Group Business Director in London

The Group Business Director will work closely with Haymarket Professional's Managing Director to co-ordinate and deliver the overall strategy for the Energy and Environment (E&E) group, which focuses on delivering the next phase of sustainable growth. This is a senior, strategic leadership role that will form part of Haymarket Professional’s divisional SLT. The E&E group is made up of eight established brands including Ends Report, Horticulture Week and Planning Resource with 80% of revenues coming from corporate license subscriptions. The Group Business Director ensures all brand development and business plans align with the overarching group strategy, with a key focus on revenue diversification, developing new paid content models and audience growth from current, contiguous and new sectors. In addition to overseeing the group’s annual P&L, the role is responsible for meeting non-financial targets around audience growth, subscriber engagement, marketing, and commercial. The role involves managing relationships between the portfolio and central functions within the business—including technology, data, marketing, events, and management accounts—where divisional-level input and responsibility are required. The Group Business Director unites commercial, editorial, events, content labs, marketing, and product management behind a vision to drive revenue and margin growth across paid content, live events, and high-growth commercial lines. A key focus is improving overall margin for the brands that fall below expected levels, with a target of 20% revenue growth over the next three years.

Responsibilities

• Take ultimate P&L responsibility for the group at divisional level.
• Work with the Managing Director on growing the contribution and margin from the group over the next three years to align with our growth strategy.
• Working with key stakeholders within E&E, to produce an annual budget.
• Maintain business development plans that are aligned to overall divisional targets.
• Take responsibility for the delivery of business targets across the portfolio - such as audience quality, data, and sales leads.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities for the Group.
• Identify commercial opportunities with key stakeholders and work with internal/external teams to deliver them.
• Be an expert on competitor activity within the portfolio’s core markets globally.
• Manage all parts of the portfolio with rigorous cost control and maximise revenues.
• Maintain an influential contact base within the market.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria

• Strategic and Commercial Leadership: Deep experience in a specialist, data led B2B media environment with well-developed business acumen, including divisional P&L responsibility for a multi-brand portfolio and rigorous cost control.
• Revenue Generation & Paid Content Growth: Demonstrable success in delivering corporate license-based paid content revenue growth, developing new paid content models, and accelerating revenue diversification.
• Visionary & Innovative Thinking: Proven ability to set the overall vision and KPIs for a group, demonstrate new thinking in strategy and execution, and provide creative, innovative solutions to problems while managing rapid change.
• Team and Stakeholder Management: Strong leadership supporting a diverse team across multiple brands, coupled with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to manage internal (editorial, sales, central functions like technology, marketing data and events) and external stakeholders.
• Market Expertise & Business Development: Ability to identify and develop new business and commercial opportunities, be an expert in core markets, understand competitor activity and technology-driven risk and opportunity.
• Operational Excellence & Financial Planning: Experience in producing and managing an annual budget, business planning and maintaining rigorous cost control, and taking responsibility for the delivery of business and KPI targets.

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria. To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us.

Why work with us?

Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days).
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days.
• Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments.
• Generous contributory pension scheme.
• Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more.

More about working for Haymarket

Working here means being part of a commitment to shaping a better future. As a proudly Certified B Corp™, we are part of a global movement of businesses acting as a force for good. Haymarket Impact is focused on making a positive difference globally, guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and intertwined with an unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. This commitment to balancing profit with purpose is deeply embedded in our culture, reflected in our values of Integrity, Respect, Creativity, Innovation, and Expertise.

We invest heavily in our people. From professional development and internal training to mentorship and coaching. Our certified Disability Confident status has fostered an environment where all employees feel supported, valued, and can ask for workplace adjustments without fear of judgment. Our valuable partnerships for good globally mean colleagues are always up for taking on a new charitable challenge, utilise their volunteering day and go out of their way to support their local communities.

We know how important a healthy work-life balance is too. Our flexible hours and hybrid working model means employees are expected to be in the office at least three days a week and can work remotely for the remaining two. This means we thrive together when we collaborate in person and the team can achieve productivity well supported by workplace flexibility.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability. In line with our dedication to fairness and transparency, we are also proud to be a We Show the Salary employer, pledging to always include pay details on our job adverts.

Join us and be part of award-winning teams and a culture that is truly unique — a place to grow, feel inspired, build a brilliant career and make a difference.