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Corporate Strategy Director

Location: London

Education

Competitive Package

We are partnering with a leader in the UK higher education and professional training sector, empowering people worldwide to build and transform their careers. They are seeking a Corporate Strategy Director to play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the organisation’s corporate strategic agenda and value creation plan. The successful candidate will lead high-impact projects across the organisation, working closely with the executive leadership team to support the design, execution, and monitoring of the corporate-level strategic plan.

This role provides analytical, research, and programmatic support for corporate-level and business unit strategic initiatives, driving clarity, alignment, and execution excellence across the organisation. It offers the opportunity to shape the long-term direction while delivering immediate value through targeted, high-profile projects.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter with proven ability to work in an agile manner in a fast-paced environment, both independently and collaboratively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation of the corporate strategic plan in partnership with the executive team.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives, ensuring alignment across the group and business units.
• Provide in-depth analysis of industry trends, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics to inform decision-making.
• Conduct financial modelling, scenario planning, and business case development for key initiatives.
• Deliver bespoke research and analysis to support executive and board-level discussions.
• Lead and coordinate high-impact, cross-functional strategic projects that span multiple business units.
• Drive clarity of scope, ensure alignment of outcomes, and support execution against strategic objectives.
• Manage timelines, risks, and progress reporting for key initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation.
• Collaborate with functional teams to gain buy-in and ensure delivery of recommendations.
• Provide support for external engagements, including strategic partnerships and potential corporate development opportunities.
• Support due diligence and assessment of strategic synergies for potential partnerships or acquisitions.
• Work with integration teams on relevant strategic topics related to post-merger integration processes.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in strategic planning, execution, and project management at the corporate level.
• Experience in strategy consulting or within a corporate strategy function.
• Exposure to education, professional services, digital transformation, technology, or knowledge-based industries is advantageous.
• Strong financial modelling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Track record of delivering strategic projects in areas such as growth strategies, internationalisation, digital transformation, and value creation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders.
• Self-motivated and adaptable, capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record in driving complex operational strategy projects such as operating model creation, business transformation, and related strategic initiatives.

Our client is one of the leading boutique strategy and innovation consultancies, they are known for their outstanding strategy, innovation, brand and futures work for some of the biggest global brands in the world. Going strong for decades and still independent, they have gone from strength to strength in the last few years and are able to offer one of the best work life balances you're likely to find agency side. They are now on the lookout for someone to come on board as their most senior strategy director and oversee the team in their most strategically important hire to date. It's a role offering significant oversight and ownership for someone who thrives being both executional and strategic, with exceptional big picture thinking skills. The role and requirements: - Senior Strategy Director role to oversee current team of strategists, will need to already be operating at and be established at Strategy Director level - Previous experience from a boutique strategy or innovation consultancy essential, any client side experience in addition to this a bonus - Being the lead on their most important accounts, with exceptional client handling skills - Brand strategy expert, including across positioning, innovation and portfolio work - Strong FMCG experience essential - Passion, energy and gravitas will be key If this opportunity excites you and you can match all of the requirements then please do get in touch to find out more. We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer

Our client is one of the leading boutique strategy and innovation consultancies, they are known for their outstanding strategy, innovation, brand and futures work for some of the biggest global brands in the world. Going strong for decades and still independent, they have gone from strength to strength in the last few years and are able to offer one of the best work life balances you're likely to find agency side.

They are now on the lookout for someone to come on board as their most senior strategy director and oversee the team in their most strategically important hire to date. It's a role offering significant oversight and ownership for someone who thrives being both executional and strategic, with exceptional big picture thinking skills.

The role and requirements:

- Senior Strategy Director role to oversee current team of strategists, will need to already be operating at and be established at Strategy Director level

- Previous experience from a boutique strategy or innovation consultancy essential, any client side experience in addition to this a bonus

- Being the lead on their most important accounts, with exceptional client handling skills

- Brand strategy expert, including across positioning, innovation and portfolio work

- Strong FMCG experience essential

- Passion, energy and gravitas will be key

If this opportunity excites you and you can match all of the requirements then please do get in touch to find out more.

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer

Job Description

Our client is one of the leading boutique strategy and innovation consultancies, they are known for their outstanding strategy, innovation, brand and futures work for some of the biggest global brands in the world. Going strong for decades and still independent, they have gone from strength to strength in the last few years and are able to offer one of the best work life balances you're likely to find agency side.

They are now on the lookout for someone to come on board as their most senior strategy director and oversee the team in their most strategically important hire to date. It's a role offering significant oversight and ownership for someone who thrives being both executional and strategic, with exceptional big picture thinking skills.

The role and requirements:

- Senior Strategy Director role to oversee current team of strategists, will need to already be operating at and be established at Strategy Director level

- Previous experience from a boutique strategy or innovation consultancy essential, any client side experience in addition to this a bonus

- Being the lead on their most important accounts, with exceptional client handling skills

- Brand strategy expert, including across positioning, innovation and portfolio work

- Strong FMCG experience essential

- Passion, energy and gravitas will be key

If this opportunity excites you and you can match all of the requirements then please do get in touch to find out more.

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer

Who We Are Looking For: Accenture Song seeking an Engagement Strategy Director to join our London-based global team, who will be responsible for supporting the development of data-rich, behavior-shaping engagement solutions to deliver better customer experiences for our life sciences clients. We are looking for a results-oriented team player who supports executing our HCP and patient engagement strategy deliverables, quickly sees patterns and solutions from an avalanche of data, moves from information and insights to implications and recommendations with ease, and is also prepared to roll up their sleeves and partner with our full strategy, account, creative and production team talents. The ideal candidate will utilise a diverse set of qualities, such as intellectual and creative curiosity, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, hypothesis generation and determination . You will know the media and technology landscape widely used in life sciences fluently – and are already predicting how this landscape will evolve in the health & wellness vertical. This person will be working with a team of talented individuals at Accenture Song to help create prescriptive, actionable, and market changing experiences for our clients customers. Reporting to the Head of Strategy in London, you will help build and manage a team of talented strategists. Your team will guide our clients to shaping the data and intelligence gathering process, crafting engagement solutions, and defining the ambitions of these solutions internally and with our clients. What You Will Do: Work as a part of an integrated strategy team to proactively propose HCP and patience engagement solutions to help clients achieve relevant customer experiences while aligning to client goals and business challenges, shaping their data and intelligence gathering architecture, and their capacity to introduce viable solutions into the marketplace Serve in client-facing capacity for omnichannel programming and content/channel integration Contribute to data and intelligence gathering efforts (including 1st party data) that uncover opportunities, and pinpoint how these can be used to enhance the customer's overall experience with the brand Translating historical analytics and performance reports into meaningful recommendations to optimise campaigns “on-the-fly” as well as input into future campaign strategies Remove the mystery on the translation from facts and information to ideas and impact Ensure that engagement and content solutions developed by strategic planning, account, production, and creative teams are properly integrated within larger marketing programs aligned to drive customer experience Collaborate with executional teams during the development of projects to ensure strategies are pulled through effectively during development and handoff Contribute to the development of cross-channel measurement plans and KPIs and develop recommendations and approaches based on performance analytics Contribute to the success in achieving digital, social, and innovation fluency across the agency as a whole Partner with the broader strategy team to contribute to the development of pitches, proposals & POVs, strategies, and tactical programs that satisfy the business goals of our healthcare clients and beyond Continually educate internal teams and our clients on the vital role insights play to being critical to growth and success Drive ideas from data to conceptual platforms to deployment that drive business results Stay up-to-date on market trends, societal shifts, and strategic initiatives in health and wellness and across other key verticals, promoting innovative and acting as an ongoing evangelist for alternative approaches Facilitate workshops to develop groundbreaking experience led strategies and programs with clients Support the development of CRM and Omnichannel planning with support from brand/content strategy and analytics teams Facilitate service introduction & change confirmation focusing on market opportunities What you Bring: 7 year of experience working in Digital, CX or Engagement Strategy at a creative agency Experienced in life sciences marketing, including both HCP and patient Strong analytical skills Expert in engagement channels and technology widely used in Life Sciences Impeccable written and verbal communication skills Ability to tell a simple story visually and verbally behind a strong strategic point of view A drive to elevate thinking and the work A curious mentality The desire to be great About Accenture We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Social Strategy Director Independent Media Agency | London | Up to £100,000 per annum Please note: This is not a paid social opportunity. This is a rare opportunity to take a senior, visible role within one of the UK’s most respected independent media agencies, leading the charge on social strategy across a wide-ranging client portfolio. As the agency continues to invest in its future-facing services, social creativity and content has become an area in which clients & new business prospects are seeking further integration with traditional paid media solutions that media agencies offer. You’ll be a key player in shaping what social strategy looks like, helping clients, internal teams and the wider business understand how platform-native thinking, community building, and storytelling can drive brand and business outcomes. The role: Working across a mix of categories (no siloed verticals here), you’ll develop innovative, insight-led social strategies that inform both long-term brand building and agile content opportunities. You’ll also play a key role in leading the agency’s pitch work for social bringing big-picture thinking and creative rigour to new business conversations, and collaborating with creative and media teams to land standout ideas. You’ll bring: Proven experience developing organic and content led social strategies across a range of sectors Strong content instincts, from platform-first storytelling to campaign development Confidence leading strategic conversations with senior clients The ability to work cross-functionally with media, creative, and digital specialists Curiosity, creative flair, and a forward-thinking mindset

Social Strategy Director Independent Media Agency | London | Up to £100,000 per annum Please note: This is not a paid social opportunity. This is a rare opportunity to take a senior, visible role within one of the UK’s most respected independent media agencies, leading the charge on social strategy across a wide-ranging client portfolio. As the agency continues to invest in its future-facing services, social creativity and content has become an area in which clients & new business prospects are seeking further integration with traditional paid media solutions that media agencies offer. You’ll be a key player in shaping what social strategy looks like, helping clients, internal teams and the wider business understand how platform-native thinking, community building, and storytelling can drive brand and business outcomes. The role: Working across a mix of categories (no siloed verticals here), you’ll develop innovative, insight-led social strategies that inform both long-term brand building and agile content opportunities. You’ll also play a key role in leading the agency’s pitch work for social bringing big-picture thinking and creative rigour to new business conversations, and collaborating with creative and media teams to land standout ideas. You’ll bring: Proven experience developing organic and content led social strategies across a range of sectors Strong content instincts, from platform-first storytelling to campaign development Confidence leading strategic conversations with senior clients The ability to work cross-functionally with media, creative, and digital specialists Curiosity, creative flair, and a forward-thinking mindset

Who We Are Looking For: Accenture Song seeking an Engagement Strategy Director to join our London-based global team, who will be responsible for supporting the development of data-rich, behavior-shaping engagement solutions to deliver better customer experiences for our life sciences clients. We are looking for a results-oriented team player who supports executing our HCP and patient engagement strategy deliverables, quickly sees patterns and solutions from an avalanche of data, moves from information and insights to implications and recommendations with ease, and is also prepared to roll up their sleeves and partner with our full strategy, account, creative and production team talents. The ideal candidate will utilise a diverse set of qualities, such as intellectual and creative curiosity, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, hypothesis generation and determination . You will know the media and technology landscape widely used in life sciences fluently – and are already predicting how this landscape will evolve in the health & wellness vertical. This person will be working with a team of talented individuals at Accenture Song to help create prescriptive, actionable, and market changing experiences for our clients customers. Reporting to the Head of Strategy in London, you will help build and manage a team of talented strategists. Your team will guide our clients to shaping the data and intelligence gathering process, crafting engagement solutions, and defining the ambitions of these solutions internally and with our clients. What You Will Do: Work as a part of an integrated strategy team to proactively propose HCP and patience engagement solutions to help clients achieve relevant customer experiences while aligning to client goals and business challenges, shaping their data and intelligence gathering architecture, and their capacity to introduce viable solutions into the marketplace Serve in client-facing capacity for omnichannel programming and content/channel integration Contribute to data and intelligence gathering efforts (including 1st party data) that uncover opportunities, and pinpoint how these can be used to enhance the customer's overall experience with the brand Translating historical analytics and performance reports into meaningful recommendations to optimise campaigns “on-the-fly” as well as input into future campaign strategies Remove the mystery on the translation from facts and information to ideas and impact Ensure that engagement and content solutions developed by strategic planning, account, production, and creative teams are properly integrated within larger marketing programs aligned to drive customer experience Collaborate with executional teams during the development of projects to ensure strategies are pulled through effectively during development and handoff Contribute to the development of cross-channel measurement plans and KPIs and develop recommendations and approaches based on performance analytics Contribute to the success in achieving digital, social, and innovation fluency across the agency as a whole Partner with the broader strategy team to contribute to the development of pitches, proposals & POVs, strategies, and tactical programs that satisfy the business goals of our healthcare clients and beyond Continually educate internal teams and our clients on the vital role insights play to being critical to growth and success Drive ideas from data to conceptual platforms to deployment that drive business results Stay up-to-date on market trends, societal shifts, and strategic initiatives in health and wellness and across other key verticals, promoting innovative and acting as an ongoing evangelist for alternative approaches Facilitate workshops to develop groundbreaking experience led strategies and programs with clients Support the development of CRM and Omnichannel planning with support from brand/content strategy and analytics teams Facilitate service introduction & change confirmation focusing on market opportunities What you Bring: 7 year of experience working in Digital, CX or Engagement Strategy at a creative agency Experienced in life sciences marketing, including both HCP and patient Strong analytical skills Expert in engagement channels and technology widely used in Life Sciences Impeccable written and verbal communication skills Ability to tell a simple story visually and verbally behind a strong strategic point of view A drive to elevate thinking and the work A curious mentality The desire to be great About Accenture We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

OVERVIEW Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Overview Publicis Groupe is seeking a strategic and creative Influencer Strategy Lead to join our bespoke agency team for a globally recognized client with iconic brands spanning Snacking, Petcare, and Food & Nutrition . This is a rare opportunity to partner with household-name brands on their marketing transformation journey — blending strategy, creativity, data, and technology within our Power of One model , which integrates media, production, data & tech, social, influencer, and commerce to deliver end-to-end PESO experiences. You’ll play a pivotal role within the Publicis Next Era (PNE) Hub , leading influencer and social strategy across markets, driving innovation, and ensuring best-in-class delivery. Responsibilities Strategic Leadership Act as the first point of contact for influencer-related client briefs across Petcare brands. Translate client business and marketing objectives into actionable influencer and social strategies that drive measurable impact. Integrate Social & Influencer (S&I) strategy into AEP/ICP processes, ensuring alignment with broader brand and media strategies. Oversee the quality and consistency of strategic outputs, ensuring all recommendations are insight-driven and brand-aligned. Operational Excellence Lead an agile, cross-functional process involving strategy, creative, and activation teams. Ensure influencer and partnership content is built around clear KPIs — driving business outcomes, not vanity metrics. Partner closely with media, data, and content production teams to ensure strategic coherence across the PESO ecosystem. Innovation & Insight Lead research into emerging content, influencer, and partnership trends to shape forward-thinking plans. Use analytics, benchmarking, and social listening to inform and evaluate influencer strategies. Identify growth opportunities for clients through new formats, platforms, or creative partnerships. People Leadership Manage and mentor a small team (1–2 Executives/Graduates and 1 Manager), supporting their professional development and progression. Foster collaboration across teams and markets to share knowledge and best practices. Growth & Partnership Contribute to new business and organic growth initiatives through strategic input and client presentations. Champion innovation and thought leadership within the influencer and social ecosystem. Qualifications Proven experience in influencer marketing strategy (agency experience preferred). Strong understanding of digital media, content ecosystems, and performance metrics . Skilled in strategic thinking, storytelling, and client communication at senior levels. Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-market projects with tight deadlines. Experienced in using data, analytics, and social insights to shape creative strategy. Confident leader and mentor with a track record of developing junior team members. Benefits: In the UK, alongside the core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, and Income Protection Plan , we also offer: WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year. REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care. BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching. FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave. FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment. GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre. Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.