Remote Manager in London

You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we're behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there's a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. com, we create Marketing that Moves: moves people to buy our products, builds a brand where top-notch marketers trust us with their careers, and fuels growth to make Checkout.As our business ambition continues to grow, we're looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Planning to help bring focus, momentum, and operational excellence to our Marketing organisation. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone energised by pace, problem-solving, and building in complex, fast-moving environments, with a genuine passion for marketing as a growth driver. Working in close partnership with the CMO and the extended Marketing leadership team, you'll be exposed to the full breadth of how a global marketing organisation operates: strategy, planning, execution, and performance. You'll help connect the dots across teams, priorities, and data, ensuring great ideas turn into action and momentum is sustained as we scale. This is an exceptional opportunity to work alongside a leadership team focused on building an iconic global brand. How You'll Make an ImpactLeading a small team, you'll support marketing strategy and planning, helping translate business priorities into clear plans, goals, and roadmaps across the Marketing organisation. You'll identify and help to structure problems, analyse options, and drive clear recommendations. You'll help the team capitalise on their largest opportunities. Run the Marketing operating rhythm, including planning cycles, leadership meetings, business reviews, and goal tracking, keeping momentum as priorities shift. Forums include important planing and synchronisation meetings, including MLT, Regional go-to-marketing (GTM) Meetings, Weekly Planning Forums, Marketing All Hands and Half Yearly Business Reviews. Detail the approach to Regional and Global Management best practice, be the single point of contact with the Finance Business Planning Team for Headcount planning, program spend and operating expenses management and analysisImprove operational excellence by bringing structure to processes, documentation, ways of working, and reporting. Own the Campaign Planning process helping to ensure that all marketers have quality work in the system. Supporting the marketing talent development process, throughout the lifecycle of talent - from attraction through to development and mobility. Set the talent level frameworks with the HR Business Partner, drive the setting and attainment of goals, steer the calibration and bi-annual performance management process with the leaders in the organisation. Identify the processes and projects that can be fully automated and work with MLT and ensure that we are improving our technology skills across the organisation. Act as a connector across functions, working closely with Product, Commercial, Finance, Data, and People teams to ensure alignment and progress. Help strengthen data-led decision-making, supporting how insights, performance metrics, and results inform priorities and trade-offs. What We're Looking ForEnergised by pace, complexity, and problem-solving, with the ability to stay focused and effective as priorities shift. A clear passion for marketing, with curiosity about how brand, product, data, and performance come together to drive growth. Comfortable working with data, planning cycles, and performance metrics to support decision-making and prioritisation. A natural connector who builds strong relationships and helps teams work better together. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.