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Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 50+ offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a member of the global Finance team, you will provide expert & collaborative financial partnership to our business leaders through accurate reporting, reliable analysis and actionable insight to support decision making for sustainable and profitable growth.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping strategy and driving key initiatives within the Client Finance team. In this capacity, you will partner closely with business teams and industry leader to manage the financial operations of your industry client portfolio. This will involve working collaboratively with Market and Country leaders, Capability heads, and other executives. Additionally, you will engage with Market Finance Leads and regional finance teams across Financial Planning & Reporting and Controllership to ensure alignment and operational excellence. The Director reports to the VP, Client Finance for their respective Industry and will work in a matrix environment. You will lead a diverse team of Client Finance professionals based in multiple geographies with responsibilities across commercial finance and business operations and will be responsible for their growth and development.

The individual is expected to demonstrate strong leadership presence, clearly communicate team and departmental goals, translate strategy into actionable plans, and contribut

Your Impact

Commercial Management – Support senior level decision making to achieve short and long term commercial objectives.

• Partner with and Support (with Industry Leads/business teams) to deliver on annual growth and contribution margin targets for the industry client portfolio
• Work with commercial teams to evaluate business development opportunities in the context of strategic fit, commercial attractiveness and market risk
• Support the preparation of pricing proposals and deal structure, supported by the Commercial Success Team as needed
• Support commercial leadership and legal counsel in reviewing and negotiating contract terms to align with company standards, including identifying and escalating potential risks from proposed deviations
• Contribute to enhancing financial competence across the business team by sharing expertise and supporting learning & development initiatives

Financial Planning & Analysis – Anticipate opportunities/risks and initiate actions to achieve financial objectives.

• Support Business Teams in the preparation of their annual strategic plans
• Prepare revenue scenarios and contribution margin expectations in support of annual planning cycle (Commitment and Target), taking into account business initiatives, investments, analysis of prior period trends and company financial objectives
• Lead and manage the preparation of rolling forecasts for revenue and contribution margin by providing analysis on changes from prior expectations and insights into assumptions impacting future projections, to inform decision-making and capacity planning
• Collaborate with Controllership and Revenue teams to ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition during monthly and quarterly close cycles. Provide guidance on new and complex transactions by aligning on accounting treatment and operational implementation, ensuring compliance with policy and close deadlines
• Support weekly revenue guidance process, evaluating key indicators (i.e. pipeline, sales expectations and delivery risks) to provide ongoing visibility to executive leadership and recommendations on appropriate updates to be provided
• Leverage key financial indicators to bring strategic, commercial and operational insights to business leads to lead discussions and drive change needed to achieve objectives

Business Operations – Work with delivery and business teams to maximise profitability and optimise operational performance for the industry portfolio.

• Leverage quarterly results and profit modeling to maintain a forward-looking view of full-year profitability across clients, regions, and industries. Analyze key drivers of performance and identify actionable opportunities to enhance industry-level profitability. Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and support execution of plans that address risks and drive margin improvement
• Manage the team responsible for minimising the “quote to cash” time table (i.e. billing, collections) to optimise trade working capital and limit long standing overdue balances and accrued revenue
• Intervene in concert with business leaders and Market Finance Leads to address and resolve client related issues
• Optimise ways of working and operating procedures in support of client commercial management

Other

• Lead and actively contribute to initiatives that strengthen collaboration, inclusion, and knowledge-sharing within the Client Finance Team and the broader local Finance Community, fostering a connected and high-performing culture
• Create and foster an environment of learning, growth and excellence by promoting learning and development initiatives and knowledge sharing
• Assist with any Groupe requirements including and not limited to audits, compliance, partnering with other Publicis Groupe Agencies

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years’ experience managing a team in finance and operations
• Speak fluent English
• Strong Excel competency
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience influencing decision making in a matrixed organisational structure
• Highly organised and able to work according to fixed calendar cycles at a global scale (multinational across multiple time zones)
• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree, MBA or accounting qualification preferred

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience working closely with senior leaders and contributing to presentations for executive-level stakeholders
• Strong presentation/PowerPoint and PowerBI competency
• Experience in Technology Consulting or other service sector
• Experience working at one of the top global marketing & communications networks

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of the next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a Director, Product Management Consumer Products at Publicis Sapient, you will act as
your clients’ trusted advisor in leading the overall business solution, vision, strategy, roadmap,
and prioritization for a specific digital product, or products, within an engagement. You will
collaborate with clients within the Consumer Products industry undertaking major Digital
Business Transformation (DBT) engagements to understand their business, end-customer needs,
and then constantly deliver value with fast increment cycles.

Your Impact:
• Partner with client(s), strategists, experience leads, and enterprise architects, to
frame business goals and value streams from which we can shape solution
propositions that provide transformative business outcomes and customer experience
• Develop large solution vision that aligns with the product vision, strategy, and industry
compliance, by keeping the customer at the center of everything we do while using design
thinking tools
• Represent the client while facilitating solution workshops with cross functional leaders
where you identify new solutions, organization business needs, and solution options
• Develop solution hypotheses iteratively based on user research, and industry and market
trend analysis
• Translate solution vision into a product vision/roadmap containing well-defined,
prioritized features that will realize the solution and value
• Validate and present the business case to the C – level executives and lead business
reviews to ensure the team prioritizes the right features
• Serve as a voice of the customer among the cross-functional team, always understanding
and representing the customer needs
• Establish objective goals for the product with success and acceptance criteria using
meaningful metrics, KPIs, and quantifiable business outcomes
• Masterfully apply Lean Agile practices and frameworks
• Collaborate with product managers, other solution managers, and cross-functional
capability managers to ensure all product teams, to ensure alignment towards the same
program increment (PI) objectives
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to envision and prioritize capability enablers
• Represent industry best practice and market trends to assist the client in maintaining
competitive advantage
• Build and maintain a trusting relationship with the client, teams, and vendors; develop
influence without authority
• Inspire, lead, and mentor, a high-performing team of Product Analysts to continually
facilitate improvements in developing and enhancing best-in-class digital products and
services

Extensive experience and profound knowledge in the B2C and B2B consumer goods
environment, from a comparable position in a consulting firm or in in-house teams of leading
consumer goods manufacturers
• Deeply rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles that maximize flow of
value with a passion to extend this understanding throughout the organization
• Demonstrated success creating large solutions, digital products vision, strategy, experience,
and services - from capability identification, ideation to launch, including engineering and
operational quality
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team on customer-focused products and
services.
• Proven ability in collaborating and leading Program Increment (PI) cycles
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders
• Practice in workshop facilitation to cultivate ideation
• Ability to define financials, ROI, KPIs, and forecasts, with success leveraging data to make
decisions about product feature increments
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholder and diverse teams as a
servant leader and steward of economic and customer value
• Mastery in leading change and inspire others to change behaviors
• Influencer in continuous learning and innovation
Set Yourself Apart With:
• Deep knowledge of the key success factors, latest trends, and business models in the B2C
and B2B consumer goods industry.
• Relevant product, program management, or Scrum certifications such as SAFe, PMP, or
IPMA

A Tip from the Hiring Manager
A successful Director, Product Management at Publicis Sapient combines leadership skills,
rooted in customer centricity, with tactical product management skills to drive the client and
team in releasing parallel multiple program increments every 10-12 weeks (or applicable
frequency at client's organization)

Are you a building safety professional looking for a new challenge? 

As our Building Safety Officer you will be responsible for the monitoring and reporting on Aster’s high risk buildings, which include our tall buildings and care homes.  Predominantly, these are in London, but we also have a building in Plymouth amongst others, so there will be a requirement to cover across the South West.

You will work directly with the Building Safety Manager, representing Aster as an accountable person within the Building Safety Act.

Your role will be customer focussed whilst keeping a strong eye on compliance, working alongside the business to ensure that we maximise resources whilst providing a really high quality service.

You will be seen as a main point of contact for building safety matters for both our residents and third party stakeholders for specific buildings.

The role will see you –

• Providing an on site presence in our high risk buildings, checking fire safety measure and controls are working effectively
• Liaising with our Service Compliance Operatives to ensure all planned checks are being undertaken
• Supporting the wider team to ensure effective operation of mechanical plant and equipment

You’ll also be involved in ensuring training and familiarisation of fire safety awareness is undertaken.  You’ll work with the business to ensure that resident friendly version of fire safety documents and information are available.

It will be a varied role and will keep you busy and you’ll see the importance of the role on a daily basis.

About you

You’ll come to this role with a good understanding of building and fire safety strategies and systems that are used within social housing, particularly high risk buildings.  You’ll ideally have a Level 3 NEBOSH qualification, which will give you the knowledge and understanding to really make an impact.

You will have experience of risk and compliance management and may also hold qualifications in fire door inspections as well as other health and safety practices

You’ll have strong administrative skills to support the role, being naturally organised, able to keep accurate records and being able to follow process and guide others.

It’s likely that priorities will change, sometimes with little notice so you’ll be confident in your ability to adapt, multi-task and ensure your responsibilities are dealt with until resolution.

You will be happy to travel for the role and will hold a full UK driving licence and will have access to a vehicle for work purposes. 

What’s in it for me

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives, and monthly and annual awards.

Ready to apply?

To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.

Successful candidates will complete a basic DBS check.

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

Aster is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.

Why Join London & Partners?  

London & Partners is London’s Growth Agency — a unique social enterprise that combines commercial ambition with purpose-driven impact . We operate at the heart of London’s global economy, driving investment, innovation, and international partnerships. From scaling high-growth businesses to attracting global capital and major events, our work shapes the future of one of the world’s most dynamic cities. 

Joining us means becoming part of a global organisation with a bold mission and a collaborative culture. You’ll work alongside passionate professionals, engage with influential partners, and help shape London’s talent landscape. If you’re driven by purpose and excited by complexity, London & Partners offers a career like no other. 

 Purpose of the Role ( You can view the full Job description on the downloadable file on this page, which includes what to include in your application) 

As Director of People & Talent , you will be the senior leader responsible for shaping and executing our global people strategy. This is a strategic and influential role, partnering with the Executive Team to ensure our workforce is empowered, agile, and aligned with business goals. You’ll lead a high-performing team to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent, build confident and capable leaders, and foster a values-driven, inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of London. 

This is your opportunity to lead transformation in a fast-paced, commercially focused environment , influencing decisions at board level and driving innovation in talent strategy. 

Strategic Leadership  

• Shape the organisation’s global culture and people strategy in collaboration with the Management Committee and Senior Leadership Team. 
• Provide expert counsel on all people-related matters, influencing decisions at the highest level. 
• Lead the development and delivery of the People & Talent business plan and budget, aligned with corporate objectives. 

Operational Excellence  

• Lead the People & Talent team with a commitment to quality, performance, and inclusion. 
• Oversee the full employment lifecycle, ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice. 
• Manage payroll operations and vendor relationships across multiple territories and currencies. 
• Attend Board and Committee meetings as required to present and seek approval on People matters. 

Culture, Inclusion & Engagement  

• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organisation. 
• Create workspaces that foster collaboration, engagement, and wellbeing. 
• Analyse employee feedback and data to enhance culture and drive continuous improvement. 
• Develop and implement wellbeing, health, and counselling policies. 

Business Partnership  

• Partner with Finance and PMO to lead business planning and performance reporting. 
• Support succession planning and executive talent acquisition. 
• Stay abreast of HR trends, legislation, and digital transformation opportunities. 

Leadership Capabilities  

• Strategic Vision – Ability to shape and deliver people strategy aligned with long-term business goals. 
• Operational Excellence – Strong prioritisation and time management across competing demands. 
• Influential Communication – Skilled in leading diverse teams, building trust, and collaborating across functions. 
• Commercial Acumen – Understands business drivers, financials, and resourcing to influence strategic decisions. 
• HR Expertise – Deep knowledge of employment law, employee relations, and HR best practices. 
• Coaching & Mentoring – Proven ability to develop talent across all levels. 
• Values-Driven Leadership – Role models organisational values and culture as part of the Senior Leadership Team. 
• Integrity & Discretion – Trusted confidante with sound judgement and high ethical standards. 

Experience & Qualifications  

• Degree-level education and CIPD Chartered status (Fellow preferred). 
• Proven success leading high-performing HR teams. 
• Experience advising senior leaders and influencing strategic decisions. 
• Strong track record in employment law, employee relations, and organisational development. 
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to inspire and influence across the organisation. 
• Experience navigating complex stakeholder environments, including public-private partnerships. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead cultural transformation, drive inclusion, and embed values. 
• Diplomatic, pragmatic, and adaptable. 
• Commercially astute with a strategic mindset. 
• Trusted leader with high integrity and sound judgement. 

Preferred Experience: Experience working across both public and private sectors, with insight into their governance, culture, and operational dynamics. 

• ? Competitive Salary: We value your contributions and ensure you are rewarded accordingly.
• ? Learning & Development Opportunities: Continuous growth is at the heart of our culture, with ample opportunities for professional development.
• ? Strong Culture of Belonging: We foster an inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and supported.
• ? Various Networks for Staff: Connect with like-minded colleagues through our numerous staff networks.
• ? Competitive Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our robust pension plan.
• ? Networking Opportunities: Expand your professional network within your chosen field.
• ? Geopolitical Insights: Gain unique perspectives on global economic and political trends.
• ? Hybrid Working Arrangement: Enjoy the flexibility of working both remotely and in-office.
• ️ WorkFlex: Take advantage of opportunities to work abroad and experience different cultures.

London's diversity is its biggest asset. At London & Partners, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the city that we promote. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or assignment, faith or disability. We also appreciate that many people require flexibility in their working patterns and encourage you to talk to us at interview about any flexibility you may need, be it full-time, job-share, or part-time.  

We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

The Technology function is responsible for activities related to the strategic direction and control of all information systems and technology capabilities, both internally and externally, including system design and programming, network planning, budget planning, database management, and computer operations.

The Telecommunications & Network Administration focus lies within our Technology Infrastructure area, and specialises in coordinating data, voice, and/or network communications with business units and systems management, as well as vendors and/or consultants.

About the Role

We are looking for a Network Support Analyst to join our UK-based team in London. You will help support our global network infrastructure, handling both BAU issues and provide support for projects.

Ideal candidates should possess excellent customer service skills and be capable of working effectively both within a team and independently. Incident, change and problem management is a crucial aspect of this role, requiring regular updates to the business and through the service desk.

The team's responsibilities will be closely integrated with other teams within the Enterprise Services department. Therefore, it is essential that you can establish strong connections with other technical team members in IT and the desktop support teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide network support for Aberdeen’s global network and Cloud environments.

• Configure and deploy both physical and virtual network devices and services.

• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades, including patches, hot fixes, and security updates.

• Monitor network performance to ensure stability and availability and track system resource utilisation, trends, and capacity planning.

• Offer 2nd and 3rd line support and troubleshooting to resolve network issues.

• Adhere to established configuration and change management policies to ensure changes to the network infrastructure are well-managed and approved.

• Implement security tools, policies, and procedures in collaboration with the company’s security team and coordinate with vendors and other IT personnel to resolve technical issues.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Proven hands-on network experience supporting LAN and WAN technologies across branch offices, data centres, and Azure environments.

• Knowledge of Azure Firewalls, NSG Groups, Checkpoint Firewalls, Palo Alto Firewalls, IPS devices, Cisco Meraki Wireless, load balancing technologies and SD-WAN technologies for both on-premises and cloud.

• Experience in deploying network resources through automation and deep understanding of networking routing protocols.

• Hands-on experience with network monitoring and diagnostic tools such as Azure Native Networking Monitoring Tools, SolarWinds NPM, NetFlow, ISE, and Wireshark.

• Familiarity with change management processes.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with end users, vendors, and technical staff.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here .

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture , where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.