Head of Digital Marketing Platforms in Cirencester

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

Location: Cirencester Office or Bristol Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

About The Role

As a senior leader within our Marketing team, you’ll take ownership of the strategy, delivery and optimisation of our corporate and Partner digital estate. This is a high impact role where you’ll shape how our digital platforms perform across the UK and Asia, ensuring they are accessible, engaging and aligned to audience needs. You’ll combine strategic thinking with hands on leadership, leading specialist teams, agency partners and significant development budgets to deliver measurable business and customer outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the development, optimisation and day-to-day management of corporate and Partner digital platforms, ensuring usability, accessibility and performance excellence.
• Building strong, collaborative relationships with internal technology, design, experience and marketing teams, as well as key external partners and agencies.
• Leading and developing a team of digital marketing specialists, setting clear objectives and supporting individual and team growth.
• Driving innovation and creativity across digital platforms to enhance audience experience, engagement and community building.
• Managing multiple concurrent development budgets, ensuring spend is optimised and aligned with business priorities.
• Reviewing and rationalising digital platforms and third party suppliers to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Setting standards and best practice for digital communications across the business, empowering stakeholders through guidance and education.
• Defining KPIs and performance frameworks to continually optimise digital platform performance.

Who we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a confident, experienced digital leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders. You’ll bring a consultative mindset, balancing commercial awareness with a strong focus on user experience and regulatory compliance. As a people-focused leader, you’ll be comfortable challenging senior stakeholders, making evidence-led decisions and inspiring teams to deliver high quality digital outcomes.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Significant experience leading digital platform development and optimisation within a corporate or agency environment.
• Proven people management experience, including setting objectives, managing performance and developing specialist teams.
• Strong knowledge of CMS platforms, digital experience platforms and delivery methodologies, including UAT.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and negotiate at senior levels.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience working within financial services, including knowledge of Financial Promotions regulations.
• Understanding of complex partnership or network based business models and how digital platforms support them.

Special Requirements:

The role is a blend of office and home based, although travel to other locations and events is likely, with occasional requirement for overnight stay.

What’s in it for you?

We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts. We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay).
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit).
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service).

Reasonable Adjustments:

We’re an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all. If you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing careers@sjp.co.uk.

What’s next?

If you’re excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.