Senior Operations Manager - Global Marketing 12m FTC

Duration: 12month FixedTerm Contract

Were hiring an Operations expert to lead and maintain operational excellence across the Global Marketing & Design Studio (GM&DS) function at PA.

Reporting into the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) you will be in a critical role charged with managing all marketing operations including planning budgets reporting and people matters to ensure our marketing strategies and plans are delivered successfully throughout the year. You will be in a strategic leadership position expected to uphold and maintain the reputation of the function whilst at times representing the CMO.

You must have experience in a similar business operations role within a professional services organisation. The ability to plan and forecast budgets track and measure performance instil bestpractice operational processes whilst having eyes and ears across the function to be able to make commercially minded and riskconscious decisions and influence senior leaders is key to success.

Main responsibilities:

• Represent the GM&DS function on all operational deliverables including finances and budgets legal and procurement and headcount and recruitment.
• Work closely with sector and centre of excellence marketing teams to identify and discuss challenges which impact strategies and plans ensuring we have the necessary resource tech partnerships and suppliers to successfully deliver marketing campaigns and activities.
• Responsible for coordinating marketing campaign and activity reporting including monthly KPIs and a quarterly marketing performance report demonstrating return on investment and function contribution to business achievements.
• Management of the function budget circa 10m including monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting in collaboration with a finance business partner to ensure we meet our financial business targets.
• Approver for all marketing activity spend and point of contact for invoicing and payment queries working closely with a procurement business partner to ensure all supplier contracts are appropriately reviewed in line with policy and best practice.
• Main point of contact for all recruitment related activity including responsibility for the function employment budget and headcount plan ensuring we meet our targets as well as resolving any concerns or challenges with a finance business partner and HR.
• Key stakeholder relationships with CMO global marketing leads finance legal procurement HR and other corporate function contacts.
• Line management of a small team of marketing assistants.

Qualifications :

• 4 years experience in a similar operational role within a professional services organisation
• Commercially minded with proven experience managing a corporate budget with an understanding of business finances and targets
• Confident communicating strategically both through written and verbal communications
• Confident in a leadership position with the ability to influence the decision making of senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage a busy and demanding workload with multiple stakeholders across the organisation
• Line management experience ideal
• Expert in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

We know the skillgap and somewhat need to tick every box can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Additional Information :

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We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial wellbeing of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) 
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charitybased initiatives
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn)

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