Chief Marketing Officer in Huddersfield

We are seeking a visionary Chief Marketing Officer to re‑imagine our approach to marketing across the group, bringing fresh energy and rigour to everything from brand to demand‑gen to digital automation and data‑driven personalisation.

Fintel Services is a group of market‑leading companies within Fintel PLC, with annual revenues exceeding £50m. The group provides:

• Compliance and business support services
• Distribution for investment, protection and mortgage providers
• Prestigious networking and thought leadership events within financial services
• Residential surveying and related services
• Wills and probate services

What you’ll do

• Develop and execute a modern marketing strategy that spans all the group’s businesses, and positions us as both trusted partner and innovation leader.
• Establish the optimal marketing team structure to embed a high‑performance culture and accountability.
• Leverage AI, marketing automation, personalisation engines and advanced analytics to move from “broadcast” campaigns to 1‑to‑1 highly relevant and timely communications across client and prospect journeys.
• Build the data‑foundation for marketing: define and implement a marketing data model (customer/prospect segmentation, lifecycle stages, prediction scores), ensure clean data and integrate data sources across the group.
• Oversee digital channels (web, social, search, content, events) and ensure they work coherently and optimally, with strong metrics and ROI tracking.
• Align marketing closely with commercial goals.
• Champion the brand internally and externally.
• Measure and report marketing performance clearly, continuously refine the approach, and ensure that marketing becomes a true growth engine for the group.

What you’ll need to succeed

• 10+ years of experience as a senior marketing leader ideally in B2B services, financial services, fintech, or adjacent businesses.
• A track record of modernising marketing functions: building teams, embedding data‑driven decision‑making, leveraging automation/AI.
• Strong strategic thinking with hands‑on execution capability: you can set the long‑term vision and also roll‑up your sleeves to deliver.
• Excellent leadership and team‑building skills: inspire, recruit and develop marketing talent; build high‑performing teams.
• Exceptional understanding of digital‑first marketing and modern tools/technologies (CRM, marketing automation platforms, analytics, personalisation engines).
• Data‑literacy: comfortable with metrics, dashboards, segmentation, lifetime value modelling and marketing ROI.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills: you’ll work across the business (commercial, product, operations, technology) and need to influence and collaborate widely.

Your approach to work

• A growth mindset, curiosity and appetite for change: you’ll join us as a key driver of transformation and will need to embrace innovation, experimentation and continuous improvement.
• Integrity, professionalism and a desire to make a positive difference.

Location & Working Arrangements

This is a hybrid role where you’ll need to be in the office 3 times a week. The preferred base for this role is Huddersfield at Fintel Services HQ but we’re happy to consider our Manchester office (Wythenshawe) as long you’re comfortable being in Huddersfield once a week.

Right to Work

Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions. We are currently unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero‑tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.