Associate Director, Alumni Careers in London

Lead and shape a global career experience for a global alumni community.

London Business School is a global and vibrant business community based in three of the world’s most dynamic cities: London, Dubai, and Riyadh. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best-in-class hybrid learning to our students and participants while creating a flexible, supportive, and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

The Role:

London Business School is looking for an Associate Director, Alumni Careers to join our Careers Centre. You will lead the Alumni Careers function, shaping strategy and delivering a high-quality careers experience for a global alumni community. You will work closely with senior stakeholders and faculty to design and oversee a portfolio of coaching, professional development, and networking opportunities, ensuring a seamless and impactful experience aligned with the School’s commitment to lifelong learning.

You will use data, market insight, and innovation to enhance programme quality and drive engagement. By building strong partnerships and contributing at a senior level, you will play a key role in strengthening alumni success and reinforcing the School’s global reputation.

Main Responsibilities:

• Well-defined, clearly communicated and executed strategies and/or plans for area of work.
• Build strong reputation of Alumni Career Centre, both across the School and externally, which supports the School’s broader brand building initiatives.
• Successful learning interventions and coaching programmes, achieving Key Performance Indicators.
• Robust learning experience assessment processes in place.
• Contribution to continuous improvement in School rankings.
• Contribution to the development and delivery of market-leading learning initiatives, potentially with revenue attached.
• Excellent alumni, colleague and stakeholder feedback.
• Team feedback on clarity of purpose and focus, behavioural and performance expectations, guidance and development standards.
• Contribution to Career Centre Leadership Team effectiveness.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Deep knowledge of learning and design/delivery principles, theory and practice, including digital innovation.
• Demonstrable credibility built through extensive awareness of the post-business school employment market and the needs of business leaders, their typical motivations, and the challenges they face as they develop their careers.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to negotiate and collaborate.
• Experience of managing multiple key internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Ability to scan the horizon, identify industry best practice and translate this into future planning.
• Confidence making and presenting data-driven decisions.
• Financial management skills and commercial acumen.

Benefits You Can Enjoy:

• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus extra days between Christmas and New Year.
• USS pension, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution).
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool.
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path.
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme.
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health.

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community. For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2 days per week. We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging:

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying. Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Competitive Salary dependent upon experience.