Chief Marketing & Growth Officer

Overview

As Chief Marketing & Growth Officer, you will lead the university’s integrated growth, marketing, external engagement and communications effort. You will oversee a broad portfolio including marketing, communications, student recruitment, admissions and market development to drive sustainable growth and strengthen the university’s reputation. Your work informs strategic planning through market insight and stakeholder engagement, guiding investment and portfolio decisions. This is a role at a distinctive UK university, offering the chance to shape strategy and deliver measurable impact in education and research.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver integrated growth, marketing, external engagement and communications strategies
• Provide executive leadership for marketing, communications, student recruitment, admissions and market development
• Identify opportunities for sustainable growth, market expansion and education-related income
• Use market intelligence and customer insight to inform strategic planning and investment decisions
• Collaborate across faculties and professional services to build shared ownership of growth ambitions
• Translate ambition into focused, deliverable, sustainable plans
• Align institutional ambitions with needs of learners, employers, partners and wider society

Key requirements

• Executive or senior leadership experience within a large and complex organization
• Proven track record of delivering growth, brand, marketing or market-facing outcomes
• Ability to shape organizational strategy and translate ambition into measurable results
• Strong use of data, market intelligence and customer insight in decision-making
• Ability to identify opportunities, assess risk and navigate complexity
• Effective communication and influencing across diverse audiences
• Experience building productive relationships with senior colleagues and external stakeholders
• Experience leading and developing substantial multidisciplinary teams
• Delivering outcomes through influence, collaboration and formal authority

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• collaboration and teamwork
• growth strategy and market development
• branding and reputation management
• data-driven decision making and market intelligence

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