-end and translating operational insights into clear financial outcomes (EBITDA, cash, CAPEX, risk). We expect Assistant Directors to play a leading role in new business development efforts by supporting on pitches/pursuits and preparing compelling go-to-market collateral. You will also help shape our value proposition within the wider Operational Strategy team, contributing to thought leadership and practice growth. We expect you to establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships to help build the profile of our team. As an important member of a growing team, you would be expected to take a leading role in practical efforts to grow the practice and in coaching and counselling junior team members to help them develop. Skills and attributes for success • Project Delivery – Ability to lead project delivery teams (both in standalone / corporate or deal environments), driving transformational change at pace, managing project teams, and overseeing engagement management (e.g. project commercials and risk management) with direct ownership of cost transformation and/or operational restructuring related workstreams or projects (size / complexity dependant)., • Financial Analysis – Excellent financial analysis skills, including ability to oversee/review analysis of other team members, quickly identify key insights, and link operational drivers to P&L, cash and balance sheet impacts., • Business and Commercially Driven – Track record for working in a fast-paced environment, while leveraging strong business acumen to add value to clients., • Value Creation – Ability to identify the key strategic priorities / challenges facing our clients and pragmatically develop solutions or actions to address them., • Report Writing – Ability to produce clear, concise and client-ready reports that effectively communicate complex findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders., • Business Development – Credibility to support business origination, including pitches and presentations. Initiative to contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work., • Learning – Strong desire to develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and client experiences., • Stakeholder management and communication – Ability to effectively engage and manage stakeholders by tailoring communication to influence, align, and drive outcomes. Ability to build trust through clear, concise, and proactive updates., • Role Model – Enthusiasm and ability to act as a role model supporting the development and coaching of junior team members. To qualify for the role you must have: Specialism / experience in: • Professional services / strategy consulting experience, either gained wholly within consulting or through a combination of consulting and industry roles., • Proven track record in delivering (cross-sector) for third party spend:, • Opportunity assessments, • Cost reduction delivery programmes, • Procurement operating model transformation, • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements and understand the implications of findings to client strategy. Ideally, you’ll also have • Experience across multiple sectors, ideally within one or more of our priority sectors which include Consumer & Retail, Industrials and Energy (including Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Utilities and Oil & Gas), Life Sciences (including healthcare) and Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)., • Expertise within multiple categories of spend, across Indirects and Directs, with an understanding of the key cost drivers and levers to deliver value., • Experience in supporting contract separation exercises, with an understanding of the key challenges, pitfalls and accelerators., • Experience in building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers., • Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment., • Value creation in transactions, including carve outs/separations or integrations., • A proven track record of delivering cost transformation with clear, quantified impact, including responsibility for managing project teams and vendors., • Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing and reviewing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership. What we offer you We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 15,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn _ about careers at EY-Parthenon. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. To help create the best experience during the recruitment process, please describe any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Senior Executive (Manager) - Procurement, Operational Strategy, Strategy and Execution, EY-Parthenon At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity At EY-Parthenon (EY-P), our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions and corporate finance delivers real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity. With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI-powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, boards, private equity and governments every step of the way. The Operational Strategy practice within EY-Parthenon provides clients with pragmatic, results-oriented solutions that drive efficiency and performance improvement, helping solve their most significant financial and operational challenges. We develop strategies and deliver value for clients, that optimise operations and enhance overall business value, leveraging deep sector and functional expertise, including: • Cost transformation, procurement strategies & optimisation, • Transaction value creation, e.g. carve-outs and integrations, • Private Equity procurement value creation pre and post deal, • Contract separation Our teams work closely with executive leadership across industries to identify opportunities for improvement (including quick wins), implement best practices, and ensure sustainable growth. Key responsibilities You'll advise clients across a variety of sectors, supporting key decision makers in developing and implementing strategic transformations. You will be expected to take a leading role on the ground with clients, working as a credible and visible member of joint EY-client teams. Depending on the size and type of project, you may be part of a large project team or lead on a workstream, with all the support you need from peers and senior team members to help you learn and flourish in these roles. Given the client-facing nature of the role, strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential to effectively engage with clients and pragmatically address their needs. We also expect Senior Executives to play a supporting role in new business development efforts by qualifying targets, supporting on pitches/pursuits and preparing compelling go-to-market collateral. We expect you to establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships to help build the profile of our team. As an important member of a small and growing team, you would be expected to support in practical efforts to grow the practice, and in the coaching and counselling of junior team members to help them develop. Skills and attributes for success • Project Management – be part of project teams comprising EY-P colleagues and (potentially) client team members. Help the team drive progress at pace, through for example action tracking, development of project plans, cost/benefit analysis. Contribute to Engagement Management responsibilities including project commercials and risk management., • Financial Analysis – Review/analyse financial information and scenario modelling to support decision making and execution., • Business and Commercially Driven – working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to really help add value to our clients., • Value Creation: Ability to identify the key strategic priorities / challenges and pragmatically develop solutions or actions to address., • Report Writing – Ability to produce clear, concise and client-ready reports that effectively communicate complex findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders., • Business Development - assist in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work., • Learning - Develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences., • Stakeholder management and communication – Ability to effectively engage and manage stakeholders by tailoring communication to influence, align, and drive outcomes. Ability to build trust through clear, concise, and proactive updates., • Role Model - Act as a role model and support the development and coaching of junior team members. To qualify for the role you must have Specialism / experience in: • Professional services / strategy consulting experience, either gained wholly within consulting or through a combination of consulting and industry roles., • Track record of involvement in delivering (cross-sector) for third party spend:, • Opportunity assessments, • Cost reduction delivery programmes, • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements and understand the implications of findings to client strategy. Ideally, you’ll also have • Experience across multiple sectors, ideally within one or more of our priority sectors which include Consumer & Retail, Industrials and Energy (including Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Utilities and Oil & Gas), Life Sciences (including healthcare) and Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)., • Expertise within multiple categories of spend, across Indirects and Directs, with an understanding of the key cost drivers and levers to deliver value., • Experience in supporting building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers., • Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment., • A track record of involvement in delivering cost transformation with clear, quantified impact, including responsibility for managing project workstreams / teams and vendors., • Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing and reviewing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership. What we offer you We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 15,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritizes your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world. Learn _ about careers at EY-Parthenon. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. To help create the best experience during the recruitment process, please describe any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Area Sales Manager Building & Plumbing ToolsJob Title: Area Sales Manager Hand ToolsIndustry Sector: Area Sales Manager, Field Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Business Development Manager, Independent Builders Merchants, Plumbing Merchants, DIY & Hardware Stores, Independent Retailers, Building Products, Construction, Hand ToolsArea to be covered: LondonRemuneration: £45,000 + uncapped commission (at least £7,500 year one)Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, £240 mobile allowance & benefitsThe role of the Area Sales Manager Hand Tools will involve:Field sales role, selling a distributed range of mid-market hand tools for the building tradeAll of your time will be spent selling into independent builders merchants, plumbing merchants, DIY & hardware stores, and independent retailersNow part of NMBS Buying Society giving potential for larger volume salesTurnover target circa £550kWill be given 300 accountsTypical order vales around £350Typical on-boarding process for new independent retail customers, 2-3 monthsThe ideal applicant will be an Field Sales Representative Hand Tools with:Must have field sales experience selling to merchants ideally independentOpen in terms of what building products youve sold previouslyExperience of having sold hand tools is not essential as full product training will be providedMust be IT proficient/ computer literateGo getter with roll sleeves up mentalityMitchell Maguire is a specialist construction field sales recruitment consultancy, dealing exclusively with construction field sales jobs, construction field sales vacancies and specification field sales positions within: Area Sales Manager, Field Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Business Development Manager, Independent Builders Merchants, Plumbing Merchants, DIY & Hardware Stores, Independent Retailers, Building Products, Construction, Hand ToolsTPBN1_UKTJ

Digital Tradeing Executive | Hybrid/London | Online Retailer \n We are partnering with a fast growing online retail business to recruit a Digital Trading Executive . This is an exciting opportunity to join a commercially driven ecommerce team where trading performance, customer experience and data led decision making sit at the heart of the business. \n The Digital Trading Executive will play a key role i... \n \n \n ZIPC1_UKTJ

Job Description:Senior Planning Executive | Amplifi | London | Permanent | HybridDeliver accurate, effective out-of-home media plans across local campaigns and independent agency briefs in a fast-paced, multi-client environment.About AmplifiAmplifi is the supply-side platform of dentsu, consisting of three pillars: Investment Management, Media Trading (Media Owner Services and Principal Buying) and Content (Original Partnerships & Entertainment); all underpinned by Supply-Side Management practices. Amplifi is the investment and innovation arm of dentsu across all media channels and entertainment content. The proposition is based on the delivery of value for all in everything we do. Our focus is to deliver the best possible media value for clients through leveraged media buying, sustainable media income and enable innovation with the supply-side with product, services and capabilities.Purpose of the RoleAs a Senior Planning Executive, you will join an out-of-home planning team with a dual focus. The team supports local store activity for dentsu clients, including planning around new locations, and provides out-of-home solutions for independent media agencies and their clients.You will work across both areas of the team, helping to deliver accurate and effective campaigns across a varied mix of high-volume local activity and larger, more detailed briefs. This role suits someone with out-of-home media experience who is organised, detail-focused and ready to take ownership of campaigns while supporting colleagues and stakeholders.What you'll doPlan and support out-of-home campaigns across a range of clients and independent agency partners.Manage complex local store support activity, selecting media locations individually for each campaign.Own smaller campaigns for independent agency clients from brief through to delivery.Coordinate multiple briefs, deadlines and stakeholders while maintaining a high standard of accuracy.Work closely with account managers, assistants and senior team members to keep activity progressing.Participate in client and agency meetings and prepare clear plans and occasional presentations to communicate recommendations.Use Excel and internal planning tools to organise, review and manage campaign information.Guide and support assistants on local store activity and established team processes.Build productive working relationships across the team and with client and agency contacts.How you'll succeedDeliver accurate, complete campaign plans within agreed deadlines.Prioritise a busy workload and respond effectively to a high volume of briefs and communications.Take clear ownership of assigned campaigns and keep stakeholders informed as activity progresses.Maintain strong working relationships with clients, agency partners and colleagues.Communicate recommendations clearly in plans, presentations and meetings.Support consistent team processes and share knowledge with assistants.Learn and use internal planning tools effectively to maintain campaign quality and efficiency.What you'll bringEssential skillsExperience or exposure to out-of-home media campaigns, gained in a relevant role or setting.Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work accurately across multiple campaigns and locations.Excellent organisation, prioritisation and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment.Confidence using Excel to organise and work with campaign information.Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders.A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to learn proprietary tools and systems.Desirable skillsExperience managing local store activity or campaigns involving individually selected media locations.Experience supporting or guiding junior colleagues on established processes.Confidence preparing presentations and participating in client or agency meetings.What we offerThis is a permanent role. The team is based from our London office on a hybrid working basis.At dentsu, we've built a benefits package that supports every chapter of your life. From company-funded Private Medical Insurance, a 24/7 Virtual GP and a generous sick-pay policy, to wellbeing days, volunteering time, flexible bank-holiday swaps and great everyday perks like retail discounts, gym access and tech schemes — we make it easier to live well, not just work well.Our employee-led resource groups have helped shape policies that genuinely matter enhanced maternity, paternity and carers leave, extended sick leave, menopause and baby-loss support, plus 10 fertility treatment days. Combined with life assurance, income protection, financial education tools and flexible savings options, you'll find a workplace that invests in you — your health, your family, your future.About DentsuDentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organisations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now operating in approximately 120 countries and regions, we bring together the power of a global network of leadership brands to deliver impactful, end-to-end growth solutions.Through our client promise, Innovating to Impact, we drive growth through integrated services across Media, Customer Experience Management (CXM), and Creative. Our business transformation (BX) mindset, combined with a focus on experience transformation (EX), drives sustainable growth for brands, people, and society.Our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and diversity enables us to continuously evolve, pushing boundaries while delivering measurable impact in a fast-changing world.Inclusion and DiversityAt Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.We recognize the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at accommodations@dentsu.com, quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.Tags#LI-HybridLocation:LondonBrand:AmplifiTime Type:Full timeContract Type:PermanentSummaryLocation: LondonType: Full time

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Financial Controller \n Permanent | SW London | Hybrid Working \n £70,000 - £80,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits \n We're partnering with a well-known consumer business to recruit an experienced Financial Controller into a finance leadership role. \n This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced, multi-site business undergoing continued growth and transformation. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance and Operations, you'll take ownership of financial control, statutory reporting, governance, and team leadership while supporting commercial decision-making across the business. \n The Opportunity \n Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of financial reporting whilst driving continuous improvement across processes, controls, and systems. \n This is a visible position offering significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence both operational and strategic decisions. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • \n Lead all financial control activities across the business \n • \n Own monthly balance sheet reviews, reconciliations and financial reporting processes \n • \n Ensure timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end close activities \n • \n Prepare consolidated management reporting and support executive decision-making \n • \n Coordinate statutory reporting, external audit requirements and regulatory submissions \n • \n Drive continuous improvement across financial controls, governance and reporting processes \n • \n Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow planning activities \n • \n Partner with operational and commercial teams to provide financial insight and challenge \n • \n Manage and develop a small finance team, creating a high-performance culture \n • \n Act as a key contact for auditors, tax advisors and external stakeholders \n\n About You \n We're looking for an experienced Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager who combines strong technical accounting expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills. \n You will ideally bring: \n\n • \n ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification \n • \n Strong financial control and statutory reporting experience \n • \n Background within retail, consumer, hospitality, leisure or other multi-site environments \n • \n Experience managing and developing finance teams \n • \n Excellent communication and influencing skills \n • \n Ability to operate effectively within a fast-moving, changing environment \n • \n Strong attention to detail alongside a commercial mindset \n\n What's on Offer \n\n • \n Hybrid working environment \n • \n Bonus opportunity \n • \n Excellent benefits package \n • \n Significant exposure to senior leadership \n • \n Genuine opportunity to influence and improve processes within a growing business \n\n BH36360

Commercial Account Executive \n \n\n • Responsible for the development of new commercial Insurance business and driving the growth of the business.\n, • Front and centre with clients, prospects and introducers building relationships.\n, • Working with clients and prospects via telephone, Teams and on a face to face basis, usually attending their premises.\n, • Taking new business opportunities through the full sales cycle from inception to closure.\n, • Taking advantage of cross sales opportunity that exists within the book.\n, • Developing new business opportunities through sales and marketing activities such as attending networking events, working on targeted sales campaigns, telemarketing and contacting lapsed clients.\n, • Working across a variety of trades and sectors including, Construction, Property Owners, Hospitality, Retail, Leisure and Manufacturing.\n, • Handling a wide range of insurance classes including Property, EL, PL, Commercial Combined, PI, D&O, Fleet and Cyber.\n, • Targeting clients in the £10-50k GWP range whilst also working on the odd larger client.\n, • Placement of own risk into the market.\n, • Hybrid working with lots of flexibility to run own diary.\n\n \n Along with our client, we are committed to a diverse workforce and as such recruit from a wide available pool of talent, with the hiring, assessment and selection process being fair, free from bias and one which ensures the right person is selected for the job, based on merit. We treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances. \n A copy of our D&I policy can be made available upon request.

Birchrose Associates is proud to be representing a leading international law firm based in Liverpool Street, City of London, which is seeking a Team Leader / Executive Assistant to join its team. \n \n The Firm \n Our client is a leading international law firm with an excellent reputation and an ambitious strategy for continued growth. The firm offers a supportive working environment, with a strong focus on its people, client service and continued development. \n The Opportunity \n This is a dual role, combining team leadership responsibilities with hands-on Executive Assistant support to Partners and senior stakeholders within the Real Estate & Projects team. The successful candidate will be proactive, highly organised and confident working in a fast-paced environment. Duties will include: \n\n • Manage and support a team of Executive Assistants and Administrative Assistants, creating a positive and supportive team environment\n, • Manage performance reviews, provide feedback, identify training needs and support the development of team members\n, • Oversee workloads and fee earner/EA allocations, ensuring the team is appropriately resourced and adequate cover is maintained\n, • Manage team rotas, holidays, sickness and other absences, working closely with Partners and HR where required\n, • Act as a key point of contact for Business Services teams and assist with recruitment, onboarding, inductions and leaver processes\n, • Support the implementation and use of new technology and systems across the team\n, • Provide Executive Assistant support to Partners and fee earners as required\n, • Support projects and change initiatives, including testing new processes and providing feedback to senior management\n\n This Team Leader / Executive Assistant position is a full-time, permanent role, working Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm \n Requirements \n\n • Previous Legal PA/EA experience within a law firm is essential\n, • Proven line management and performance management experience is required\n, • Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills\n, • Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills\n\n Vacancy Highlights \n\n • Hybrid working\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n, • Private medical and dental care for you and your family\n, • Flexible benefits including gym discounts and retail vouchers\n, • Tech, cycle and electric car schemes\n\n To be considered for this Team Leader / Executive Assistant opportunity, please contact Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Senior Analytics Manager - Pricing and Promotions (FTC) \n London - hybrid - 2x per week) \n Up to £85,000 \n \n This is an opportunity to take ownership of a newly created analytics capability within a major consumer-facing organisation undergoing significant investment in data and decision-making. You will combine strategic leadership, advanced analytics, and commercial influence to shape how pricing, promotions, range planning, and trading decisions are made across the business. \n \n The Company \n They are a well-established retail organisation with a large national presence, a significant customer base, and a growing focus on data-driven decision making. As part of ongoing investment in analytics, they are building a dedicated team focused on Price & Promotions analytics. \n \n The organisation is creating stronger links between commercial, digital, and operational teams to ensure decisions are informed by customer behaviour, market conditions, and trading performance. This is a highly visible area of the business with strong executive sponsorship and clear opportunities to make a measurable impact. \n \n The Role \n As a Senior Analytics Manager, you will lead the development of a new analytics function focused on supporting some of the organisation's most commercially important decisions. \n \n You will: \n\n • Develop and deliver the analytics strategy and roadmap for pricing, promotions, range, space, and trading analytics\n, • Lead the creation of modelling frameworks to support commercial decision making\n, • Deliver actionable insights that improve revenue, margin, stock productivity, and customer outcomes\n, • Influence pricing, promotional, range, and store portfolio decisions across the business\n, • Apply advanced analytical techniques including forecasting, optimisation, predictive modelling, and elasticity analysis\n, • Act as the senior analytics partner to stakeholders across commercial, retail, finance, and operational teams\n, • Establish best practice across analytical methodologies, governance, and delivery\n, • Build and develop analytical capability while helping shape a newly established function\n\n Your Skills & Experience \n\n • Strong commercial analytics experience within retail, fashion, eCommerce, or another high-volume consumer environment\n, • Proven experience working on pricing and promotions analytics\n, • Advanced SQL skills and experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI\n, • Exposure to Python or other analytical programming languages\n, • Strong capability in forecasting, optimisation, commercial modelling, and analytical experimentation\n, • Deep understanding of retail commercial drivers, including pricing, promotions, margin, demand forecasting, ranging, and stock productivity\n, • Experience managing, coaching, or building analytics teams\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business leaders\n\n What They Offer \n\n • Opportunity to build and shape a new analytics capability\n, • Exposure to senior commercial stakeholders and business-critical decision making\n, • Strong investment in data, analytics, and innovation\n, • Clear progression opportunities within a growing analytics function\n\n How to Apply \n If you are an experienced analytics leader with a passion for commercial decision making, pricing strategy, and retail analytics, please apply with your CV to discuss this opportunity in more detail.

Retail Director \n Location: UK \n \n We're partnering with a market-leading national retailer to appoint an exceptional Retail Director. This is a pivotal executive leadership role with full accountability for driving operational excellence across a large, complex customer-facing business. \n This organisation is entering an exciting new phase of growth and transformation, investing heavily in its operating m... \n \n \n ZIPC1_UKTJ

Senior AI Assurance Consultant \n London, Manchester or Glasgow / Hybrid£70k - £100k per annum + bonus & benefits \n Permanent \n \n Are you ready to help shape how organisations safely and responsibly adopt AI at enterprise scale? \n This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading AI Strategy team at the forefront of Generative AI, agentic AI, copilots and AI-enabled transformation. You'll combine strategic thinking, commercial awareness and deep AI risk expertise to help organisations move from AI ambition to responsible, scalable execution. \n You'll work on complex, high-impact challenges spanning AI assurance, governance, risk management and lifecycle management, helping organisations build trust in AI while unlocking its potential. \n What you'll be doing \n\n • Define and deliver AI assurance: Design, implement and continuously improve AI assurance frameworks covering fairness, safety, transparency, explainability, privacy, security, robustness, accountability and regulatory compliance.\n, • Identify and assess AI risk: Lead AI risk, impact and control assessments, evaluating business, operational, ethical, legal, regulatory and societal risks, particularly in high-risk or regulated environments.\n, • Embed risk throughout the AI lifecycle: Integrate first-line AI risk management and assurance from use-case selection and design through development, testing, deployment, monitoring, change management and retirement.\n, • Build trusted AI solutions: Partner with product, engineering, data science, security, privacy, legal and compliance teams to ensure AI solutions align with risk appetite, governance requirements and regulatory expectations.\n, • Ensure ongoing AI performance: Establish requirements for monitoring, performance validation, drift detection, incident management and post-deployment assurance so AI systems remain effective, safe and compliant.\n, • Shape AI strategy and growth: Contribute to enterprise-wide AI transformation, solve complex strategic challenges and help grow the wider AI Strategy practice.\n\n What you'll bring \n\n • Demonstrable experience in AI risk management and assurance, including model performance, transparency, explainability, accountability, privacy, security and regulatory compliance.\n, • Strong experience embedding AI governance, risk management and assurance across the end-to-end AI lifecycle.\n, • Proven ability to conduct AI risk assessments, impact assessments, control evaluations and assurance reviews, ideally within regulated or high-risk environments.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and regulatory concepts into clear, practical, risk-based recommendations for technical, operational and executive audiences.\n, • Strong understanding of AI monitoring and observability, including performance validation, drift detection, incident management and post-deployment assurance.\n, • A genuine passion for responsible, safe and scalable AI adoption, combined with commercial acumen, curiosity, adaptability and the ability to remain effective in complex or high-pressure environments.\n, • Desirable: Experience across sectors such as Central Government, Defence, Manufacturing, Automotive, Life Sciences, Consumer Products & Retail or Financial Services; experience influencing cross-functional teams and operating in complex or highly regulated risk environments.\n\n If you've held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: AI Strategy Consultant, AI Strategy Lead, AI Risk Consultant, AI Risk Manager, AI Assurance Lead, AI Governance Consultant, Responsible AI Consultant, AI Governance Lead, AI Assurance, AI Risk Management, AI Governance, Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI Copilots, AI Lifecycle Management, AI Monitoring, AI Observability, Model Risk, Responsible AI, Risk & Control Assessments. \n \n Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

As a Development Manager in the high-end residential property sector, you'll oversee and coordinate construction projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Based in London, this role plays a key part in managing the day-to-day operations and ensuring smooth project progression. \n Client Details \n Our client is a highly regarded luxury residential developer and investor with a track record of delivering some of London's most prestigious residential addresses. Operating across acquisition, planning, development, construction oversight, sales and long-term operational management, the business has established itself as a significant player within the Prime Central London market. \n They are known for creating design-led residential developments in partnership with globally recognised architects, designers and consultants, whilst maintaining an integrated approach that extends beyond development into hospitality, operations and resident experience. \n Due to continued growth and the progression of a Prime Central London Regeneration scheme, the business is looking for an experienced Development Manager. \n Description \n This is an exceptional opportunity to join a lean, high-performing development platform and play a pivotal role in the delivery of one of Central London's most significant residential-led regeneration projects. \n As Development Manager, you will be responsible for supporting and driving projects across the full development lifecycle, acting as a key interface between internal stakeholders, consultants, advisors and delivery partners. \n The role will focus on driving a major Prime Central London residential scheme through the next stages of planning, design development, procurement and construction delivery. The wider project comprises luxury private residences, affordable housing, extensive public realm improvements, retail and community uses, and significant resident amenity provision. \n This is not a role for someone seeking a step-up opportunity. The client is looking for an individual who is already operating successfully at Development Manager level and can quickly take ownership of complex workstreams within an active development environment. \n Key responsibilities will include: \n Development Management \n\n • Managing residential developments from planning and design through procurement, construction and completion.\n, • Driving project programmes and maintaining delivery momentum across multiple workstreams.\n, • Coordinating multidisciplinary consultant teams.\n, • Identifying and mitigating development risks\n\n Planning & Design Management \n\n • Supporting planning strategy and application processes.\n, • Leading design development activities.\n, • Managing architects, engineers, planning consultants and specialist advisors.\n, • Ensuring schemes remain commercially viable, deliverable and aligned with project objectives.\n\n Commercial & Procurement \n\n • Monitoring development appraisals, budgets and cashflow assumptions.\n, • Supporting procurement strategies and consultant appointments.\n, • Working alongside cost consultants and commercial teams to manage project performance.\n, • Reviewing risks, opportunities and value engineering initiatives.\n\n Construction & Delivery \n\n • Supporting pre-construction and construction activities.\n, • Monitoring quality, programme and delivery performance.\n, • Managing key project milestones through to completion and handover.\n\n Stakeholder Leadership \n\n • Acting as a central point of coordination across project stakeholders.\n, • Building strong working relationships with consultants, contractors, authorities and internal teams.\n, • Producing clear and concise reporting for senior leadership.\n, • Ensuring alignment across development, sales, marketing, finance, operations and customer experience functions\n\n \n Profile \n We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate: \n \n Essential \n\n • Existing Development Manager or Senior Development Manager experience.\n, • Proven end-to-end development management capability.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\n, • Experience managing complex consultant teams.\n, • Strong commercial awareness and programme management capability.\n, • Ability to operate autonomously within a lean environment.\n\n Development Experience \n\n • Demonstrable track record delivering Prime or Super Prime residential developments.\n, • Experience working on schemes with development values typically exceeding £250m GDV.\n, • Exposure to Central London residential developments.\n, • Experience progressing projects from RIBA Stage 3 onwards through detailed design, procurement and delivery.\n, • Strong understanding of planning, technical, commercial and construction interfaces.\n\n Personal Attributes \n\n • Proactive and forward-thinking.\n, • Highly organised and detail-oriented.\n, • Confident operating within ambiguity and changing project environments.\n, • Strong written and verbal communication skills.\n, • Commercially minded with a delivery-focused approach.\n\n \n Job Offer \n\n • Opportunity to work on a flagship Prime Central London development.\n, • Significant autonomy and responsibility.\n, • Direct exposure to senior leadership and executive decision-makers.\n, • Broad involvement across strategy, planning, design, commercial management and delivery.\n, • Long-term career progression within a growing development platform.\n, • Salary up to £120,000 plus bonus and benefits package for the right individual.\n

Project ManagerLondonUp to £75k \n We are currently recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to join an established and growing project management team, delivering high-end retail interior fit-out projects across the UK. \n This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is confident managing multiple projects from initial feasibility through to completion. You will take ownership of project delivery, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and to a high standard. \n As Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the full project lifecycle across a range of retail projects, including new store roll-outs and refurbishments. \n Duties include: \n\n • Managing multiple projects from inception through to completion.\n, • Taking responsibility for project budgets, programmes, timelines and cost sign-off.\n, • Leading client roll-outs for new stores and refurbishment projects.\n, • Producing project programmes, schedules and delivery plans.\n, • Leading site meetings, monitoring progress, issuing minutes and maintaining cost reports.\n, • Carrying out feasibility studies for new sites, including risk analysis and initial cost estimates.\n, • Producing detailed estimates and CAPEX forecasts.\n, • Providing value engineering solutions while maintaining the required quality of the build.\n, • Providing regular project updates and reports to clients and key stakeholders.\n, • Working closely with clients, contractors, consultants and suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.\n, • Managing and negotiating contracts and schedules of works, particularly across M&E and FF&E.\n, • Providing technical input across M&E, FF&E, construction and value engineering.\n, • Ensuring projects meet relevant health & safety requirements and statutory legislation.\n, • Identifying project risks and developing appropriate solutions and responses.\n, • Managing external consultants and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the required standards.\n, • Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.\n, • Supporting and developing junior members of the project team.\n, • Contributing to the development of processes and structures within the project \n\n The right candidate will have/be: \n\n • A minimum of 5 years' experience within the sector with a proven track record of successful project delivery.\n, • Experience in retail, leisure or hospitality project management, either client-side or contractor-side.\n, • A proven background delivering high-end retail interior fit-out projects across the UK.\n, • Strong technical knowledge, particularly across M&E, FF&E and value engineering.\n, • A good understanding of construction health & safety requirements and relevant legislation.\n, • Strong commercial awareness, including experience with estimates, budgets and project costs.\n, • A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.\n, • The confidence to communicate with and influence clients, contractors and other stakeholders.\n, • Flexibility to travel extensively across the UK to attend project sites.\n\n This role is being handled by Chloe Wadhams & Holly Ensoll, Business Support Consultant for Pearson Whiffin Recruitment. \n Not quite the right role but still looking? \n Whether you are entry or Executive level, our team of experienced Recruitment specialists can help you with your career. We are Kent’s leading independent consultancy and pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional service to both candidates and clients. \n Find us on Facebook @PearsonWhiffinRecruitment and Instagram @PearsonWhiffinRecruitment.

My client is a specialist global executive search and leadership advisory firm, partnering with leading financial institutions to identify and attract senior leadership talent. Operating on a retained search model, they deliver executive search, interim management, market intelligence, succession planning and talent advisory solutions across international markets. \n With offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, my client has built a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture where individuals are encouraged to take ownership of their careers. The business values curiosity, high performance and teamwork, providing an environment where people can develop quickly while working on complex, senior-level mandates. \n \n The Role \n An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Associate to join the Financial Services practice in London. Working closely with Partners, you will play a key role in the execution of retained executive search assignments, managing delivery from initial briefing through to candidate placement while building strong relationships with both clients and candidates. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n Search Delivery \n\n • Translate client briefs into effective research and search strategies.\n, • Conduct market mapping, research and candidate identification for retained search assignments.\n, • Independently assess and interview senior candidates.\n, • Support and, where appropriate, lead client update calls and candidate presentations.\n, • Produce high-quality pitch documents, search reports and client updates.\n, • Present market insights and candidate shortlists to clients.\n, • Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders throughout the search process.\n, • Manage candidate engagement through to offer acceptance, overcoming challenges where required.\n\n \n Business Development \n\n • Develop long-term relationships with senior candidates and clients.\n, • Generate market intelligence and share insights that support future business opportunities.\n, • Identify opportunities for new retained search mandates and introduce qualified leads to Partners.\n, • Attend client meetings and pitches, contributing to business development activity.\n, • Use market knowledge to add value during both client and candidate conversations.\n\n \n The successful candidate will likely have: \n\n • 2+ years' experience within executive search.\n, • Experience delivering executive search assignments from briefing through to completion.\n, • A background recruiting senior professionals within Financial Services, ideally across Commercial or Retail Banking, with exposure to C-suite or executive-level mandates.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage senior executives.\n, • Strong commercial awareness and the ability to think strategically.\n, • A proactive, self-motivated approach with excellent organisational skills.\n, • High attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.\n, • Resilience and the ability to perform in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.\n\n \n What's on Offer \n My client offers the opportunity to work on high-profile executive search assignments with leading global financial institutions and high-growth organisations. You'll be part of a collaborative, high-performing team where progression is based on performance and capability rather than tenure. \n The business provides exposure to senior decision-makers, international search work and a supportive environment that encourages professional development, entrepreneurial thinking and long-term career growth, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package.

Based in London and working a hybrid pattern of three days a week in the office, this permanent full-time role plays an important part in supporting Manchester City’s global licensing programme and wider retail operation. You will help deliver day-to-day licensing activity across physical and digital products, working closely with internal teams and external partners to keep projects moving, products approved and opportunities growing. Some occasional travel will be required. \n \n \n Who We Are \n \n Manchester City is a football club rooted in East Manchester, with a story that began in 1880 and continues to grow today. Built on resilience, belief and togetherness, success on the pitch is driven by the moments and memories shared with millions of Fans around the world. City is known for its bravery, its determination to the very end and its strong connection to where we come from. With Mancunian roots and a global outlook, we are shaped by our Fans and driven by a long-term vision, from developing future talent to supporting the communities we call home. Together, we are creating the next chapter, the City way. \n \n Within our Retail and Licensing team, we support the club’s global physical and digital licensing programme and wider retail activity. The team works across a diverse portfolio of licensees, product categories and internal stakeholders to protect the brand, grow commercial value and bring official products to fans around the world. \n \n \n The Role \n \n As Licensing Executive, you will support the Licensing Manager and Head of Licensing and New Business across the day-to-day delivery of the programme. This is a broad, hands-on role where organisation, accuracy and initiative will help you make a real difference from the outset. \n \n You will help manage product approvals, track licensee reports, maintain commercial records and support contract and finance administration so that licensing activity is delivered smoothly and on time. You will also contribute to market research, licensee workshops and the coordination of product opportunities, helping the team identify new categories and strengthen the club’s official range. \n \n The role also brings regular contact with colleagues across Digital, Marketing, Fan Membership, Legal and Finance, as well as with external licensees and retail partners. From supporting key commercial moments to keeping documentation and systems up to date, you will be part of a small, collaborative team where your contribution is visible and valued. \n \n \n What You’ll Bring \n \n ⚽ Interest in sports merchandise, brands and marketing, with a genuine enthusiasm for how licensing supports fans and commercial growth. \n ⚽ Ability to organise and prioritise multiple tasks and live projects, while keeping track of detail and deadlines. \n ⚽ Clear and effective communication skills, with confidence building positive relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners. \n ⚽ Experience using Microsoft Office and maintaining accurate records, trackers or shared systems. \n ⚽ Ability to work collaboratively, take initiative and find practical solutions in a busy team environment. \n ⚽ A proactive approach to learning, with an eye for detail and a willingness to develop within licensing and retail. \n \n \n Why Choose Us \n \n Working at Manchester City means being supported to do your best, with the flexibility and encouragement to look after your wellbeing. We are committed to helping our people learn, grow and thrive in a culture built on collaboration, openness and hard work. \n \n As part of our team, you will receive 26 days’ annual leave plus a day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, and an annual discretionary bonus. You will also have access to a Health Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP support, and a company pension and life assurance. \n \n Manchester-based employees also benefit from free on-site parking, complimentary breakfast and lunch, and access to a range of sports and leisure clubs. \n \n You can enjoy a range of additional benefits, including cycle to work, Give As You Earn, discounted match tickets, savings in the City Store, a free City+ subscription, stadium tour discounts, and wider retail and lifestyle offers. \n \n \n How to Apply \n \n If this role sounds like it is for you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please submit your application via our careers site before the 26th August 2026. We encourage you to apply as soon as you can. \n \n We will review applications, shortlist candidates and invite successful applicants to interview with the hiring team. We work with a select group of agency partners and do not accept unsolicited applications. Any CVs submitted without prior agreement will be treated as a direct application. \n \n \n Equal Opportunities \n \n City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. \n We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. If you require reasonable adjustments or any support throughout the process, please contact hiring@cityfootball.com and we will be happy to help. \n \n All CFG recruitment communications originate from @cityfootball.com email addresses. If you receive communications from Gmail, Outlook.com or other personal email services claiming to represent CFG, please verify with the hiring team. Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK. \n \n Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK-based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities

International Head of Compliance Counsel - Leading FTSE 100 Organisation, London \n \n The Opportunity \n \n Graff Search is delighted to partner with this International Retail & Consumer Organisation (non Financial Services) in London to search for a seasoned Head of Compliance Counsel / Lawyer. \n \n This is a permanent appointment, based in their London operation, reporting to the Global Chief Compliance Counsel (CCO) & Data Privacy Officer (DPO) for the firm. \n \n This is a hands on, strategic role, but also hold managerial responsibility for a small team of Compliance professionals based in the UK and Europe. \n \n This is a business facing role where you'll be expected to work closely with senior stakeholders within the business, some of which are overseas and influence / shape the functions culture of integrity. \n \n Act as a trusted advisor across all areas of the organisation and drive a broad range of compliance behaviour on controls, risk and compliance / governance matters. Inform relevant stakeholders as to the impact of new regulations related to Compliance and implement / influence change to achieve successful outcomes and high standards. \n \n The firm offer a hybrid working model of 2 to 3 days in their central London office and suit a business facing Compliance / Regulatory Lawyer / Leader looking for a broad, hands on Compliance role. Experience of Management is a nice to have, but not essential, as this is something that can be supported throughout your employment with the firm. \n \n About You \n \n Demonstrable experience in Compliance and Ethics, Governance, Risk Management, Investigations and Controls affecting a leading Retail / Consumer UK-based organisation. \n \n Legally Qualified in the UK or EU or similar. \n \n Good working knowledge of Compliance and international regulatory frameworks \n \n Proven background in influencing and communicating effectively at all levels, including executive and board. \n \n Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with personal integrity. \n \n Experience of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at all levels. \n \n Experience of working across multiple jurisdictions / countries / geographies / cultures. \n \n Demonstrable experience of cutting through ambiguity and complexity and drive regulatory change across a fast-paced international organisation. \n \n For further information, please contact Stuart Vines at Graff Search on: stuart@graffsearch.co.uk or use the Apply option.

Head of Construction & Development \n \n SolvTalent has been retained by one of the UK’s fastest-growing, multi-site hospitality businesses to appoint a Head of Construction & Development. \n \n With an ambitious growth strategy, a significant new-site pipeline and continued investment across its existing estate, this is an opportunity to take strategic leadership of a substantial national development programme. \n \n You’ll oversee 60+ projects annually and £20–25m of CapEx, leading an established Project Management team responsible for delivering new openings, refurbishments and wider estate investment. \n \n Importantly, this isn’t a role for someone who wants to personally manage every project. \n We’re looking for a leader who can develop the function, empower the team and improve how projects are delivered. \n \n The opportunity \n \n You’ll take responsibility for: \n\n • Leading, coaching and developing an established Project Management team\n, • Providing strategic oversight across 60+ annual development projects\n, • Owning CapEx planning, forecasting and commercial performance\n, • Improving project governance, processes and delivery efficiency\n, • Developing procurement, contractor and consultant strategies\n, • Influencing design standards and the evolution of future site concepts\n, • Working closely with Property, Operations, Finance, Brand and executive leadership\n\n \n Who are we looking for? \n \n You’ll already be operating in a senior Construction, Development, Projects or Capital Projects position within a multi-site organisation. \n \n Experience within hospitality, retail, leisure or food & beverage would be advantageous, although we're equally interested in candidates from other fast-paced, customer-facing multi-site environments. \n \n More important is your ability to demonstrate: \n\n • Leadership of high-performing project teams\n, • Delivery of complex, high-volume capital programmes\n, • Strong commercial and cost-management capability\n, • Evidence of improving processes and ways of working\n, • The ability to operate strategically rather than becoming consumed by individual projects\n, • Credibility with senior and executive stakeholders\n\n \n This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to shape how an ambitious, growing organisation builds, invests and develops its estate for the future. \n \n For a confidential conversation, apply directly or contact Steve Brandsma at SolvTalent. \n

Position Summary \n \n Reporting to the EMEA CEO, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for leading operational excellence, capability development and transformation across the EMEA region for Tag Worldwide, a leading provider of Creative Production and Channel Activation (Print Management & Sourcing) services. \n \n The Chief Operating Officer plays a central role in shaping and evolving Tag’s proposition, operational capabilities and commercial delivery models to meet the needs of large multinational clients. This includes ensuring that Tag continues to deliver highly efficient, scalable and high-quality marketing production and sourcing services across multiple markets. \n \n A key responsibility of the role is to help accelerate Tag’s transformation into an AI-led Creative Production and Channel Activation business, leveraging automation, technology and artificial intelligence to enable highly efficient scaled production while improving the performance and effectiveness of clients’ content across media channels. \n \n Working closely with the EMEA leadership team, the Chief Operating Officer will design and implement the operational models, production workflows, technology integrations and global delivery frameworks that underpin Tag’s service offering. The COO will ensure that the organization continues to evolve its capabilities to support increasing demand for high-volume, multi-channel content production and retail activation. \n \n In partnership with the EMEA Chief Financial Officer and EMEA Chief Client Officer, the Chief Operating Officer contributes to the development and execution of the broader EMEA strategy, ensuring that Tag’s operational infrastructure, technology capabilities and delivery models support sustainable growth and long-term competitiveness. \n \n Job Qualifications \n\n • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience.\n, • Minimum 15 years’ experience in senior leadership roles within marketing production, creative operations, marketing supply chain, sourcing, or related operational environments.\n, • Demonstrated expertise in Creative Production operations, marketing content production, print sourcing, or large-scale marketing delivery environments.\n, • Proven experience developing operational models that support multinational client delivery.\n, • Strong experience driving business transformation and operational innovation, including the adoption of technology, automation and AI-driven production solutions.\n, • Experience building scalable global production and sourcing capabilities.\n, • Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience contributing to regional P&L performance.\n, • Demonstrated success leading large operational teams and complex delivery organizations.\n, • Experience supporting major new business opportunities and designing operational solutions for complex client engagements.\n, • Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Proven ability to collaborate across senior leadership teams to drive strategic initiatives.\n, • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.\n\n \n Key Responsibilities \n Financial \n\n • Support the delivery of EMEA financial performance and growth targets through operational efficiency and scalable delivery models.\n, • Identify opportunities to improve profitability through automation, process optimization and operational innovation.\n, • Develop cost-efficient operational and commercial models that support the delivery of Tag’s services across Creative Production and Channel Activation.\n, • Ensure operational delivery models align with client commercial agreements and financial objectives.\n, • Support the development of operational frameworks that enable sustainable growth across the EMEA region.\n\n \n Operational Leadership \n\n • Provide executive leadership for the operational delivery of Tag’s Creative Production and Channel Activation services across the EMEA region.\n, • Develop and implement scalable operational and production models that support the needs of multinational clients.\n, • Ensure operational consistency, quality and efficiency across regional and global delivery teams.\n, • Establish best-practice production workflows and delivery frameworks across marketing content production and sourcing operations.\n, • Oversee operational governance, service delivery performance and operational risk management.\n, • Ensure delivery teams operate in line with Tag’s operational standards, KPIs and service level agreements.\n\n \n Transformation and Capability Development \n\n • Lead the evolution of Tag’s operational capabilities to support the company’s strategic growth ambitions.\n, • Accelerate the transformation of Tag into an AI-enabled creative production and channel activation business.\n, • Drive the adoption of automation, AI technologies and workflow innovation to improve production efficiency and scale.\n, • Develop new operational capabilities that support emerging client needs in areas such as high-volume content production, dynamic content adaptation and omnichannel marketing execution.\n, • Partner with technology and product teams to integrate new tools and platforms that enhance service delivery.\n, • Continuously evaluate and improve Tag’s production models to ensure they remain competitive and future-focused.\n\n \n Commercial Strategy \n\n • Support the development of client-facing propositions and service offerings that reflect evolving client needs and market dynamics.\n, • Collaborate with the EMEA Chief Client Officer and client leadership teams to design operational solutions that support client growth.\n, • Support major new business opportunities by designing operational delivery models and production frameworks for prospective clients.\n, • Ensure operational capabilities support the cross-selling of Creative Production and Channel Activation services.\n, • Partner with commercial teams to develop scalable and profitable service models.\n\n \n People Leadership \n\n • Lead and develop the operational leadership community across the EMEA region.\n, • Build and maintain high-performing operational teams capable of delivering world-class production and sourcing services.\n, • Recruit, develop and retain senior operational leaders across the organization.\n, • Foster a culture of innovation, efficiency and continuous improvement.\n, • Ensure clear performance expectations and development pathways for operational leadership roles.\n\n \n Operational Excellence \n\n • Ensure consistent delivery against Tag’s KPIs, service level agreements and operational standards.\n, • Establish governance structures that support high-quality service delivery across global teams.\n, • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across production workflows and sourcing operations.\n, • Ensure operational alignment between delivery teams, client services and commercial objectives.\n, • Maintain strong operational risk management and compliance frameworks.\n\n \n EMEA Leadership Collaboration \n\n • Partner closely with the EMEA Chief Financial Officer and EMEA Chief Client Officer to contribute to the development and execution of the EMEA strategic plan.\n, • Ensure operational capabilities support the region’s financial, client and growth priorities.\n, • Translate strategic initiatives into operational implementation across the organization.\n, • Support collaboration across commercial, client services, technology and delivery teams.\n, • Provide operational insight and expertise to inform regional strategy and investment priorities.\n\n \n Statement of Other Duties \n This document describes the major duties, responsibilities and authorities of this job and is not intended to represent a complete list of all tasks and functions associated with the role. \n \n As an ethical employer, Tag will never ask job applicants to provide private, sensitive information upfront or make offers of employment contingent on financial requests or responsibilities from any candidate. \n

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD; HKEX: 9618), also known as JINGDONG, has evolved from a pioneering e-commerce platform into a leading global technology and service provider with supply chain at its core. Renowned for its supply chain innovation and excellence, the company has expanded into sectors including retail, technology, logistics, healthcare, and more, aiming to transform traditional business models with cutting-edge digital solutions. \n \n Learn more about us:https://corporate.jd.com/ \n \n To support our continued growth, we are seeking a highly skilled Executive Recruiter to attract top-tier talent, leveraging market intelligence and research-driven insights to secure the best candidates. As an Executive Recruiter, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, engaging, and securing senior-level talent across various business functions. You will act as a trusted advisor to leadership, using your expertise in market research, talent mapping, and industry analysis to guide hiring strategies. \n \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Conduct in-depth industry research to understand hiring trends, competitor strategies, and talent availability.\n, • Map out senior talent pools across e-commerce, retail, logistics, and technology sectors.\n, • Provide data-driven insights to influence hiring decisions.\n, • Develop tailored sourcing strategies using headhunting, networking, and advanced research techniques.\n, • Build and nurture long-term relationships with high-potential candidates.\n, • Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand business needs and define hiring priorities.\n, • Act as a strategic advisor, presenting market insights, salary benchmarks, and competitive intelligence.\n, • Ensure a seamless candidate experience, aligning with JD.com’s values and employer brand.\n, • Stay up to date with emerging recruitment technologies and methodologies.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Proven experience in executive search, headhunting, or talent research, preferably within e-commerce, technology, or retail.\n, • Strong market research and talent intelligence skills, with the ability to interpret industry trends and translate them into actionable hiring strategies.\n, • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior executives.\n, • A proactive and data-driven mindset, with expertise in candidate sourcing, talent mapping, and competitive analysis.\n, • Knowledge of UK hiring regulations and experience recruiting for international businesses is a plus.\n, • Leverages AI coding assistants to drive measurable improvements in productivity.\n\n \n What We Offer: \n\n • The exciting opportunity to shape category strategies and contribute to the growth of a new and dynamic e-commerce business.\n, • A diverse, inclusive work environment, where you can make a significant impact on JD.com's regional presence.\n, • A competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, pension, and performance bonuses.\n\n \n JD.com is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. \n

Employment Solicitor / Senior Associate – London - Salary up to £160k + Benefits + Bonus \n \n An internationally recognised law firm is seeking an Employment Solicitor to join its market-leading Employment practice in London. \n \n This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious to work closely with a senior partner group on complex, high-profile employment matters. The role offers exceptional exposure to sophisticated clients, intellectually challenging work and genuine autonomy within a high-performing, collaborative team. \n \n You will sit within a well-resourced London team supported by a large international employment platform, providing access to cross-border projects and career-defining work across multiple sectors including technology, retail and life sciences. \n \n The Role \n \n\n • Advising on complex Employment Tribunal and High Court litigation\n, • Supporting strategic employment advisory work on business-critical issues\n, • Leading aspects of cross-border employment projects and restructures\n, • Advising on executive appointments, exits and sensitive workforce issues\n, • Supporting TUPE, outsourcing and employment aspects of corporate matters\n, • Handling restrictive covenants and business protection issues\n, • Managing your own caseload with significant client exposure\n, • Working closely with partners on high-value, complex mandates\n\n \n The Candidate \n \n\n • Qualified Employment Solicitor with 5–10 years PQE in London\n, • Strong experience gained within a City or international firm environment\n, • Background advising on complex employment litigation and advisory matters\n, • Experience with restrictive covenants and business protection preferred\n, • Commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach\n, • Confident communicator with strong drafting and negotiation skills\n, • Comfortable managing client relationships and senior stakeholders\n, • Ambitious, proactive and keen to progress within an international platform\n\n \n The Benefits and How to Apply \n \n\n • Salary up to £160,000 depending on experience\n, • Competitive bonus structure\n, • 25 days annual leave increasing with service\n, • Private healthcare\n, • Life Assurance up to 6x salary\n, • Critical illness cover up to 5x salary\n, • Fully flexible and hybrid working model\n, • Strong partner access and mentoring\n, • Clear career progression pathway\n\n \n Apply in the strictest confidence online or via telephone. \n \n Contact: Oliver Hines (Retained Consultant) \n Direct Dial: 0121 392 7377 \n Mobile: 07904 630 131 \n Email: Oliver.hines@williamjamesrecruitment.com \n \n More About William James Recruitment \n \n William James Recruitment is a specialist legal recruitment consultancy partnering with leading law firms across the UK and internationally. We work with highly regarded Legal 500 and Chambers-ranked clients, advising on senior and strategic appointments.

My client a Leading Global FMCG is now looking to hire a Lead Commercial Lawyer (EMEA). \n \n Reporting into the General Counsel, you will have 1 direct report and look after several well loved household brands. \n \n Acting as lead lawyer and trusted advisor to the Executive and Senior Leadership teams the scope of the role includes: \n \n\n • Owning day to day legal support across EMEA for your businesses\n, • Leading delivery of a variety of strategics & business critical contracts including, sales, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, IT and marketing\n, • Overseeing complex disputes and sensitive commercial issues\n, • Working with specialist IP lawyers on IP related matters\n, • Working alongside external counsel advising on food law, product recalls and withdrawals\n\n \n The ideal candidate will have will have trained at a leading UK or US law firm, have 12+PQE and already be an established in-house commercial lawyer working for another leading FMCG or Retail business. You will have proven leadership capability and experience of advising the Executive directly. You will able to lead negotiations autonomously on high value, high risk matters balancing legal and commercial considerations. \n \n My client offers a wonderful variety of work, in a business facing role with the opportunity to take a lead role advising the Executive and leadership teams. This is an excellent opportunity to join a Global FMCG with a platform that offers career growth opportunities with a genuinely amazing culture. \n \n For a confidential discussion, please contact in-house legal recruiter, Kathryn Crosby, kathryn@kathryncrosby.co.uk \n

Brand & Creative Designer (6-month FTC) \n \n FirstBank UK is a globally recognised, top-tier bank who provide world-class services to various institutions and individuals. Offering a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services/products, this thriving business with over 10 million active customers in over 700 business locations is the oldest African bank in the UK. Due to business requirements & growth, we are now looking to acquire the services of an experienced Brand & Creative Designer to support the delivery of engaging & compliant creative communications across the business. \n \n\n • Please note that this role is a 6-month fixed-term-contract.\n\n \n\n • Please note that this is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home\n\n \n Key Responsibilities: \n \n Creative Design & Asset Development \n\n • Design and produce high-quality creative assets across digital, print and internal communication channels.\n, • Create campaign materials including advertisements, social media graphics, email banners, brochures, flyers, reports, infographics and event collateral.\n, • Design executive presentations, board materials and stakeholder communications.\n\n \n Brand Governance & Standardisation \n\n • Support the implementation and ongoing management of FirstBank UK's visual identity standards.\n, • Develop, maintain and update branded templates, toolkits and design assets.\n, • Lead the rollout of approved templates across PowerPoint, Word, Canva and other communication platforms.\n, • Deliver guidance and training to employees on brand standards and best practice.\n\n \n Design Platform Management \n\n • Manage and maintain the Bank's design template environment and template library. Including but not limited to repositories on Canva, Adobe Indesign, Brand Quantum (brand standardisation platform)\n, • Create easy-to-use branded assets and templates for wider business use.\n, • Support implementation of design governance processes across Canva and other creative platforms.\n\n \n Video & Multimedia Content \n\n • Produce and edit engaging video content for internal and external audiences.\n, • Develop content for LinkedIn, Instagram, intranet, employee engagement campaigns and corporate events.\n, • Create motion graphics, animations and multimedia assets where appropriate.\n\n \n Stakeholder Management \n\n • Partner with teams across the Bank to understand communication requirements and translate briefs into compelling creative solutions.\n, • Manage relationships with external agencies, photographers, videographers and creative suppliers as required.\n\n \n Creative Operations \n\n • Manage multiple projects simultaneously within agreed deadlines.\n, • Maintain version control and governance of creative assets.\n, • Support budget management and help reduce external design spend through in-house delivery.\n\n \n Key Skills/Experience: \n \n\n • Proven experience in an in-house creative, agency or corporate communications environment.\n, • Strong portfolio demonstrating brand, digital and print design capability.\n, • Strong skills in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Canva and Microsoft PowerPoint.\n, • Previous experience creating branded templates and design systems.\n, • Previous video editing experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, Clipchamp or equivalent tools.\n, • Previous experience within Banking/Financial Services or another regulated environment is desirable, however not essential.\n, • Strong understanding & experience of brand compliance.\n, • Experience of motion graphics/animation experience, Adobe After Effects & photography/videography would be highly advantageous.\n\n \n In return we offer a fantastic benefits package including: \n \n\n • Up to 10% employer pension contribution\n, • Life Assurance Cover\n, • Income protection\n, • Private Medical Insurance plan (upon successful completion of probation period)\n, • Contribution to glasses/contacts and eye testing\n, • Gym subsidy (up to £50 per month)\n, • Cycle to work scheme\n, • Employee Assistance Program\n, • Interest Free season ticket loan for travel\n, • Birthday Leave\n, • 25 days annual leave, rising to 28 after 3 years and 30 after 8 years’ service\n, • Give As You Earn (GAYE)\n\n \n First Bank is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. \n \n The Curve Group is First Bank UK’s outsource partner for Recruitment and a "Data Processor". The Curve Group will hold the information you submit but First Bank UK will have access to it. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.thecurvegroup.co.uk/privacy-policy/

\n The Opportunity\n As HR Director, UK & Ireland Hotels, you will be the senior strategic people leader for one of IHG's most significant markets. \n In this role, you’ll lead the HR strategy for IHG’s UK & Ireland division, partnering closely with the UK & Ireland Managing Director and leadership team. You’ll work across both the managed and leased estate, while also partnering with owners and third-party management companies across our franchised hotels to protect the IHG brand and support a consistent, compliant colleague experience. \n This is a highly visible role that combines strategic leadership, commercial influence and operational excellence. You'll play a leading role in shaping workforce strategy, organisational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent development and employee engagement whilst helping the business navigate a rapidly evolving employment and technology landscape. What You'll Be Responsible For Driving Business Performance Through People\n \n • Partner with the UK & Ireland Managing Director and leadership team to shape and deliver the people strategy for the division.\n, • Influence organisational effectiveness, workforce planning and leadership capability across a complex portfolio of hotels.\n, • Coach and challenge senior stakeholders to drive performance, engagement and talent outcomes.\n Leading a High-Performing HR Function\n \n, • Lead and develop a team of 35 HR, Learning & Development and Talent professionals.\n, • Drive succession planning, talent development and performance management across the division.\n, • Create an environment where colleagues can perform at their best and grow their careers.\n Partnering Across a Diverse Hotel Estate\n \n, • Build trusted relationships with hotel owners, franchisees and third-party management companies.\n, • Support the delivery of a consistent and compliant colleague experience across more than 380 franchised hotels.\n, • Represent IHG externally with industry bodies, trade associations and relevant stakeholder groups.\n Shaping the Future of Hospitality HR\n \n, • Lead the people implications of major business and organisational change initiatives.\n, • Ensure readiness for evolving employment legislation and changing workforce expectations.\n, • Support the continued evolution of HR technology, digital transformation and the application of AI to improve colleague and business outcomes.\n What We’re Looking For\n We’re looking for a commercially minded HR leader who combines strategic thinking with strong operational execution. \n You’ll likely bring: \n \n • Significant senior HR leadership experience within a large, complex and customer-focused environment such as hospitality, retail, leisure, travel, FMCG or a similarly people-intensive sector.\n, • A proven track record of partnering with Executive and Senior Leadership teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.\n, • Experience leading large HR teams and developing high-performing talent functions.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing senior external partners, owners, franchisees or third-party operators.\n, • Deep expertise in employment law, employee relations, organisational design and change leadership.\n, • Experience leading people strategies across multi-site operations.\n, • Outstanding communication, influencing and relationship-building capabilities.\n, • Flexibility to travel regularly throughout the UK & Ireland.\n What Makes This Role Different\n This is a rare opportunity to lead people strategy at scale, with the chance to influence thousands of colleagues across one of the UK & Ireland’s largest hotel portfolios. \n You’ll have the opportunity to: \n \n • Shape the people agenda across the UK & Ireland for one of the world’s most recognised hospitality companies.\n, • Influence the employee experience across more than 400 hotels.\n, • Partner with a broad network of owners, operators and business leaders.\n, • Lead transformational initiatives across talent, culture, technology and organisational effectiveness.\n, • Play a key role in defining the future of hospitality employment in the UK & Ireland.\n \n Closing Date for applications: 19th August 2026 \n #LI-KW1 \n #LI-HYBRID \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

Lead Consultant (Consumer AI & Data Science) \n London Based | £80k - £100k + Bonus + Benefits | Travel Required \n \n If you enjoy solving complex commercial problems with AI, machine learning and advanced analytics, this is an opportunity to work on high-impact transformation programmes where your solutions are implemented, measured and scaled. \n \n Joining a growing digital capability within a specialist consultancy, you'll work at the intersection of data science, AI and strategy, helping some of the largest consumer brands improve customer experiences, optimise operations and unlock measurable business value. \n \n The Company \n They are a well-established consultancy known for delivering tangible business outcomes across complex transformation programmes. Their digital and AI capability is growing rapidly, creating an opportunity for experienced consultants to have a significant influence on both client delivery and the future direction of the practice. \n \n The business invests heavily in learning, development and progression, providing clear pathways for individuals who want to combine technical expertise with consulting and leadership responsibilities. \n \n The Role \n As a Lead Consultant, you will work directly with consumer-focused clients to identify opportunities where AI, machine learning and advanced analytics can create commercial value. \n You will: \n\n • Lead AI, machine learning and data science workstreams from concept through to implementation\n, • Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, personalisation and commercial performance\n, • Design and deliver data-driven solutions that move beyond proof of concept into operational use\n, • Advise senior client stakeholders on digital strategy and emerging technologies\n, • Translate technical concepts into clear business recommendations\n, • Lead multidisciplinary teams across data, technology and business functions\n, • Mentor and develop junior consultants and team members\n, • Support business growth through solution design and client engagement\n\n \n Your Skills & Experience \n\n • Strong commercial experience within Data Science, Machine Learning, AI or Advanced Analytics\n, • Experience delivering projects within consulting, professional services or a client-facing environment\n, • Proven track record of delivering measurable business impact\n, • Ability to shape solutions as well as execute delivery\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills\n, • Experience working with consumer, retail, e-commerce, customer or digital products\n, • Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs or modern AI tooling\n, • Passion for mentoring others and building capability\n\n \n What They Offer \n\n • Up to £100k base salary and performance-based bonus\n, • Profit share and long-term incentive opportunities\n, • Clear progression pathway from Lead through to senior leadership\n, • Dedicated career development support and mentoring\n, • Exposure to a wide range of AI, machine learning and analytics challenges\n, • Opportunity to work with senior client stakeholders and executive teams\n, • Comprehensive benefits package including pension, life assurance and wellbeing support\n\n \n How to Apply \n If you're looking for a consultancy role where you can combine AI expertise, client engagement and real business impact, apply today to learn more.

Talent Executive (Entry-Level) London | £30,000 + Bonus \n \n Do you enjoy speaking to people, building relationships and finding hidden talent? Looking for a career where no two days are the same and your work has a genuine impact on a growing international business? \n \n We're recruiting for an ambitious Talent Resourcer to join the internal recruitment team of a global healthcare publishing and medical communications organisation. \n \n This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to break into recruitment, where you'll receive hands-on training, ongoing mentoring and the chance to develop into a recruitment specialist. \n \n Working closely with experienced recruiters and hiring managers, you'll help identify, engage and attract exceptional talent across a variety of business functions, supporting the continued growth of an organisation that partners with some of the world's leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. \n \n The Business \n \n Our client is a leading international healthcare publishing and medical communications business, producing trusted medical journals, educational content, digital campaigns and industry events for healthcare professionals across the globe. \n \n Partnering with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences organisations, they play an important role in sharing the latest clinical research and medical innovations with healthcare professionals worldwide. As the business continues to grow, they are investing in their internal Talent Acquisition team to attract the very best people. \n \n The Role \n \n As a Talent Resourcer, you'll be responsible for identifying outstanding candidates, building talent pipelines and supporting hiring managers to fill a wide range of exciting positions. \n \n Using LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, market research and candidate outreach, you'll proactively engage professionals, introduce career opportunities and help create an exceptional recruitment experience from first contact through to interview. \n \n This is an ideal opportunity for someone with strong communication skills who is looking to build a long-term career in recruitment or talent acquisition. \n \n What You'll Be Doing \n\n • Proactively sourcing candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and networking.\n, • Building relationships with professionals across a range of industries and disciplines.\n, • Creating talent pipelines for both current vacancies and future hiring needs.\n, • Researching competitor businesses and mapping talent markets.\n, • Writing personalised outreach messages to engage passive candidates.\n, • Coordinating interviews and supporting candidates throughout the recruitment process.\n, • Maintaining accurate records using the company's Applicant Tracking System (ATS).\n, • Working closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements.\n, • Sharing market insights and contributing ideas to improve sourcing strategies.\n\n What We're Looking For \n \n We're looking for people with the right attitude rather than extensive recruitment experience. \n \n You'll be a great fit if you are: \n\n • A confident communicator who enjoys building relationships.\n, • Naturally curious and enjoys researching and learning about people.\n, • Organised with excellent attention to detail.\n, • Resilient, self-motivated and proactive.\n, • Comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.\n, • Eager to learn and build a long-term career in Talent Acquisition.\n\n Previous experience in customer service, hospitality, retail, recruitment, sales or any customer-facing role would be beneficial but isn't essential. \n \n What's On Offer? \n\n • £30,000 starting salary.\n, • Comprehensive training and ongoing mentoring.\n, • Clear career progression within Talent Acquisition.\n, • Modern London office with a collaborative team culture.\n, • The opportunity to work for a respected international organisation within the healthcare sector.\n, • Exposure to a wide variety of commercial, marketing, editorial and corporate hiring projects.\n, • A supportive environment where development and progression are genuinely encouraged.\n\n Ready to start your recruitment career? If you're looking for an opportunity where you can develop valuable people skills, build professional relationships and make a real impact on a growing international business, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity \n The UK and EMEA proxy teams of Sodali & Co provide strategic advice to major listed issuers on high-profile matters related to corporate governance, investor relations and shareholder engagement, M&A and Activism, annual general meetings, ESG and sustainability. The team are highly regarded, and part of a global shareholder engagement team that is recognised as the leading proxy solicitation firm globally. The team is a trusted advisor in M&A transactions and counsels companies within shareholder activism and takeover/raid defence mandates as well as response to broader hostile activity or unsolicited approaches. The UK/EMEA team directly partner with management boards and supervisory boards as well as senior leaders (Head of Investor Relations, Chief Legal Officer, Head of Corporate Board Office/Corporate Secretary) of the respective listed company. You will join a fast growing global consulting firm, with a multinational, passionate, and ambitious team, that is used to challenge and being challenged, embrace change and strive to achieve greatness. \n \n More About Sodali & Co \n Sodali & Co is a recognized global capital markets stakeholder advisory firm, serving over 2,000 clients in more than 65 countries. The Firm advises a diverse and global client base including many of the world’s largest companies. Formed by the mergers of several market-leading capital markets stakeholder engagement consultancies, Sodali is the largest global shareholder services firm in the world. The Firm operates out of three global headquarters in New York, London, and Sydney and is supported by 12 regional offices in major financial capitals around the world. \n \n Sodali provides a full suite of shareholder, sustainability, and strategic communications advisory services that, together, enable the Firm to deliver clients differentiated insights, integrated expertise, and bespoke advice to address complex interconnected issues, identify and capitalize on strategic opportunities, and drive successful business outcomes. \n \n Practice Group Summary \n\n • Shareholder Advisory services include M&A Advisory, Activism Preparation and Defense, Board Governance Services, Corporate Governance Advisory, Proxy Solicitation, Capital Markets Intelligence, Global Debt and Bondholder Services, and Stakeholder Research.\n, • Sustainability services include ESG Assessment, Strategy & Implementation, and Communications Advisory.\n, • Strategic Communications services include Corporate Communications, Financial and Transaction Communications, Investor Relations, Public Affairs and Campaigns, Crisis and Special Situations, and Research.\n\n \n Key Responsibilities of the Manager, Proxy Role: \n\n • Participate and support in advisory assignments on matters related to corporate governance, shareholder engagement and proxy solicitation, capital markets intelligence as well as sustainability and ESG.\n, • Work and assist on special situations (M&A and shareholder activism), including live raid defence, proxy fights, contests for corporate control and crisis management.\n, • Research and evaluate companies’ corporate governance and stewardship record and vulnerability.\n, • Analyse, modelling and interpreting companies’ shareholder base profile, including proxy voting guidelines and past voting behaviour of major institutional investors to project impact and outcome of shareholder votes.\n, • Analyse the influence, policies and frameworks of proxy advisory firms (e.g., ISS and Glass Lewis).\n, • Develop shareholder engagement and corporate governance roadshow concepts and materials (e.g., investor profiles) by thoughtful research on institutional investors and other stakeholders.\n, • Identify and actively support the pursuit of new business development opportunities. Liaison with clients, other advisors (e.g., law firms, investment banks).\n, • Cooperate and coordinate workstreams with other internal teams and business segments of Sodali & Co (e.g., corporate governance team, sustainability team, engagement team, M&A and activism team, strategic communication team, research and analytics team).\n, • Engage in meaningful discussion with institutional and retail investors as well as proxy advisory firms.\n, • Monitor shareholder positions and trading activities.\n, • Prepare executive summaries, client presentations, case studies and board ready briefing materials.\n, • Conduct research and surveillance on relevant governance, shareholder and activism trends.\n, • Develop and expand subject matter knowledge related to corporate governance, investment stewardship, shareholder dynamics, activism and ESG.\n, • Maintain the UK team’s various databases and in-house intelligence.\n, • Leverage financial and business intelligence databases such as Factset, Refinitiv Eikon, Bloomberg, ISS-Corporate, Diligent Market Intelligence, Broadridge as well as the firm’s proprietary databases, including the Sodali & Co Platform, to process, analyse and present obtained information in the form of texts, charts and tables.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Experience in M&A and Activism proxy solicitation, investor relations, corporate governance, capital markets, investment management, investment banking or finance.\n, • Academic track record demonstrating numeracy and critical thought.\n, • Highly organised, intellectually curious and analytically minded.\n, • Advanced user in Excel.\n, • Confident to work with qualitative and quantitative datasets to synthesise information and develop innovative, sophisticated solutions.\n, • Outstanding project management skills with the ability to prioritise competing projects and deadlines .\n, • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to elaborate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity.\n, • Professional and mature manner, ability to politely and considerately interact with clients, other advisors and colleagues while applying highest standards of business etiquette.\n, • Ready to assume responsibility in high-stake situations in combination with a relentless work ethic and high resilience.\n, • Unconditional integrity, confidentiality and discretion.\n, • You will be required to interact with senior leaders of the firm as well as company boards, senior managers of issuers and other advisors (e.g., investment bankers, lawyers), exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are therefore indispensable.\n\n \n Sodali & Co is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to support candidates with disabilities or access needs throughout the recruitment process.

JOIN OUR JOURNEY \n Medialab is the UK’s leading independent media agency, and one of the fastest growing in the industry. We’re a media agency that’s made differently: purpose-led, data-driven, founder-run and proudly independent. \n \n Our entrepreneurial spirit means success is recognised and rewarded. There are no limits to what you can achieve here, which our employees agree with, evidenced by being a Campaign Best Place to Work for six consecutive years and one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. As well as this, we’re Campaign’s Independent Agency of the Year 2024 and Media Week’s Independent Agency of the Year 2025. \n \n We are IPA Effectiveness accredited, an IPA People-First agency, and All In Champions, with industry-leading work recognised by double-gold at the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards for our work with Laithwaites and a 2025 Effie for our work with Alzheimer’s Society. \n Our independence means we can focus 100% on doing the right thing to secure success for our clients and our brilliant people. We work with a wide variety of clients including Hovis, IG, Sharps Bedrooms, SunLife, Standard Life, Ancestry, Laithwaites Wine, Save the Children, Guide Dogs, Alzheimer’s Society, RNLI and Clearscore. \n \n OUR VALUES \n\n • Commit to Doing the Right Thing (Act with integrity and accountability)\n, • Help People Flourish (Invest in people)\n, • Dig Deeper to Understand Better (Data driven curiosity)\n\n \n OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU \n Working at Medialab comes with lots of perks including all the usual things you would expect, such as a competitive salary package, pension, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, weekly social events and big summer / end of year parties. \n \n On top of that, we offer extra benefits, which make life at Medialab even more rewarding: \n\n • Time to Unwind – 22 days holiday (+ Christmas holiday closure), a day off for your birthday, holiday buying scheme, flexi-hours, and both a work abroad and cultural bank holiday swap scheme.\n, • Hybrid Working – Balance between home and office. (3 days in office) We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements from the commencement of employment.\n, • Career Growth – A meritocratic approach to progression with quarterly reviews, CPD Platinum accredited training, mentoring and leadership support.\n, • Health & Wellbeing – Private medical insurance, health cash plan, gym discounts, wellbeing apps Mental Health First Aiders and free professional counselling.\n, • Supporting Families – Enhanced parental leave pay, flexible working and life assurance.\n, • Giving Back – Paid charity days and sustainability initiatives.\n, • Perks & Rewards – Retail discounts, long-service trips and an unforgettable team culture.\n\n \n YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE \n We are looking for a Search Account Manager to play an integral role within our Digital Team, requiring deep experience and understanding of Paid Search activation and strategy. This role will serve several clients who work with us across channels, with varying budgets, maturity and expectations. \n \n This role sits within the Digital Team, reporting to an Account Director and managing at least one Account Executive. This role requires a strong understanding of how to set up, monitor and optimize Paid Search campaigns and be able to report back to clients on key trends. The successful candidate will be passionate about Paid Search and be able to independently dissect and manage campaigns. The position offers significant room for growth and career progression with training provided to cover any knowledge gaps. \n \n The primary focus of this role is across Google and Microsoft Ads, as well as campaign management using Search Ads 360. Ensuring best practices are in place, delivering strong performance and managing client relationships will be key aspects of the role. \n \n WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM \n Must Have Skills \n\n • Experience in expert-level paid search activation across major platforms, including Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and Search Ads 360.\n, • Confident in using tools such as Google Analytics and strong working knowledge measurement and tracking.\n, • Advanced proficiency in Google Ads Editor to manage, audit and scale complex accounts independently.\n, • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to simplify complex technical search concepts for internal and external stakeholders.\n, • A proven track record in performance marketing to hit KPI’s and drive measurable growth.\n\n \n Nice to Have Skills \n\n • Line management experience where you have managed and developed Account Executives, ensuring that they are given the direction and skills to exceed clients expectations.\n, • Experience with search planning tools such as search web would also be a plus.\n\n \n At Medialab we are committed to fostering a culture that celebrates creative thinking, different perspectives and the many different cultures that exist. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and identities. All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration, regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status, social mobility or any other protected characteristic. If you require any reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please reach out to our Head of Talent Acquisition and Inclusion at Kianna.Briggs@medialabgroup.co.uk. Requesting a reasonable adjustment will not affect your application. \n

Lead Lawyer Role | High Profile International Consumer Brands \n \n This is an excellent opportunity for a senior commercial lawyer to step into a true business-lead legal role within a major international business, supporting a portfolio of high-profile branded businesses and operating as a trusted adviser to executive and senior leadership teams across the UK and EMEA. \n \n The role combines strategic influence, leadership and hands-on delivery, with ownership of legal support across a broad and commercially critical remit, from complex commercial arrangements to regulatory, ESG, IP and digital initiatives. \n \n Key highlights: \n \n\n • True lead lawyer role with responsibility for multiple business units\n, • Direct exposure to executive and senior leadership teams\n, • Broad, strategic remit across commercial, regulatory, IP and ESG matters\n, • Opportunity to operate at a level often associated with Head of Legal / Associate GC roles\n\n \n About you: \n \n\n • Senior commercial lawyer (c.12–15+ PQE) (although all candidates with demonstrable ability will be considered)\n, • Strong in-house experience within FMCG, retail or other consumer-facing environments\n, • Proven ability to operate autonomously and influence senior stakeholders\n, • Commercially astute, pragmatic and comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-business environment\n\n \n This is a rare opportunity to step into a high-impact, business-facing leadership role within a large, evolving international group - ideal for someone looking to operate at the next level while retaining close proximity to the business.

Strategic Projects Manager | 12-Month FTC | Hybrid | London \n \n I'm partnering with a well-established UK organisation undergoing an exciting transformation programme and looking to appoint a Strategic Projects Manager to help shape and deliver strategic initiatives that will have a real impact across the business and its members. \n This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a consulting, strategy, transformation or business improvement background who enjoys turning ideas into practical, scalable solutions. \n \n The role: \n You'll work across a number of high-profile strategic projects, including: \n\n • Designing and launching a new service proposition for members.\n, • Developing frameworks, toolkits and playbooks that can be rolled out at scale.\n, • Supporting the organisation's three-year strategic planning process.\n, • Improving account management approaches and business processes.\n, • Facilitating cross-functional workshops and driving stakeholder alignment.\n, • Producing high-quality analysis, recommendations and executive-level presentations.\n, • Tracking project progress and ensuring successful implementation.\n\n \n About you: \n You'll likely have: \n\n • 2+ years' experience in consulting, strategy, transformation or a similar advisory role.\n, • Experience bringing new products or services to market.\n, • A track record of implementing new processes, tools or ways of working.\n, • Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • Excellent communication and PowerPoint presentation abilities.\n, • A structured, analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex information into practical recommendations.\n\n Experience within retail, digital transformation or technology-enabled change would be advantageous but isn't essential. \n \n Why apply? \n This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative organisation at a pivotal stage of its transformation journey, working on strategic projects with visibility across senior leadership. You'll have the chance to shape new services, influence business strategy and deliver meaningful change in a supportive, flexible hybrid working environment.

Senior Research Executive – Quant – Strategic Insight Agency - Consumer \n Central London (hybrid, 2 days in the office) \n £33,000 - £38,000 + Excellent Bens \n \n This highly respected boutique consumer research agency seeks to add a further quantie at SRE level to their award-winning team. They have a fantastic reputation for nurturing talent and valuing real thought. An opportunity not to be missed by those who are ambitious, have a curious and enquiring mind and a real desire to develop and stretch themselves. \n \n You will be joining an established quant practice in a role that will enable you to work across a myriad of exciting accounts within Tech, Entertainment, retail, sports, lifestyle and social research. You will thrive on supporting multiple projects from proposal through to delivery, involved in every step of the process. \n \n A superb opportunity to enhance your project management and analysis skills with sophisticated storytelling to illuminate and enthral clients who come to this agency time and again for their fresh thinking and ability to gaze into the future and see what's coming. \n \n Joining this brilliantly reputed agency renowned for their fully integrated thinking and delivering the narrative that reflects the voice of the consumer, audience or stakeholder with clarity, you will have the chance to learn from some of the most intelligent and creative minds in the business, to start your transition from deliverer of research to senior thinker, manager and strategist all wrapped up in a dynamic, relaxed, fun environment where opinions are encouraged and development is a given.

The Role \n A client in the global retail and fashion industry is seeking a Global Brand Insights Executive to join the team for a 12 month FTC. \n You will support the delivery of global brand health tracking programmes, helping to monitor brand performance, loyalty and consumer perceptions across multiple markets. Reporting into the Global Consumer Market Insights team, you will help turn complex data into actionable insights that inform brand and business decision-making. \n \n Responsibilities \n\n • Support the day-to-day management of global brand health tracking programmes across international markets\n, • Coordinate campaign, competitor and brand performance monitoring, ensuring data accuracy and consistency\n, • Analyse quantitative research data to identify trends in brand awareness, consideration, loyalty and consumer engagement\n, • Produce regular insight reports and presentations, translating data into clear recommendations for internal stakeholders\n\n \n Requirements \n\n • 1 to 2 years' experience in brand tracking, consumer insights\n, • Experience working with quantitative research data and interpreting large datasets\n, • Understanding of statistics and quantitative methodologies\n, • Strong analytical and storytelling skills with the ability to translate findings into actionable insights\n, • Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills\n\n \n Details \n\n • Start date: ASAP\n, • Duration: 12 month FTC\n, • Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 DOE + Benefits\n, • Location: London\n, • Hybrid: 2 days per week\n

Quant Senior Research Executive (SRE) | Consumer and Social \n Central London (Hybrid – 2 days in office) \n £33,500 – £38,500 + Benefits \n \n An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented Quantitative Senior Research Executive to join a dynamic, award-winning market research agency based in central London. This highly collaborative agency works internationally with a stellar portfolio of leading tech, lifestyle and retail brands known for bringing clarity to complex business challenges, they offer an inspiring environment where your research makes a tangible difference. \n \n In this role, you will work within a passionate team of quant researchers, focusing predominantly on bespoke, ad-hoc quantitative projects with occasional tracking and qualitative opportunities. It is the perfect home for a rising star looking for a fast-paced but highly supportive environment that actively nurtures professional growth. \n \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Project Management: Take the lead on smaller research projects and collaborate with Directors on larger, complex briefs\n, • End-to-End Delivery: Handle day-to-day project milestones, managing timelines, budgets, and external fieldwork suppliers\n, • Insight & Storytelling: Oversee data analysis and interpretation to create thought-provoking, visually compelling reports that answer client briefs\n, • Client Partnership: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across high-profile consumer and B2B brands\n, • Problem Solving: Act as a solution-oriented troubleshooter to smoothly resolve any live project issues\n\n \n Requirements: \n\n • You are likely to have around 3+ years of experience in a quantitative research role within a market research agency environment\n, • High level of numeracy and a strong understanding of different quant research methodologies\n, • A fluid storyteller with a genuine passion for finding the narrative in data and communicating it with absolute clarity\n, • Exceptional organisational and time management skills, with the ability to self-motivate and run multiple projects simultaneously.\n, • Strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a curiosity to embrace new research tools and technologies including the use of AI to streamline research processes\n\n

AMAZON MARKETPLACE ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE \n HIGH‑GROWTH GLOBAL ECOMMERCE BUSINESS \n \n This is an opportunity to join a fast‑growing, well‑established eCommerce and retail media specialist operating across Amazon, leading marketplaces and digital retail channels. The business partners with high‑profile consumer brands globally and continues to scale following sustained growth and investment. \n \n During a period of expansion, they are looking for a Marketplace Advertising Executive to support the optimisation and delivery of Amazon Sponsored Ads and DSP activity across a portfolio of client accounts. \n \n Reporting into the Marketplace Advertising Lead, this role offers strong exposure to client management, campaign execution and performance analysis, with clear scope to develop highly in‑demand marketplace advertising skills. \n \n What they need \n A detail‑driven, analytical advertising executive who enjoys hands‑on execution and wants to grow within marketplace and retail media. \n They are looking for someone who can: \n\n • Support the optimisation of Amazon Sponsored Ads and DSP campaigns\n, • Analyse performance and market behaviour to identify growth opportunities\n, • Contribute across the full account lifecycle, from setup to optimisation and reporting\n, • Communicate performance updates clearly to internal teams and clients\n, • Use data to inform decisions and prioritise activity effectively\n, • Collaborate with wider team members to drive account success\n\n \n What you’re great at \n\n • Creating and optimising Amazon Sponsored Ads campaigns\n, • Supporting programmatic display (Amazon DSP) activity\n, • Producing clear, accurate performance reports for clients\n, • Analysing campaign data to identify insights and opportunities\n, • Using proprietary and third‑party tools for research and optimisation\n, • Managing multiple tasks and priorities in a fast‑paced environment\n, • Supporting team members to improve account performance\n\n \n Experience required \n Essential \n\n • Excellent written English with strong attention to detail\n, • Good working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint\n, • Strong analytical capability and confidence working with data\n, • Comfortable communicating with internal stakeholders and clients\n, • Able to make decisions quickly and think on your feet\n, • Strong planning, prioritisation and time‑management skills\n\n \n Preferred \n\n • Agency‑side account management experience\n, • Experience running paid search campaigns within eCommerce\n, • Exposure to Amazon Sponsored Ads\n, • Experience with programmatic display advertising\n, • 6+ months’ experience in paid search (Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Amazon Ads)\n, • Ability to speak additional European languages (German, French, Spanish or Italian)\n\n \n Why it’s compelling \n\n • Exposure to global consumer brands\n, • Hands‑on experience across Amazon Ads and DSP\n, • Strong learning and development support\n, • Collaborative and inclusive team environment\n, • Competitive salary and benefits\n, • Flexible working arrangements\n\n \n This role is ideal for someone early in their marketplace advertising career who wants hands‑on exposure, structured development and long‑term progression within a high‑growth eCommerce environment. \n \n We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all candidates. \n Due to the volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.

E-Commerce Executive, Permanent, £35,000-£40,000, Office based, London \n \n Luxury British well established handbag and clothing brand is looking for an E-commerce Executive. This brand is known for timeless design, exceptional craftsmanship, and first class service. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, and working closely with the CEO and Founder, you will help to consolidate their Marketing offering and ensure National and International Operations are running smoothly and aligned with the brand. You will bring luxury fashion experience, a refined brand eye and a proven ability to scale e-commerce within a luxury or premium environment. Benefits include private healthcare. \n You will have an appreciation for luxury craftsmanship, be highly detail oriented with elevated brand sensitivity. Also be comfortable operating as part of a small and dedicated team. If you have experience in global luxury markets (US, Europe, Middle East) that would be an advantage, as would Shopify or equivalent expertise. Experience launching in new regions or international sites would be very useful. \n \n Responsibilities will include: \n \n\n • Driving online revenue, and delivering a seamless digital customer experience\n, • Under the guidance of the Marketing Manager and digital agency, owning day-to-day website management and trading execution\n, • Using competitor analysis, developing layout amendments and elevated site merchandising to ensure the UX and presentation are of the highest luxury retail standard\n, • Partnering with developers for Conversion Rate Optimisation, site enhancements, bespoke luxury features and mobile excellence\n, • Ensuring conversion and Average Order Value are maximised without compromising the quality of the brand\n, • Updating website in line with global online trading calendar - product launches, capsule collections and seasonal updates\n, • Working with SEO/GEO/AI SEO agency to ensure we are delivering strong brand awareness with storytelling content.\n, • Delivering monthly performance reporting\n, • Analysing customer cohorts, acquisition channels, and lifetime value\n, • Overseeing CRM and ensure segmentation is maintained to assist with email marketing\n\n \n Ideally, you will have: \n \n\n • 2–3 years in luxury or premium fashion e-commerce and digital marketing\n, • Proven success in helping to scale online revenue for a luxury brand\n, • Experience managing website content and development\n, • Good understanding of omnichannel luxury retail\n, • Strong analytics capability (GA4, Shopify or equivalent)\n, • Refined brand and visual presentation sensibility\n, • CRM, retention, and clienteling experience\n, • SEO and luxury content strategy knowledge\n, • UX/CRO optimisation experience\n, • Highly organised with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise\n\n \n This role is fully office-based and ideal for someone looking for a long-term, stable role within a luxury brand environment. \n This is a fantastic opportunity, apply now! \n Due to the large number of applications that we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. \n Val Wade Recruitment are actively looking for applicants from underrepresented communities and pride ourselves as an equal opportunities’ employer and agency.

About Us \n \n Marlin Hawk is a global executive search and leadership advisory firm that is unconstrained by one-size-fits-all methodologies. We aspire to be the boutique partner of choice at the forefront of transformational change and placing the most positively disruptive talent into organisations across the world. \n We are an ambitious and results-oriented organization and take on client engagements with a curious and inquisitive mindset, working on a fully retained basis. \n We are one globally connected team with a shared and common purpose serving our clients from New York, Denver, Atlanta, London, Dubai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. We encourage a collaborative and nurturing environment to empower our employees to determine the trajectory of their careers. \n We emphasize that all voices and perspectives should be heard at every level. We work hard while ensuring our office environment is friendly and informal, and we enjoy celebrating individual milestones and collective success. \n \n \n The Role - General Responsibilities \n \n We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Financial Services team in London. This person will lead in all aspects of the delivery process to meet the needs and objectives of the client, team, and company. \n \n \n Operations and Delivery \n \n\n • Accurately take and interpret a client brief and translate to devise a research strategy and meet timelines.\n, • Delivery of assignment research and identification of candidates.\n, • Select and pre-screen candidates independently.\n, • Deputise for Partners to present candidates on client catch-up calls.\n, • Produce pitch documentation and client update reports.\n, • Attend shortlist meetings, contributing to discussion by presenting research and findings.\n, • Start to build own relationship with client contacts such that they regularly choose to use you as a point of contact.\n, • Show aptitude for resolving problems and objections to result in closing candidates.\n\n \n \n Business Development \n \n\n • Become positioned as a trusted advisor to your network of candidate and client contacts.\n, • Take initiative to originate market research to build new team knowledge. Independently act upon the intelligence gained.\n, • Set up new, fully qualified live pitch situations for Partners.\n, • Attend pitches and new client meetings, supporting the Partners where necessary.\n, • Leverage commercial intelligence and use it to add value in the context of client and candidate engagements.\n\n \n \n About You \n \n The ideal candidate will be: \n\n • Someone with 3-5 years retained executive search experience.\n, • Able to deliver on searches end to end with oversight from a Partner.\n, • Someone with experience delivering on searches in commercial or retail banking, working on C-suite level roles.\n, • An excellent communicator, both in written work, on the phone, and face-to-face, confident talking to senior executives and communicating with all internal stakeholders.\n, • A technologically-savvy problem solver with a commercial mindset who brings fresh ideas to the table.\n, • A self-starter, able to get on with the task in hand and proactively seek help when needed.\n, • Thorough, with great attention to detail and an ability to adhere to processes.\n, • Resilient, adaptable, capable of multitasking, and calm under pressure.\n\n

Position: Bar Supervisor \n \n What will I get? \n\n • Competitive salary ranging from £44,000 to £45,000 gross per annum, based on a 40-hour working week and inclusive of service charge.\n, • Enhanced annual leave, increasing with length of service\n, • Complimentary meals while on duty\n, • £1,000 “Refer a Friend” bonus scheme\n, • Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities\n, • Reward programmes, long service recognition, and employee appreciation incentives\n, • Employer pension contribution of 3%\n, • Complimentary dry cleaning\n, • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay\n, • A vibrant social calendar and engagement programme, including team events, seasonal celebrations and a quarterly Chair’s message\n, • Access to the CODE App, offering exclusive discounts across restaurants, hotels, and experiences in the UK*\n, • Access to the HSF Health Plan*, including:\n, • Dental reimbursement\n, • 24/7 GP advice line and confidential counselling support, including assistance for dependents\n, • Optical reimbursement\n, • Complimentary cover for your partner and children\n, • High street and grocery discounts, discounted cinema tickets, and a wide range of retail offers\n, • Discounted gym memberships\n\n \n What will I be doing? \n As a Supervisor (Restaurant & Bar) at ...At Sloane, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring an exceptional dining experience for our guests while maintaining the seamless operation and financial success of the restaurant, bar, and in-room dining services. You will collaborate closely with our team to enhance guest satisfaction and foster a culture of continuous improvement. This role demands excellent communication skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to cultivate positive relationships. \n \n Operational Management: \n\n • Assist in the comprehensive management of restaurant, and in-room dining services.\n, • Actively participate in departmental meetings and team briefings, offering support and guidance to team members when needed to achieve collective objectives.\n, • Monitor compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness standards.\n\n \n Managing Restaurant IRD: \n\n • Engage in show rounds, daily briefings, and debriefs.\n, • Interact with hotel guests and VIPs, providing VIP reports to the Executive Management Team.\n, • Coordinate and facilitate staff training, including regular tastings.\n\n \n Financial Performance Management: \n\n • Meet established cost of sales targets.\n, • Analyse financial data to support decision-making and forecast potential revenues and costs.\n, • Exercise cost control measures while maintaining service standards.\n\n \n Health and Safety Management: \n\n • Familiarise yourself with relevant health and safety legislation and ensure team members comply with regulations.\n, • Act in accordance with fire safety instructions and promote a safe working environment.\n, • Attend and stay updated on mandatory training and legislative changes.\n\n \n Staffing and Team Development: \n\n • Assess staffing needs and develop plans for future growth.\n, • Coach, train, and nurture both management and hourly employees.\n, • Elevate team performance, morale, productivity, and enthusiasm.\n\n \n What are we looking for? \n\n • Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role within a luxury property (pre-opening experience is highly desirable).\n, • Excellent knowledge of wines and champagne.\n, • Strong upselling skills and customer service know-how.\n, • Outgoing personality with a passion for creating unique experiences.\n, • Stay informed about new trends, fashions, art, and culture.\n, • Ability to speak and write French is desirable but not essential.\n, • Self-starter with creativity, high drive, and result-oriented approach.\n, • Strong work ethic and ability to handle tasks under pressure and meet deadlines.\n, • Strong leadership skills to motivate the team and maintain a high level of service.\n\n \n Who are we? \n We are a 5-star luxury lifestyle boutique hotel located in the heart of Chelsea. Set in a 19th century building next to Sloane Square station and featuring a rooftop restaurant, an intimate cocktail bar, and thirty exceptionally designed bedrooms, the property has been elegantly restored to create unique experiences. \n Within one of London’s most stylish interiors, the hotel combines the quintessentially British style of the Cadogan Estate with a unique French touch. Designed as an exceptional and inspiring destination, it highlights the distinguished and historic pedigree of the Sloane Square Conservation Area in a private and intimate setting. \n Independently run, the hotel employs passionate, focused individuals with a determination to succeed. To assist us in hosting our wonderful clients, we are on the search for the ambassadors of this truly unique property. They will be given the opportunity to make their own mark while delivering an exceptional service of unparalleled quality. \n \n *Upon successful completion of the probation period \n *The service charge range fluctuates based on our forecasted business levels and may vary from month to month.

Chief Executive Officer – Confectionery & Bakery \n Location: London or South West \n Salary: Excellent + Executive Benefits \n Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent \n Drive Growth. Expand Markets. Build a World-Class Confectionery Business. \n An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and commercially astute Chief Executive Officer to lead a growing confectionery business through its next phase of strategic expansion. We are seeking an inspirational leader with a proven track record of driving business growth, developing high-performing teams, and expanding brands across international markets, including the UK, Italy, and the United States. \n This role requires a visionary executive who can combine operational excellence with strong commercial leadership, accelerating growth, strengthening market position, and delivering sustainable long-term value. \n The Role \n\n • Develop and execute a bold growth strategy to drive revenue, profitability, and market share within the confectionery sector.\n, • Lead the continued expansion of the business across the UK while identifying and capitalising on opportunities in key international markets, particularly Italy and the USA.\n, • Build strong customer, retail, distribution, and manufacturing partnerships to support ambitious growth objectives.\n, • Drive product innovation, brand development, and category leadership within premium and mainstream confectionery channels.\n, • Create a high-performance culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and commercial success.\n, • Strengthen operational capability, supply chain resilience, and manufacturing performance to support future growth.\n, • Identify new routes to market, strategic partnerships, acquisition opportunities, and investment prospects.\n, • Ensure the business is well-positioned for long-term value creation through exceptional commercial and financial performance.\n\n About You \n\n • Proven CEO, Managing Director, or Executive-level leadership experience within confectionery, food manufacturing, FMCG, or consumer goods.\n, • Demonstrable success in growing businesses domestically and internationally, with exposure to UK, European and North American markets.\n, • Strong understanding of commercial strategy, brand development, category growth, and customer engagement.\n, • Experience leading businesses through significant periods of transformation, expansion, acquisition, or investment.\n, • A track record of developing talented teams and creating cultures that deliver outstanding results.\n, • Highly entrepreneurial with the ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of building confidence with investors, customers, suppliers, and employees alike.\n\n Why Join Us? \n\n • Lead a dynamic and ambitious confectionery business with significant growth potential.\n, • Shape and deliver an exciting international expansion strategy across the UK, Italy, and the USA.\n, • Work with innovative products, strong market foundations, and opportunities for further brand development.\n, • Competitive executive package, including performance-related incentives aligned with business growth and value creation.\n, • A unique opportunity to leave a lasting legacy by building a best-in-class confectionery business with global ambitions.\n\n How to Apply \n Please submit your CV and covering letter detailing your experience in driving business growth, international development, and commercial success within confectionery, FMCG, or related sectors, together with your vision for leading a high-growth international business. \n

As an experienced, self-assured professional who understands all facets of the spa business whilst keeping success firmly in sight, you enjoy working with high-achieving aestheticians. In this temporary role, you take over and support shaping the future of the innovation leader in biotechnology, consistently setting standards in beauty. This is a great opportunity to start with a professional and supportive team, enabling you to further expand your experience, with the possibility, if successful, to continue working permanently with QMS. If you are interested in further developing your career, then we should talk! \n \n Your professionalism, combined with an entrepreneurial, growth-driven mindset, inspires your audience to develop themselves and to promote our treatments and products. You gain their trust by always keeping their needs in mind and focusing on their development. You work with them as equals and know how to get them excited about our brand. In this way, you will develop our clients across your area. You report directly to the UK Lead. \n \n ABOUT QMS MEDICOSMETICS – THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTH \n \n We believe in “the beautiful truth” of our products and treatments. Because that is what makes the difference: QMS Medicosmetics is a brand developed from a medical perspective for professional use. We treat the causes of skin ageing, not just the symptoms. That is why we rely on advanced biotechnology – QMS collagens are regarded as one of the pioneering innovations in beauty care. The effectiveness of our skincare routines, proven in numerous independent clinical studies, convinces those who know best: beauticians and beauty experts. In the hands of professionals, our products achieve their maximum effectiveness. They are firmly convinced that our treatments are the answer. And what could be more beautiful than the truth? This is how we serve the most discerning clients in partnership with the world’s finest spas, department stores and leading independent salons. \n \n QMS Medicosmetics is owned by the private equity firm Bluegem Capital Partners in London, which provides the resources for innovation in products, technologies, and services, as well as the company’s international expansion. \n \n \n YOUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY \n \n In your role as QMS Medicosmetics Trainer UK and Ireland, you play a key role in educating our clients and getting prospective clients excited and convinced about our high-quality treatments and products, thereby supporting our account executives in expanding our business in the UK. \n \n Your main responsibilities will be to: \n\n • Perform educational facials to aestheticians, decision makers and VIPs\n, • Train new and current spa clients to ensure broad knowledge of the benefits of our assortment and the proper application of the QMS protocols\n, • Regularly schedule trainings and run events in alignment with the respective account executive\n, • Gain a thorough understanding of the needs of current clients\n, • Identify new business opportunities and actively grow our share of wallet within current clients, increasing the number of QMS treatments and developing sell-out of retail products, including proper shelf placement of the QMS assortment, and conducting sell-out events\n, • Develop individualised Spa Treatment Menus, tailored to the respective spa and its culture\n, • Partner with the international QMS Trainer Team to share and develop new concepts within a cohesive global education strategy\n, • Participate in Trade Shows\n, • Develop productive working relationships across hierarchies of clients\n, • Raise issues quickly, reaching out for help when needed\n, • Proactively exchange client insights with peers, share your progress in standard reports and in regular 1-2-1s with the UK Lead\n\n \n WHAT WE OFFER \n \n\n • A diverse, friendly, international team that looks forward to welcoming new colleagues (m/f/d) and inspiring them with our enthusiasm for the QMS brand. We enjoy our work and do not think in stereotypes – professionalism, a friendly tone and respect are important to us.\n, • Close, trusting collaboration across departments and hierarchies, which puts our clients' success at the centre. Short reporting lines, quick decisions, and entrepreneurial thinking set us apart.\n, • An attractive salary and the opportunity to purchase QMS products at very favorable prices for personal use\n, • Opportunities for personal development in line with the company’s growth –e.g., key national trainer or team leadership\n, • A great brand with immediately visible, better results, which our B2B clients enthusiastically use and sell. This conviction is also reflected in the loyalty of our end consumers, who – once convinced – usually remain loyal to our brand in the long term.\n, • Double-digit revenue growth with continued strong growth prospects; successful international expansion within Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia\n, • In-depth induction into our brand’s philosophy and the specific characteristics\n\n \n YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS \n \n\n • Completed education as licensed aesthetician (3-year course) with above average grades\n, • At least three years of proven, hands-on experience as a licensed aesthetician, with considerable experience in delivering treatments or trainer, ideally within the luxury or professional skincare sector\n, • Winning personality, able to enthusiastically tell the QMS brand story\n, • Excellent ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with customers, co-workers, and management\n, • Passionate about advanced skin care and the spa environment\n, • Excellent organisation, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills\n, • Driven, goal-oriented, and have an entrepreneurial outlook\n\n \n YOUR APPLICATION \n \n Do you feel excited about the idea and are looking forward to starting with QMS? We are looking forward to getting to know you, so please send your C.V. with a possible start date and tell us why this is the ideal role for you to career@qmsmedicosmetics.com. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eva Vrabie, Head of Human Resources, on +49 (0) 7663 603 99 33 or via WhatsApp on +49 (0)162 219 1359.

Paid Media Executive - Freelance (6 months) \n Watford - Hybrid (2 days in office) \n \n \n We're recruiting on behalf of a premium retail brand looking for a Paid Media Executive to join the team on a fixed-term contract during one of its busiest trading periods. \n \n This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working across multiple digital channels, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, and delivering campaigns that make a measurable commercial impact. \n \n What you'll be doing... \n You'll play a key role in planning, executing and optimising digital marketing campaigns across a portfolio of well-known consumer brands, working closely with ecommerce, brand & creative teams to drive customer acquisition and online growth. \n \n Your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Managing paid social campaigns across Meta\n, • Owning affiliate partnerships & driving channel performance\n, • Coordinating PPC activity with agency\n, • Delivering supplier-funded marketing campaigns\n, • Monitoring budgets & forecasting spending\n, • Analysing campaign performance\n, • Supporting major promotional events\n\n \n Requirements: \n\n • Experience delivering digital marketing campaigns\n, • Strong knowledge of paid social and affiliate marketing\n, • An understanding of PPC\n, • Excellent analytical skills\n, • Experience managing marketing budgets\n\n

ABOUT US \n At TTC, we are Enriching lives by connecting people and places. For over 100 years, we’ve been bringing the world closer together by crafting journeys that create lasting memories, lifelong friendships and meaningful cultural connections. Across more than 70 countries and our award-winning brands, we design and deliver travel experiences that go beyond sightseeing - they change perspectives. Behind every unforgettable journey is a passionate team making it happen. That’s where you come in. \n \n OUR VALUES \n Our values shape every hire we make and every team we build: \n 🌍 Value Every Voice — we put people first \n 🤝 Act with Integrity — we do what’s right \n 🧭 Explore Beyond Boundaries — we’re driven by curiosity \n 🎯 Own the Outcome — we take responsibility for our decisions \n ✨ Succeed Together — we’ve got each other’s backs \n \n POSITION SUMMARY \n TTC Tech is seeking an experienced and delivery-focused Technology Project Manager to lead \n the Longitude Replacement project, a major transformation initiative focused on replacing a \n critical legacy reservation platform for the Uniworld River Cruise brand, with a modern, scalable \n off-the-shelf solution (iTravel Cruise). \n \n The Longitude platform is currently a bespoke implementation that supports core business \n capabilities across reservations, inventory, pricing, customer servicing and operational processes \n for Uniworld. Its replacement will require close coordination across technology, product, \n operations, finance, data, architecture and external delivery partners. \n \n Reporting to the Head of PMO and working under the strategic direction of the VP Technology \n for Uniworld, the successful candidate will provide hands-on leadership across the full project \n lifecycle, from mobilisation and detailed planning through design, build, integration, data \n migration, testing, implementation and operational transition. \n \n This role requires someone with demonstrable experience delivering complex enterprise technology, reservation, booking, ERP, CRM, transactional platform or legacy system replacement projects. The successful candidate must be comfortable operating across multiple workstreams, managing significant dependencies and translating strategic direction into a clear, controlled and executable delivery plan. \n \n The Project Manager will be accountable for delivering the project to agreed scope, time and budget while ensuring that technology outputs translate into operational readiness, measurable business value and realise the benefits committed in the business case \n \n KEY RESPONSIBILITIES \n \n End-to-End Project Delivery \n Lead the Longitude Replacement project from mobilisation and planning through design, build, integration, data migration, testing, deployment, hypercare and value realisation. This is an exciting transformation initiative that will see the replacement of a legacy reservation system for our river cruise brand with an off-the-shelf cloud-based solution. \n \n Integrated Planning, Scope, Schedule & Budget Control \n Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, milestones, roadmap and critical path, managing delivery against agreed scope, timeline, resources and budget. \n \n Technical Coordination \n Coordinate delivery across architecture, product, engineering, integration, infrastructure, security, data and operational teams, ensuring technical decisions and dependencies are visible, understood and managed. \n \n Data Migration & Reconciliation \n Working under the Head of Tech PMO, and a dotted line into the Brand VP of Technology, oversee the development and execution of the data migration strategy, including data cleansing, mapping, validation, reconciliation, mock migrations and final cutover. \n \n Cross-Functional Team Leadership \n Mobilise and lead matrixed delivery teams across Technology, Product, Operations, Finance, Data, Customer Service and the wider business, ensuring clear accountability and delivery momentum. \n \n Stakeholder & Vendor Management \n Build trusted relationships with sponsors, senior stakeholders and external delivery partners, holding all parties accountable for agreed outcomes, quality, deliverables and timelines. \n \n Governance, Reporting & Delivery Methodology \n Apply TTC Tech’s PDLC and the appropriate Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approach, maintaining accurate reporting, RAID logs, change control, decisions and financial updates for PMO and executive forums. \n \n Risk, Issue & Dependency Management \n Proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, technical dependencies, resource constraints and critical decisions, ensuring timely escalation and effective mitigation. \n \n Testing, Cutover & Operational Readiness \n Coordinate system, integration, regression, performance and user acceptance testing, alongside training, business readiness, cutover planning, go-live and hypercare. \n \n Benefits & Continuous Improvement \n Ensure the new platform delivers measurable improvements in scalability, resilience, operational efficiency and customer experience while contributing to improvements in TTC Tech’s delivery practices. \n \n KEY INDIVIDUAL TRAITS \n\n • Structured & Delivery-Focused - Brings control, discipline and clarity to complex projects without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.\n, • Technically Curious - Understands complex technology delivery sufficiently to challenge assumptions, identify dependencies and ask the right questions.\n, • Outcome-Oriented - Maintains focus on business outcomes, operational readiness and value rather than project activity alone.\n, • Strong Leadership & Ownership - Takes accountability for delivery and actively drives decisions, actions and issue resolution.\n, • Stakeholder Influence - Able to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders, securing alignment and timely decisions.\n, • Calm Under Pressure - Operates effectively in high-pressure environments involving ambiguity, changing priorities and critical delivery deadlines.\n, • Communication & Gravitas - Communicates clearly and credibly with executives, sponsors, delivery teams and third-party partners.\n, • Attention to Detail - Maintains reliable project plans, governance, financial tracking, actions, risks, dependencies and decision records.\n, • Commercial Awareness -Understands vendor commitments, budgets, contracts, delivery milestones and the financial implications of project decisions.\n\n \n YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE \n \n Essential Experience \n\n • 5+ years’ experience delivering complex technology projects within matrixed or transformation environments.\n, • Proven experience delivering enterprise platforms, reservation systems, booking systems, ERP, CRM, transactional systems or major legacy technology replacements.\n, • Experience managing projects across the full delivery lifecycle, including discovery, design, build, integration, data migration, testing, cutover and hypercare.\n, • Strong experience managing complex integrations and dependencies across multiple systems and technology teams.\n, • Experience leading data migration activities, including planning, validation, reconciliation and cutover.\n, • Experience working in a matrixed organisational model and co-ordinating with product, engineering, architecture, data, security, testing and operational teams.\n, • Strong project governance, planning, budget management, RAID management, change control and executive reporting experience.\n, • Experience managing external vendors, systems integrators or software delivery partners.\n, • Proficiency with project and delivery tools such as Monday.com, Jira, Confluence and Excel or equivalent platforms.\n\n \n Highly Desirable Experience \n\n • Experience delivering reservation, travel, booking, inventory, pricing or customer servicing platforms.\n, • Experience replacing complex legacy or business-critical operational systems.\n, • Experience in travel, hospitality, retail, eCommerce or other high-volume transactional environments.\n, • Experience with Software-as-a-Service platforms, configurable commercial products or systems integration programmes.\n, • Experience managing complex cutovers where legacy and replacement systems may need to operate in parallel.\n, • Experience coordinating operational readiness, training and business process change.\n, • Experience working in a private-equity-backed or fast-paced transformation environment.\n\n \n TRAVEL & OTHER REQUIREMENTS \n\n • Flexibility to work irregular hours where needed to accommodate international stakeholders or offshore delivery teams.\n, • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, private-equity-backed transformation environment.\n

Experienced Executive Search Researcher (3+ years of experience within SHREK or leading boutique) \n Sector (Ideally media, consumer technology, digital, retail, travel, leisure & hospitality or SaaS) \n Oldworth Consulting | London | Hybrid / Remotee \n \n \n About Oldworth \n \n Oldworth is a global executive search boutique operating at the intersection of commerce, leadership and transformation. We advise publicly listed and privately backed businesses across tech-enabled consumer, media, retail, leisure and hospitality sectors. Our work extends well beyond recruitment. We decode leadership potential, distil commercial insight and quietly influence how companies evolve through talent. \n \n Our approach is consultative, analytical and deeply human. We are swift but precise, independent in thought and grounded in trust. Our tone is direct, polished, never pompous, and always professional. \n \n The Role \n \n We are looking for a bright and motivated Research Analyst at the start of their career who wants to understand how leadership really works. This is a central role within our research and insight function, where information becomes intelligence, intelligence becomes impact and impact can change share prices, grow businesses and innovate on a global level. \n \n You will explore markets, map organisations, identify exceptional individuals and interpret the stories that sit behind commercial structures. Working across multiple live mandates, you will collaborate closely with our founder and gain direct exposure to board-level decision making in a professional, high-trust environment. \n \n If you are curious by nature, analytical by instinct and genuinely interested in people and business with a deep appreciation of the confidentiality entrusted in the knowledge we hold, we would love to hear from you. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Search Strategy & Market Mapping: Independently formulate and execute compelling search strategies, capturing market insights to guide each executive search. Conduct rigorous industry and company research to understand client needs, support commercial executive searches and identify target companies, emerging trends and talent pools.\n, • Data Analysis: Analyse filings, investor materials, media and data sources to understand the commercial forces shaping markets and the people driving them.\n, • Candidate Identification & Outreach: Identify and approach high-potential candidates through creative research methods and leveraging our proprietary databases. Develop comprehensive reports on potential candidates and target companies, mapping the talent landscape for each assignment for confidential pipelines.\n, • Collaboration with founder and future consultants: Partner closely with our consultants on search mandates – participate in kick-off meetings and client briefings, contributing insights on target profiles and search strategy. Screen and evaluate candidates alongside consultants to ensure we present the best qualified talent to clients.\n, • Client & Stakeholder Communication: Prepare polished status reports and candidate profiles for presentation to clients, providing clear insights into each candidate’s fit. Ensure all data (e.g. candidate information, market feedback) is captured accurately in our systems, maintaining the integrity and quality of our research data.\n, • Business Development Support: Support business development by monitoring market developments and spotting opportunities in our sectors. Conduct background research for pitch materials, client presentations and attend select pitch meetings to provide market insight where appropriate.\n, • Knowledge & Innovation: Develop deep domain knowledge in our focus industries, staying ahead of trends and sharing actionable market intelligence with the team. Contribute to internal knowledge initiatives and best practices that push our firm forward.\n, • Ethics & Confidentiality: Uphold the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality and ethics throughout the search process. Represent Oldworth with finesse and credibility in all candidate and client interactions. Our clients are in growth and others are listed giants. Our influence can move markets, this comes with a significant obligation of discretion.\n\n \n \n \n Required Qualifications & Traits \n\n • Analytical Curiosity: Ability to digest large amounts of information, identify key insights quickly and synthesize them into clear recommendations. Be intellectually curious with a data-driven mindset, constantly exploring new research tools and techniques.\n, • Resourcesful self-starter with a can-do attitude. You will get regular touchpoints with the founder, who will endlessly support. The successful appointment will be someone who exercises their own initiative, leverages their own drive and is concerned with high-quality deliverables will thrive in this environment.\n, • Communication Skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. You can craft high-quality, well-structured documents for clients and confidently articulate insights to stakeholders at all levels. Excellent listening skills and keen attention to detail are a must.\n, • Interpersonal Savvy: High emotional intelligence and professionalism, with the ability, confidence or tenacity to interact credibly with CEOs, founders and senior executives. Builds trust and rapport easily with clients, candidates, and colleagues. Collaborative team player who contributes to a positive, inclusive culture.\n, • Organised & Proactive: Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines without sacrificing quality. A self-starter who takes initiative, yet knows how to leverage the team for success. Adaptable and comfortable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.\n, • Tech & Tools: Savvy with research technologies and CRM databases (experience with tools like LinkedIn, CRM platforms, or AI-driven search tools is a plus). Embraces a people-led, data-backed approach, ideally skilled at using data and digital tools to augment human judgment in decision-making.\n, • Experience & Education: Bachelor’s degree required or at least a significant demonstrable extra-curricular work experience proving commercial tendencies and appetite. Please note this is about structure and how you would approach a process. We are open to no degree if experience has carved out the necessary processes.\n\n \n What We Offer \n Oldworth is a boutique firm with big-firm standards, our team is small and your voice matters, we have a flat-structure for high responsibility from day one, yet we deliver work at a quality that exceeds global firms, with a current NPS of 100. Expect a supportive team that values humour, humility and unwavering excellence in equal measure. \n\n • Remote-First Flexibility: Work from anywhere (within reach of London) with top-tier technology provided for your home office. Enjoy the autonomy of remote work with the camaraderie of regular in-person team meet-ups in London.\n, • Client-Facing Impact: An opportunity to be client-facing in a premium setting you’ll engage with C-suite clients and high-caliber candidates, building a high-quality professional network in the process. Your research insights will directly influence key hiring decisions at exciting companies.\n, • Cutting-Edge Sectors: Exposure to transformative companies in tech-enabled consumer, media, retail, leisure, and hospitality. Each assignment offers a broad view of business in fast-evolving industries, keeping your work fresh and intellectually stimulating. We work at pace to match our clients.\n, • Culture of Growth: A people-centric culture that celebrates energy, collaboration and fresh thinking. We combine the spark of a start-up with the polish of a top consultancy. You’ll receive mentorship from our founder and be given plenty of room to grow your career (whether that’s advancing within research or evolving toward a consulting role).\n\n If you are excited by the prospect of pairing innovative research with client impact, we’d love to hear from you. Become a core part of Oldworth Consulting’s mission to find transformative leaders by bringing both spark and substance to this experienced researcher appointment. \n

Senior Reward Manager \n \n Location: Watford (Hybrid - 3 days in the office) \n Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 \n \n About the Company and the Role \n \n Our client is a large, multi-site consumer business undergoing significant growth and transformation. With a sizeable and diverse workforce, the organisation is continuing to invest in its people agenda and reward capability. \n \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Reward Manager to step into a broader leadership role. Reporting into the People leadership team, you will shape reward strategy, lead key compensation and benefits programmes, and provide expert guidance to senior stakeholders. \n \n The role combines strategic planning with hands-on delivery across reward, analytics, governance and compliance. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development and delivery of the organisation’s reward strategy.\n, • Manage annual salary review and bonus processes across the business.\n, • Provide expert advice on pay structures, job evaluation and market benchmarking.\n, • Develop reward frameworks for a large hourly paid workforce, ensuring compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation.\n, • Deliver reward reporting and insights to support executive, board and investor decision-making.\n, • Oversee benefits and pension programmes, ensuring they remain competitive and cost-effective.\n, • Lead and develop a small reward team while supporting ongoing HR systems and process improvements.\n, • Line manage and upskill 2 team members.\n\n \n Candidate Profile and Experience \n\n • Strong understanding an experience working with National Minimum Wage legislation and reward governance is essential.\n, • Significant experience in reward, compensation and benefits within a large, complex organisation.\n, • Background in sectors with large frontline or hourly paid workforces such as retail, hospitality, leisure, aviation or care.\n, • Experience managing annual pay reviews, bonus schemes and salary benchmarking.\n, • Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.\n, • Previous people management experience and a collaborative leadership style would be advantageous but not essential.\n\n \n This is a standout opportunity to take ownership of a high-profile reward function and work closely with senior leadership in a business where reward remains a key strategic priority.

ABOUT US \n At TTC, we are Enriching lives by connecting people and places. For over 100 years, we’ve been bringing the world closer together by crafting journeys that create lasting memories, lifelong friendships and meaningful cultural connections. Across more than 70 countries and our award-winning brands, we design and deliver travel experiences that go beyond sightseeing - they change perspectives. Behind every unforgettable journey is a passionate team making it happen. That’s where you come in. \n \n OUR VALUES \n Our values shape every hire we make and every team we build: \n 🌍 Value Every Voice — we put people first \n 🤝 Act with Integrity — we do what’s right \n 🧭 Explore Beyond Boundaries — we’re driven by curiosity \n 🎯 Own the Outcome — we take responsibility for our decisions \n ✨ Succeed Together — we’ve got each other’s backs \n \n POSITION SUMMARY \n \n TTC Tech is seeking an experienced and delivery-focused Technology Project Manager to lead the Trafalgar River Transformation project on a fixed-term basis, covering maternity leave. \n This is a major enhancement initiative delivering multiple new features across the Trafalgar River Tech stack for the Trafalgar brand. Trafalgar River is the initial project, with the successful candidate sequenced onto further projects within the Delivery roadmap once it is complete. \n \n The programme spans online Booking Enablement across D2C, B2B, and CRM and Data, including multiple enhancements across each of these channels. Delivering these changes will require close coordination across technology, product, operations, finance, data, architecture and external delivery partners. \n \n Reporting to the Head of PMO and working under the strategic direction of the Technology Director, the successful candidate will provide hands-on leadership across the full project lifecycle, from mobilisation and detailed planning through design, build, integration, testing, implementation and operational transition. \n \n This role requires someone with demonstrable experience delivering complex enterprise technology, across CRM, Data and D2C/B2B digital. The successful candidate must be comfortable operating across multiple workstreams, managing significant dependencies, and translating strategic direction into a clear, controlled and executable delivery plan. \n \n The Project Manager will be accountable for delivering the project to agreed scope, time and budget while ensuring that technology outputs translate into operational readiness, measurable business value and realise the benefits committed in the business case. \n \n KEY RESPONSIBILITIES \n\n • End-to-End Project Delivery – Lead the Trafalgar River Transformation project from mobilisation and planning through design, build, integration, testing, deployment, hypercare and value realisation. This is an exciting transformation initiative delivering multiple enhancements across the Trafalgar River Tech stack.\n, • Integrated Planning, Scope, Schedule & Budget Control – Develop and maintain the integrated project plan, milestones, roadmap and critical path, managing delivery against agreed scope, timeline, resources and budget.\n, • Technical Coordination – Coordinate delivery across architecture, product, engineering, integration, infrastructure, security, data, operational, marketing and sales teams, ensuring technical decisions and dependencies are visible, understood and managed.\n, • Cross-Functional Team Leadership – Mobilise and lead matrixed delivery teams across Technology, Product, Operations, Finance, Data, Customer Service and the wider business, ensuring clear accountability and delivery momentum.\n, • Stakeholder & Vendor Management – Build trusted relationships with sponsors, senior stakeholders and external delivery partners, holding all parties accountable for agreed outcomes, quality, deliverables and timelines.\n, • Governance, Reporting & Delivery Methodology – Apply TTC Tech’s PDLC and the appropriate Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approach, maintaining accurate reporting, RAID logs, change control, decisions and financial updates for PMO and executive forums.\n, • Risk, Issue & Dependency Management – Proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, technical dependencies, resource constraints and critical decisions, ensuring timely escalation and effective mitigation.\n, • Testing, Cutover & Operational Readiness – Coordinate system, integration, regression, performance and user acceptance testing, alongside training, business readiness, cutover planning, go-live and hypercare.\n, • Benefits & Continuous Improvement – Ensure the new platform delivers measurable improvements in scalability, resilience, operational efficiency and customer experience while contributing to improvements in TTC Tech’s delivery practices.\n\n \n KEY INDIVIDUAL TRAITS \n\n • Structured & Delivery-Focused – Brings control, discipline and clarity to complex projects without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.\n, • Technically Curious – Understands complex technology delivery sufficiently to challenge assumptions, identify dependencies and ask the right questions.\n, • Outcome-Oriented – Maintains focus on business outcomes, operational readiness and value rather than project activity alone.\n, • Strong Leadership & Ownership – Takes accountability for delivery and actively drives decisions, actions and issue resolution.\n, • Stakeholder Influence – Able to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders, securing alignment and timely decisions.\n, • Calm Under Pressure – Operates effectively in high-pressure environments involving ambiguity, changing priorities and critical delivery deadlines.\n, • Communication & Gravitas – Communicates clearly and credibly with executives, sponsors, delivery teams and third-party partners.\n, • Attention to Detail – Maintains reliable project plans, governance, financial tracking, actions, risks, dependencies and decision records.\n, • Commercial Awareness – Understands vendor commitments, budgets, contracts, delivery milestones and the financial implications of project decisions.\n\n \n YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE \n \n Essential Experience \n\n • 5+ years’ experience delivering complex technology projects within matrixed or transformation environments.\n, • Proven experience in Digital and CRM & Data technology projects.\n, • Experience managing projects across the full delivery lifecycle, including discovery, design, build, integration, data migration, testing, cutover and hypercare.\n, • Strong experience managing complex integrations and dependencies across multiple systems and technology teams.\n, • Experience working in a matrixed organisational model, and co-ordinating with product, engineering, architecture, data, security, testing and operational teams.\n, • Strong project governance, planning, budget management, RAID management, change control and executive reporting experience.\n, • Experience managing external vendors, systems integrators or software delivery partners.\n, • Proficiency with project and delivery tools such as Monday.com, Jira, Confluence and Excel or equivalent platforms.\n\n Highly Desirable Experience \n\n • Experience delivering reservation, travel, booking, inventory, pricing or customer servicing platforms.\n, • Experience in travel, hospitality, retail, eCommerce or other high-volume transactional environments.\n, • Experience with Software-as-a-Service platforms, configurable commercial products or systems integration programmes.\n, • Experience coordinating operational readiness, training and business process change.\n, • Experience working in a private-equity-backed or fast-paced transformation environment.\n\n \n TRAVEL & OTHER REQUIREMENTS \n\n • Flexibility to work irregular hours where needed to accommodate international stakeholders or offshore delivery teams.\n, • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, private-equity-backed transformation environment.\n\n \n WHY JOIN US? \n At TTC, we’re growing fast and looking for ambitious people who want to be part of our exciting journey. We’ll give you the tools, training, and support you need to succeed, while offering clear opportunities to progress your career. \n Alongside this, we offer a strong benefits package, including private medical healthcare, paid volunteering days, and a host of additional benefits. \n If you’re ready to build your career in Travel & Tourism and make an impact - click apply today!

Head of Compliance & MLRO \n UK | FCA Regulated | SMF16 & SMF17 \n \n We are a leading global trading and investment platform with an ambitious international growth strategy and a strong reputation for technology, innovation and client experience. \n We are seeking an experienced UK Head of Compliance & MLRO to take overall responsibility for the UK entity's Compliance and Financial Crime frameworks, holding both SMF16 (Head of Compliance) and SMF17 (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) functions. \n \n Reporting directly to the Group Chief Compliance Officer, this is a high-profile senior leadership position with direct and unrestricted access to the UK Board. You will lead an independent second-line Compliance function, act as a key regulatory adviser to the business and serve as a principal point of contact with the FCA and UK law enforcement. \n \n This is an opportunity for an experienced regulatory leader who combines strong technical expertise and independent judgement with a pragmatic, commercial approach to compliance. \n \n Head of Compliance – SMF16 \n\n • Lead, own and continuously enhance the UK Compliance Framework, ensuring it remains effective, proportionate and aligned with FCA requirements.\n, • Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge across Consumer Duty, conduct risk, market abuse, financial promotions, product governance, conflicts of interest, personal account dealing, transaction reporting and client assets.\n, • Act as a senior member of the UK Executive Committee, ensuring regulatory risk and good customer outcomes are embedded within strategic and commercial decision-making.\n, • Provide regular reporting to the UK Board, Board Committees and Executive Committee on regulatory risks, emerging issues, customer outcomes and the effectiveness of the Compliance Framework.\n, • Act as a key point of contact for the FCA, managing regulatory notifications, supervisory engagement, information requests and material regulatory correspondence.\n, • Lead regulatory horizon scanning and translate regulatory developments into practical business requirements, policies and controls.\n, • Provide regulatory advice and constructive challenge on new products, business initiatives, outsourcing arrangements, acquisitions and strategic projects.\n, • Provide second-line oversight of Consumer Duty and Operational Resilience.\n, • Develop and oversee a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Programme, working closely with Group Assurance and relevant business stakeholders.\n, • Ensure regulatory breaches and compliance incidents are appropriately identified, investigated, escalated, remediated and reported.\n, • Maintain oversight of regulatory returns, ensuring they are accurate, complete and submitted within required deadlines.\n, • Oversee market abuse surveillance and controls, including the identification and submission of STORs where required.\n, • Maintain oversight of EMIR and MiFIR transaction reporting, including the investigation and remediation of reporting issues.\n, • Oversee CASS-related compliance, breaches and escalation processes in conjunction with the CASS function.\n, • Lead the development and delivery of regulatory and compliance training across the business.\n, • Lead, develop and mentor the UK Compliance team, ensuring appropriate resourcing, performance and professional development.\n, • Work closely with Group Compliance, Financial Crime, Risk, Legal, Internal Audit, Assurance and senior business stakeholders.\n\n \n Money Laundering Reporting Officer – SMF17 \n\n • Hold FCA approval as SMF17 MLRO and fulfil the relevant Prescribed Responsibilities for financial crime under SMCR.\n, • Provide independent oversight of the firm's UK Financial Crime Framework and report regularly to the UK Board and relevant governance committees.\n, • Prepare and present the annual MLRO Report, providing an independent assessment of financial crime risks, framework effectiveness, management information and required enhancements.\n, • Act as a key contact for the FCA and UK law enforcement on financial crime matters.\n, • Receive, assess and determine internal Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), including DAML requests, and determine when matters should be escalated to the National Crime Agency.\n, • Maintain appropriate records of SAR decisions, rationale and outcomes.\n, • Oversee the effective implementation of the UK AML, CTF and CPF Framework, including Business-Wide Risk Assessments and Customer Risk Assessment methodologies.\n, • Provide second-line oversight and challenge across CDD, EDD, onboarding, ongoing monitoring, transaction monitoring and high-risk customer reviews.\n, • Own and oversee the UK sanctions compliance framework, ensuring alignment with OFSI requirements.\n, • Develop and oversee financial crime training across the business.\n, • Work with Group Financial Crime, Assurance and Internal Audit to oversee financial crime monitoring, thematic reviews and remediation activity.\n\n \n Experience & Requirements \n \n We are looking for a senior compliance professional with significant experience operating within an FCA-regulated environment and a strong understanding of retail trading and investment businesses. \n You will ideally have: \n\n • Current or recent SMF16 and/or SMF17 approval within an FCA-regulated firm, or directly equivalent senior regulatory experience.\n, • Significant experience leading Compliance within an FCA-regulated investment, brokerage, CFD, spread betting, trading or fintech environment.\n, • Strong technical knowledge of the UK regulatory framework, including the FCA Handbook, FSMA, SMCR, Consumer Duty, UK MAR, MiFIR, EMIR, CASS, the Money Laundering Regulations, POCA, UK sanctions requirements and relevant FCA guidance.\n, • Strong experience across both regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime, including SARs, NCA engagement, sanctions and AML/CTF frameworks.\n, • Proven experience designing, implementing and enhancing Compliance and Financial Crime frameworks, including Business-Wide Risk Assessments.\n, • Strong understanding of retail conduct, Consumer Duty, product governance, market conduct, transaction reporting, CASS and Operational Resilience.\n, • Experience developing and overseeing risk-based Compliance Monitoring Programmes and driving effective remediation.\n, • Proven experience engaging with the FCA, including supervisory reviews, regulatory applications, notifications, submissions and material correspondence.\n, • Experience presenting to and advising Boards, Board Committees and senior executives.\n, • Proven leadership experience, with the ability to build, develop and motivate a high-performing Compliance team.\n, • Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to provide robust independent challenge while remaining commercially pragmatic.\n\n \n Desirable Experience \n\n • Experience holding both SMF16 and SMF17 within a single role.\n, • Background in CFDs, brokerage, spread betting, trading, fintech or payments.\n, • Experience within a digitally-led or technology-driven financial services environment.\n, • Experience with automated onboarding, digital KYC and transaction monitoring technologies.\n, • CAMS, ICA, ACAMS or equivalent compliance or financial crime qualification.\n\n

\n • Business: emap\n, • Brands: Property Week, AV magazine, Electronics Weekly, PTQ, Decarbonisation Technologies, Independent Retail News, DFNI Frontier, Motor Trader, Packaging News, Money Marketing, Mortgage Strategy, and Headline money.\n, • Base Location: East Croydon\n, • Employment Type: Full time, Permanent/ Hybrid\n, • Salary: £Competitive DOE + 35% Bonus\n\n \n Overall, Purpose of the Role: \n One of the most exciting roles in media and events is now available. Reporting to the Managing Director of Emap’s Emerald Division your role is to increase profits by producing, managing, and driving the growth of our events portfolio. You will be concerned with event creation, but will also have the events logistics, events marketing (Emerald), and delegate sales teams reporting to you. The brand commercial teams operate sponsorship sales, but you should be comfortable contributing to this and working in a ‘matrix’ environment. \n The role involves content and project management of a growing portfolio of events. Currently these are predominately conferences and awards, and in keeping with the pace of innovation in the events space, the Group Event Director will be a driving force behind diversifying into new events formats for an exceptional event experience. We deliver outstanding events for delegates and sponsors alike, at the same time delivering commercial success. The role of the Event Director is to bring together the team behind their vision and ensure full alignment between the quality of our events and commercial imperatives. \n \n Emap/Metropolis \n Emap is the business-to-business publishing division of Metropolis International, one of the leading media companies in the UK. You will be the Group Event Director of two of our five divisions, providing the events for some of the most interesting brands in business media. \n \n Key responsibilities: \n\n • Management of P+L for all events.\n, • Ownership of event research, validation, creative and production elements of both existing and new events.\n, • Team management.\n, • Strategic planning and vision for the future, understanding market trends, evaluating long term commercial potential, and reinforcing brand values.\n, • Part of wider Emerald division executive team managing across our business, the business revenues come from subscriptions, events, marketing solutions, and lead generation.\n\n \n Candidate profile \n\n • Ideally has worked in a media brand business, with multiple events, although we would be interested in candidates from pure-play events businesses. Your journey to Group Event Director could have come from any of the content, marketing, sales, or operations disciplines.\n, • Has launched events themselves and can demonstrate good experience of what it takes to make exceptional events happen.\n, • Excellent communicator with exceptional negotiation and influencing skills.\n, • Ability to lead a high performing team in a fast-paced environment, while working closely with others in a matrix environment.\n, • A proven track record of successfully developing individuals through first rate coaching and leadership.\n, • A problem solver who moves with pace and purpose.\n\n \n Core competencies: \n\n • Planning & organization.\n, • Setting content strategy, the vision, content direction, including new formats and features.\n, • Idea generation.\n, • Relationship building.\n, • Cost management.\n, • Ability to work at pace.\n, • Experience of coaching.\n, • Building a high performing team.\n\n \n Personal Attributes: \n\n • Professional and well- presented.\n, • Proven record of experience as an Event Director.\n, • Polite and articulate.\n, • Positive and enthusiastic attitude.\n, • Strong interpersonal skills.\n, • Strong drive and determination to succeed.\n, • Competitive and results oriented.\n, • Takes proactive approach to self – development, must demonstrate an interest in technological development.\n, • Initiative- taking and competitive nature.\n, • Appreciation of wider business strategies within EMAP and across the group.\n, • Problem solver\n\n \n The Brands you will be working with: \n \n Property Week: \n Property Week is the leading news magazine and digital news and intelligence service in the commercial and residential property market. Its audience of over 400,000 developers, agents, architects, lawyers, investors, occupiers, and suppliers such as prop tech companies rely on its high-quality news, analysis, and insight every day. Property Week currently has eleven events per year. \n \n AV Magazine \n The brand of choice for everyone involved in professional AV market. Its award scheme is the industry event of the year, with professionals from all over the world travelling to it. \n \n Electronics Weekly \n Over 150,000 design engineers worldwide look for the latest product and trend news in Electronics Weekly, its lead generation events are well known for their success. \n \n PTQ/ Decarbonisation Technologies \n Petroleum technology quarterly and its website ,Digital Refining, are a treasure trove of whitepapers and technology articles for the refining industry, its sister brand Decarbonisation Technologies works with industry to show the way to sustainable fuels and energy. Events take place in India. \n \n Motor Trader \n The most famous brand for everyone involved in the Automotive trade. It has five influential leading events per year. \n \n Independent Retail News (IRN) \n Thousands of retailers rely on IRN for product development and legal news, its award scheme brings independent outlets, multiples, and suppliers together. \n \n Duty Free News International (DFNI) \n A truly international brand reporting on the international duty-free industry, its events take place in Singapore, Barcelona, and Cannes. \n \n Packaging News \n Packaging News reports on developments across the packaging industry, it is famous for its leading position regarding sustainability in packaging, with a major conference and awards scheme in this sector. \n \n Quality Food Awards \n A year long programme, awarding hundreds of quality marks for food in the UK and Ireland. \n \n Money Marketing \n Money Marketing is a leading B2B publishing brand for UK financial advisers operating in a highly regulated environment. We currently have two conferences and a leading Awards gala dinner each year. \n \n Mortgage Strategy \n Mortgage Strategy is a leading B2B publishing brand for UK mortgage intermediaries and their suppliers. We currently have one annual conference and two leading Award gala dinners. \n \n Headline money \n Headlinemoney is a digital platform for UK financial journalists and financial services press teams and PR consultants. We currently operate the only dedicated awards to financial journalists. \n N.B. The role profile identifies the key responsibilities and competencies required in the role. It is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Company reserves the right to amend the role profile as the role develops with the business. \n \n What we offer \n \n Learning & Development: \n At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees. \n Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, event management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organisational objectives. \n To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialised programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy. \n \n Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees. \n\n • 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell additional days.\n, • One additional day of annual leave per year- Celebration Day.\n, • Health plan\n, • Life assurance\n, • Private virtual GP access\n, • Seasonal flu jabs available at the office.\n, • Continuous learning & development opportunities.\n, • In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects.\n, • Cycle-to-work scheme\n, • Discounted gym memberships\n, • Retail discount vouchers\n, • Rail season ticket loans\n, • Pension scheme\n, • One paid volunteer day per year\n, • Annual Summer & Winter Celebrations\n, • Work from home during August\n, • Income protection and more\n\n \n Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at www.metropolis.co.uk/privacy. \n \n Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status. \n \n How to apply: Please submit your CV and covering letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted within 10 working days of your application.

Director of Data | Enterprise Data Transformation \n High End Luxury Retail | 6 - 12 Month Interim - London | Hybrid \n \n We’re partnering with a major global consumer organisation to appoint a Director of Data to lead an enterprise-wide transformation of its data capability. This is a significant leadership mandate with ownership across data strategy, engineering, platforms, governance, data products, BI and analytics enablement. \n \n The organisation is investing in creating a more modern, scalable and trusted data ecosystem and needs a leader who can bring structure to the existing landscape, raise engineering and governance standards, and build the operating model required to make data genuinely usable across the business. \n \n The opportunity: \n You will own and execute the enterprise data strategy, leading a broad data organisation spanning: \n\n • Data Engineering\n, • Data Platforms\n, • Data Governance & Quality\n, • Data Product Management\n, • BI & Analytics Enablement\n, • Data Operations\n\n \n The initial priority is to stabilise, simplify and centralise the data capability creating clearer ownership, stronger standards and greater reliability before evolving towards a more federated, domain-led operating model. \n \n You’ll also own the roadmap for the wider data ecosystem, with Databricks at the heart of the target architecture, alongside Power BI and Looker, while driving the rationalisation of legacy platforms and reporting. \n \n Key areas of focusL \n\n • Own and evolve the enterprise data strategy and three-year roadmap\n, • Modernise and scale the data platform and engineering environment\n, • Build strong DataOps, observability, quality and governance disciplines\n, • Establish clear enterprise ownership, stewardship, lineage and data standards\n, • Build a mature data product management capability\n, • Accelerate self-service BI and analytics across the organisation\n, • Rationalise legacy platforms, reporting and tooling\n, • Build and develop a high-performing senior data leadership team\n, • Partner with senior business leaders to translate data investment into measurable commercial outcomes\n, • Create the foundations required to support advanced analytics, ML and future AI use cases\n\n \n What we’re looking for \n We’re looking for an established Director of Data / Head of Data / Enterprise Data Leader who has led meaningful transformation within a large, complex organisation. \n \n You’ll ideally bring: \n\n • Experience owning enterprise data platforms and engineering at scale\n, • Strong knowledge of modern cloud data environment. Databricks experience would be particularly relevant\n, • A track record of improving data governance, quality, lineage and stewardship\n, • Experience building data product and self-service analytics capabilities\n, • Leadership of sizeable, multidisciplinary data teams\n, • Experience delivering complex, multi-year transformation roadmaps\n, • Strong commercial and executive-level stakeholder management\n, • The credibility to operate strategically while still engaging deeply with architects and engineers\n\n \n Experience within retail, luxury, consumer, digital commerce or another highly complex customer-led environment would be particularly valuable. \n \n This is a role for someone who enjoys transformation: building clarity from complexity, creating strong foundations and then turning data into a genuine enterprise capability.

About the Role \n We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager to own full-cycle recruitment process. This is a high-impact role where you will partner directly with business leaders and HRBPs to drive hiring strategy, deliver senior and specialist roles, and build JD.com's employer brand in the UK talent market. You will also play a key role in scaling our in-house TA capability as the business grows. \n \n \n Key Responsibilities \n Recruitment Delivery \n\n • Own end-to-end recruitment for a portfolio of roles across functions from sourcing through to offer negotiation\n, • Personally lead executive and senior-level searches (Director+, VP) in partnership with business leaders\n, • Build and maintain a pipeline of passive talent for critical and hard-to-fill roles\n\n Talent Strategy & Employer Branding \n\n • Partner with HRBPs and hiring managers on workforce planning, role scoping, and market mapping\n, • Champion a best-in-class candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle\n, • Represent JD.com at talent events, university partnerships, and industry networks in the UK\n\n Process & Data \n\n • Drive TA metrics and reporting (time-to-hire, quality of hire, diversity pipeline)\n, • Continuously improve recruitment processes and ATS usage to drive efficiency\n, • Manage and optimize agency and RPO partnerships\n\n Diversity & Inclusion \n\n • Proactively build diverse talent slates and embed inclusive hiring practices throughout the recruitment process\n\n What We're Looking For \n Essential \n\n • 3-8 years of end-to-end recruitment experience\n, • Strong experience covering the UK market; exposure to Supply Chain / Logistics / Retail / Tech hiring is highly preferred\n, • Proven ability to manage executive-level searches and influence senior stakeholders\n, • Data-driven mindset with experience using recruitment metrics to inform decisions\n, • Leverages AI coding assistants to drive measurable improvements in productivity.\n\n Desirable \n\n • Experience in Asian-headquartered multinationals or cross-cultural environments\n, • Agency / executive search background is a plus (agency-to-in-house candidates welcome)\n