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Senior Business Management Director - (Maternity Cover)

Please note, this is a 12month FTC

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.

About the team

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Business Management Director to serve as a key strategic leader within our SMB/SMBi Group, driving our business performance, supporting and driving integration and delivering seamless execution with precision and impact in the leadership team of a growing segment.

The Worldpay SMBi Group is a dedicated division within Worldpay focused on empowering small and medium-sized businesses through online and instore payment solutions, leveraging technology and best in breed capabilities to help merchants thrive. With a mission to streamline commerce for SMBs, the group plays a vital role in helping clients adopt and optimize Worldpay’s technologies across online, in-store, and mobile channels.

Leveraging Worldpay’s global infrastructure—which processes over 150 million transactions daily across 135 currencies—the SMBi Group specializes in integration planning, operational enablement, and scalable growth strategies tailored to the unique needs of businesses from £50k of card turnover to £50m. This team serves as a key driver of innovation and efficiency, ensuring SMBs can compete and thrive in an increasingly digital marketplace.

What you'll own

Leadership communications and Stakeholder management

• Drive team integration: Foster cross-functional collaboration within SMB teams and across Worldpay, building strong relationships with senior leaders in other business and functional areas to ensure strategic alignment of projects
• Lead Executive Communications: Lead or support on the creation and delivery of internal and external presentations, as well as All Hands and Leadership meetings, organisational announcements, and leadership communications
• Executive Support: Partner with the General Manager, SMB International, to prepare and deliver Executive and Board-level presentations, effectively communicating strategic priorities, business performance, future plans and strategic initiative updates
• Champion the SMBi Story: Develop and share compelling content to excite, engage, and inform audiences across various channels and media, actively promoting the achievements and vision of the SMB International business
• Cultivate Team Pride & Engagement: Proactively identify opportunities and initiatives to generate pride and excitement among team members and broader stakeholders, reinforcing a positive and high-performing culture

Business Performance

• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders, particularly across the Commercial and Functional teams, to ensure strong focus on business performance and execution
• Continuous improvement leadership: Identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement, shaping or leading execution plans to deliver measurable, value-add outcomes.
• Performance Monitoring: Collaborate with Commercial, Finance and Data teams to develop and monitor comprehensive budget and performance plans. Implement processes to monitor and track performance, ensuring teams proactively address variances and course-correct as needed.

What you bring

• Proven experience leading consulting teams on complex engagements for customer, including managing timelines, coaching junior team members, coordinating internal experts, ensuring quality of analysis and deliverables, and developing trusted client relationships
• Comprehensive knowledge in areas such as rapid performance improvement, strategic plan review/development, due diligence, and implementation
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities and strong knowledge of financial analysis
• Ability and willingness to develop new client relationships and support new business opportunities; self-starter mindset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (e.g., presentations, memos)
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach; outstanding listening skills and ability to manage through influence
• Ability and curiosity to learn and adapt in an ever-changing environment to meet client needs
• Team player and leader, open-minded, with cultural awareness and sensitivity

What makes a Worldpayer

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

The Role:

We’re looking for ambitious, motivated graduates to join our Graduate Management Trainee program

Program — a fast-track pathway into leadership and management.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll gain experience across core areas of business, including

face-to-face sales, customer engagement, and team leadership. From day one, you’ll be

learning how to represent our brand in person, build strong connections with customers, and

understand how to lead and motivate teams.

Our programme is designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to

progress into management. You won’t be stuck behind a desk or on the phone — you’ll be out

in the field, learning how businesses grow and how teams succeed.

Key Responsibilities

● Engage with customers face-to-face at community venues, residential areas, and

organised retail promotions.

● Learn how to deliver clear, professional presentations tailored to customer needs

● Gain experience in recording activity, analysing performance, and tracking progress

● Work closely with experienced managers and take part in regular training workshops

● Develop leadership skills by supporting and motivating colleagues

● Progress towards managing your own team and contributing to wider business growth

Who We’re Looking For:

We welcome graduates from any discipline — what matters most is your drive, resilience, and

eagerness to learn.

● Strong interpersonal and communication skills

● A confident, approachable, and positive personality

● Willingness to work face-to-face with the public

● A natural team player with leadership ambitions

● Self-motivated, adaptable, and results-driven

● A full UK driving licence is beneficial but not required

What You’ll Get

● A structured graduate programme with mentoring and training at every stage

● First-hand experience across sales, leadership, and team management

● Fast-tracked progression into management roles

● The option of a competitive salary with uncapped commission or a lucrative self-

employed payment structures

● A sociable, supportive, and ambitious working culture

● Opportunities to attend national networking events and leadership seminars

● The chance to grow alongside a company expanding across the UK

Location

● This is an in-person role based in London. Applicants must be able to commute within

Greater London.

(Please note that The Sales Agency London is a direct sales company specialising in door to door

and venues based sales)

Senior Business Management Director - (Maternity Cover)

Please note, this is a 12month FTC

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.

About the team

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Business Management Director to serve as a key strategic leader within our SMB/SMBi Group, driving our business performance, supporting and driving integration and delivering seamless execution with precision and impact in the leadership team of a growing segment.

The Worldpay SMBi Group is a dedicated division within Worldpay focused on empowering small and medium-sized businesses through online and instore payment solutions, leveraging technology and best in breed capabilities to help merchants thrive. With a mission to streamline commerce for SMBs, the group plays a vital role in helping clients adopt and optimize Worldpay’s technologies across online, in-store, and mobile channels.

Leveraging Worldpay’s global infrastructure—which processes over 150 million transactions daily across 135 currencies—the SMBi Group specializes in integration planning, operational enablement, and scalable growth strategies tailored to the unique needs of businesses from £50k of card turnover to £50m. This team serves as a key driver of innovation and efficiency, ensuring SMBs can compete and thrive in an increasingly digital marketplace.

What you'll own

Leadership communications and Stakeholder management

• Drive team integration: Foster cross-functional collaboration within SMB teams and across Worldpay, building strong relationships with senior leaders in other business and functional areas to ensure strategic alignment of projects
• Lead Executive Communications: Lead or support on the creation and delivery of internal and external presentations, as well as All Hands and Leadership meetings, organisational announcements, and leadership communications
• Executive Support: Partner with the General Manager, SMB International, to prepare and deliver Executive and Board-level presentations, effectively communicating strategic priorities, business performance, future plans and strategic initiative updates
• Champion the SMBi Story: Develop and share compelling content to excite, engage, and inform audiences across various channels and media, actively promoting the achievements and vision of the SMB International business
• Cultivate Team Pride & Engagement: Proactively identify opportunities and initiatives to generate pride and excitement among team members and broader stakeholders, reinforcing a positive and high-performing culture

Business Performance

• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders, particularly across the Commercial and Functional teams, to ensure strong focus on business performance and execution
• Continuous improvement leadership: Identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement, shaping or leading execution plans to deliver measurable, value-add outcomes.
• Performance Monitoring: Collaborate with Commercial, Finance and Data teams to develop and monitor comprehensive budget and performance plans. Implement processes to monitor and track performance, ensuring teams proactively address variances and course-correct as needed.

What you bring

• Proven experience leading consulting teams on complex engagements for customer, including managing timelines, coaching junior team members, coordinating internal experts, ensuring quality of analysis and deliverables, and developing trusted client relationships
• Comprehensive knowledge in areas such as rapid performance improvement, strategic plan review/development, due diligence, and implementation
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities and strong knowledge of financial analysis
• Ability and willingness to develop new client relationships and support new business opportunities; self-starter mindset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (e.g., presentations, memos)
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach; outstanding listening skills and ability to manage through influence
• Ability and curiosity to learn and adapt in an ever-changing environment to meet client needs
• Team player and leader, open-minded, with cultural awareness and sensitivity

What makes a Worldpayer

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

Company: William College

Position: Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Business & Management

Location: ON-SITE, Stratford , UK

Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 (Based on experience and qualifications)

Employment Type: Full-Time (Monday–Friday) or Part-Time (including weekends)

Requirement: Full right to work in the UK

About Us:

William College is a vibrant institution located in the heart of London, dedicated to providing an inclusive and transformative educational experience. We foster a supportive environment where students grow both personally and academically, equipping them to make positive contributions to society. Through strong partnerships with UK universities, we offer pathways to academic and professional success, helping students reach their full potential. At William College, we believe education is the foundation for lifelong growth and social impact.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the curriculum area, guiding and mentoring colleagues to ensure the highest standards in teaching and learning.
• Collaborate with the Head of Academics or the Dean in leading initiatives for curriculum development and improvement.
• Take a lead role in the development, management, and review of academic programmes within the curriculum area.
• Assess and oversee the work of colleagues, offering guidance to enhance the quality of provision.
• Engage in advanced research activities, contributing to the academic profile of WC and staying at the forefront of developments in the field.
• Actively participate in university/WC research programmes, fostering a culture of research and innovation.
• Play a pivotal role in the continuous improvement of teaching and learning standards, implementing, and monitoring the self-assessment process.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of quality improvement strategies.
• Strengthening links with external stakeholders, industry partners, and employers to enhance the student experience and foster collaborative initiatives.
• Represent WC at external forums, contributing to the institution's reputation and standing.
• Hold a doctoral qualification in a relevant subject area.
• Possess a teaching qualification such as FHEA or PGCHE, demonstrating a commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

Competencies and Expertise: The successful applicant must demonstrate competence and experience in the subjects of statistics, ICT, accounting, finance, law, and economics.

Essential Requirements:

• Master's degree and/or a PhD in the relevant area.
• Teaching qualifications: PGCHE, MA in HE Practice, or FHEA, etc.
• Previous lecturing experience for similar courses at HEI level.
• Work in line with Blackboard / VLEs, MS Teams / Zoom.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience working in the industry of your subject.

Benefits:

• Annual leave (7.2 weeks)
• Workplace pension scheme.
• Company Sick Policy.
• Statutory maternity/paternity pays.
• Career development opportunities
• Training and self-development opportunities.
• Gym membership discounts
• Retail discount schemes
• Cinema discounts
• Grocery discounts
• Cycle to work
• Investing and savings opportunities
• Financial wellbeing – personal debt advise.
• Financial wellbeing education
• My Mind Pal (mental fitness)

Updraft is an award winning, FCA-authorised, high-growth fintech based in London. Our vision is to revolutionise the way people spend and think about money, by automating the day-to-day decisions involved in managing money and mainstream borrowings like credit cards, overdrafts and other loans.

We are building a complete personal financial service on mobile that provides

• a 360-degree spending view across all your financial accounts (using Open banking),
• A free credit report with tips and guidance to help improve your credit score
• Personalised financial planning using a proprietary mix of automated algorithms and manual advice
• Intelligent lending products to help reduce cost of credit.
• Saving products that help users automate their savings

We are looking for a management trainee to help us develop and implement our growth strategies. This position is best suited for candidates who want to gain valuable experience in a managerial role with advancement potential. During your traineeship, you’ll learn how to identify and apply important strategies and business processes. You’ll get to know the nuts and bolts of our company’s functions and operations; you will be responsible to analyse multiple data sets and provide customer insights to help the customers to achieve the best outcomes. This role supports the Business Heads to optimises product marketing, risk and finance and provide them insightful and timely analysis and management information. To succeed in this role, strong analytical skills and effective communication are important management trainee qualifications you should have. If you’re excited with our company’s vision and want to start the path of becoming one of our future leaders, we’d like to hear from you

We are a small team so it is important that the successful candidate is not only technically highly competent, but also a great cultural fit with shared ambition with the rest of the team. The candidate should be prepared to work weekends based on business needs.

Requirements

• An independent and self-driven approach
• a passion for helping people achieve their goals and the ability to take genuine interest
• A passion for data and analytics - being able to hack around in python and build response, risk, collections and portfolio management models a plus
• have an interest in finance and have worked with financial data
• Participate in company’s strategic planning
• Help managers in evaluating performance (e.g. writing reports, analysing data)
• Keep track of business revenue
• Research ways to increase profitability and lower risk
• You have experience with cloud services, AWS or Google
• Excellent math and computational ability
• A degree in Management or Business

Benefits

As an early stage employee in a fast moving startup you have the opportunity to shape the structure of the organisation, team and our business.

A workplace pension scheme.

We welcome applications from all and are fully committed to diversity and equality as an equal opportunities employer.

We also support flexible working.

Further enquires and applications (CV and covering letter) should be sent to .