Marketing & Communications Lead UKI in Farnborough

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Marketing & Communications Lead at our Farnborough or Malvern site, where you will have the opportunity to play a key role in telling QinetiQ’s story to a range of audiences across different channels.

The Role

As a Marketing & Communications Lead, you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of integrated marketing and communications activity for QinetiQ’s UK Intelligence (UKI) Sector. Working closely with colleagues across the Group Marketing and Communications team, the role holder will oversee all MarComms activity for UKI, using internal and external channels to target key audiences, including employees, customers and shareholders. The successful candidate will be a strategic advisor to the UKI leadership team, helping to position the Sector’s capabilities and expertise to key stakeholders. The role will report to the Group Strategic Marketing and Communications Director and have one direct report.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identify opportunities to promote the work and people of the UKI Sector, raising awareness of QinetiQ’s products, services and expertise both internally and externally.
• Create and implement an integrated marketing and communications plan for UKI that aligns with the Group’s strategy for business growth and positions the Sector for business winning.
• Be part of the UKI leadership team, providing support and guidance on marketing and communications activity that aligns to UKI strategic priorities.
• Manage the UKI MarComms manager and work closely with employee communications and MarComms leads at UKI subsidiaries to align content and brand.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across MarComms and wider Corporate Affairs function to ensure alignment of messaging to key audiences internally and externally.
• Responsible for planning and delivery of UKI focused events and exhibitions within costed budget.

Essential skills and experience of the Marketing & Communications Lead:

• Experience of delivering integrated marketing and communications campaigns that support business priorities.
• Team player who’s willing to work collaboratively across different groups.
• A high level of organisational ability and experience of working independently and at pace to effectively manage multiple projects and take decisions quickly.
• Excellent communicator with outstanding writing skills and high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience of distilling complex messaging and jargon into relatable language that resonates well with target audiences (customers/investors/employees/media).
• Complex stakeholder management experience and able to influence at a senior level, have difficult conversations and push back if needed.
• Experience of using audience understanding and data to influence/amend/optimise MarComms activity.

Essential qualifications for the Marketing & Communications Lead:

• Strong communications expertise with demonstrable track record of delivery integrated plans.
• Experience of leading MarComms for a sector or line of business in a matrix organisation.
• MarComms experience for a listed company/corporate environment would be useful.
• Media relations experience is desirable but not essential.
• Background in defence, security and/or technology would be advantageous.

This role is 37 hours per week based at either Farnborough or Malvern site. Hybrid working patterns are available. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges. As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance.
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community.

Our Recruitment Process

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in. Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.