WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. About Data & Technology Solutions WPP’s Data & Technology Solutions is the WPP’s unified global data products and technology team. We work with our agencies and clients to build data-driven solutions and technology product to power marketing transformation. WPP Open is our AI platform for marketing, it connects marketing professionals, data, tools and AI in a single place. WPP Open is the simplest, safest and fastest way to realize the benefits of scaled AI – delivering better-informed creative ideas faster, at scale and at lower cost. We’re endlessly curious and our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 2,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are seeking a strategic and commercially driven leader to define and execute WPP’s data partnership strategy within EMEA. This role will be critical in sourcing, integrating, and scaling data partnerships to support local market growth whi
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Position Overview We are seeking a transformative Senior Director, Talent Acquisition to lead the overall recruiting function and deliver a high-impact, modern, and scalable hiring experience across the organization. In this role, the successful candidate will partner closely with senior business leaders and HR stakeholders to align hiring priorities, shape workforce plans, and support business growth through innovative, data-driven talent strategies. This leader will oversee end-to-end recruitment strategy and operations, guide team performance, and drive process improvements that strengthen hiring outcomes, scalability, speed, and quality of hire. A key focus of the role will be leading the successful implementation and optimization of Workday Recruiting and related processes, while advancing the use of AI-enabled recruiting tools, automation, talent intelligence, and analytics to improve sourcing effectiveness, decision quality, operational efficiency, and candidate experience. The ideal candidate is an AI-forward talent acquisition leader who brings strong leadership, stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and communication skills, along with deep expertise in recruiting operations, team development, talent analytics, recruiting technology, and enterprise process transformation. They will bring experience leading large-scale systems and process change, including Workday implementation or optimization, as well as a thoughtful approach to the responsible use of AI and technology across the hiring lifecycle. They will also bring a fresh and creative approach to attracting top talent and play a key role in advancing and strengthening our employer brand in the market. Key Responsibilities Lead the global Talent Acquisition function across a broad team or portfolio, with accountability for recruiting strategy, delivery, team capability, technology adoption, and performance against hiring goals. Partner closely with senior business leaders, HR
The Team + The Role The Senior Director, Demand Generation EMEA is a senior, hands-on leadership role owning Pendo's marketing pipeline across the region — UK, DACH, France, Nordics, and the Netherlands. This is a rare opportunity to shape how Pendo grows across Europe. You'll work closely with regional sales leaders to build high-performing, pipeline-generating marketing programmes from the ground up — with real visibility into commercial leadership and a direct line into how new business and customer growth gets driven across EMEA. We're not looking for someone to localise global campaigns. We're looking for a builder — someone who creates demand programmes from scratch, understands what resonates with European buyers, and can operate with genuine autonomy to lead the region. You'll report to the VP of Revenue Marketing, based in North America, and work as part of a small, focused EMEA marketing team. This is a hybrid role, based three days a week in our London office. What this looks like day-to-day Owning and delivering Pendo's EMEA pipeline contribution target across all segments and sub-regions Building original, EMEA-first demand generation programmes — digital, ABM, and account-based plays designed for European buyers Partnering closely with EMEA Sales and SAles Leaders on account plans, pipeline coverage, and deal acceleration Developing a coherent EMEA marketing strategy across diverse markets, languages, and buying behaviours — with particular depth in French and DACH Serving as the primary EMEA voice in global marketing planning, advocating for regional needs and investment Leading and developing the EMEA demand generation function, including the Director of Field Marketing Defining the EMEA co-marketing strategy with regional partners, resellers, and SIs Owning EMEA marketing performance reporting — pipeline contribution, ROI, funnel conversion, and marketing-attributed revenue Who You Are Beyond the qualifications, we hire through a specific len
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The Team + The Role The Director, Field Marketing EMEA is a hands-on field marketing role owning the in-person and account-based programes that drive pipeline across EMEA. You'll sit within a lean team of three, reporting to the Senior Director, Demand Generation, EMEA — and you'll be building and executing programes yourself, and love doing so. We're looking for someone who is genuinely embedded in the European product and tech community, knows what moves and influences SAAS buyers in our key markets (UK, DACH, France, Nordics, and the Netherlands) and can connect every field investment to a commercial outcome. This role is a hybrid position based 3 days per week in our London office. What this looks like day-to-day Owning the end-to-end EMEA field marketing calendar — regional events, roadshows, conference activations, and hosted programmes built for European buyers Leading field programmes with particular depth in French and DACH markets, from concept through to post-event pipeline attribution Partnering closely with EMEA Sales to ensure every field investment is tied to account-level pipeline goals Designing and delivering executive programmes for every Pendo leadership visit to the region — pipeline dinners, roundtables, customer engagements Owning EMEA customer stories and connecting them to field moments, campaigns, and Pendo's broader content pipeline Executing co-marketing programmes with regional partners, resellers, and SIs Building and maintaining a visible, credible presence for Pendo across the European B2B tech and product community Who You Are Beyond the qualifications, we hire through a specific lens. These aren't buzzwords; they're the things we'll actually look for in how you talk about your work. You're a builder, not a maintainer. You're most energized when there isn't a clear path yet, and you get to define it. You don't wait for direction; you identify gaps, shape solutions, and drive them forward. At Pendo, you don't just follow i
For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet's customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa expect our Customer Trust team to understand their compliance challenges, speak their language, and respond quickly to security assessments. We're looking for a Sr. Security Engineer I to lead Customer Trust operations across EMEA—responding to security questionnaires, managing vendor risk assessments, and building trusted relationships with enterprise customers in these regions. You will be responsible for questionnaire triage, completion, and queue management for EMEA customers. You'll work closely with EMEA sales teams, understand regional compliance requirements (GDPR, EU data protection, sector-specific frameworks), and ensure Smartsheet maintains a strong reputation for responsiveness and technical credibility in these high-value markets. You will work remotely from the UK and report to our Sr. Director, GRC Engineering, based in the US You Have 5+ years of experience in customer trust, vendor risk management, security assessment, or customer-facing security roles at SaaS or cloud platform companies. Proven experience completing and responding to customer security questionnaires, vendor assessments, and RFIs. Strong understanding of GDPR, EU data protection, and regional compliance requirements: Familiarity with data residency, data processing agreements, DPIAs, and how cloud services operate within EU regulatory frameworks. Knowledge of GRC frameworks: Working knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, and compliance standards commonly referenced in EMEA asse
Position Overview As we accelerate Diligent's presence across EMEA's specialist services markets, we're looking for a driven, commercially sharp sales professional who can win and grow with senior buyers in a governed, compliance-driven world. This is a rare opportunity to join Specialty Markets, a high-growth EMEA division serving the firms that manage governance, entities, risk and audit on behalf of their clients. You'll own a defined, high-value territory with a clear mandate: grow net-new revenue and expand within an established base of Diligent relationships. If you know how to sell complex, multi-stakeholder software into professional and regulated services firms – and can get credible with their leaders fast – this role was built for you. The Market You'll Sell Into You'll sell to professional and regulated services firms that deliver governance, entity, risk, compliance and audit work on behalf of their clients. In practice that spans fund administrators, corporate service providers, management companies (ManCos / AIFMs), law firms, private equity and venture capital firms, trust & fiduciary services, risk advisers, and audit & advisory firms. This isn't back-office compliance – it's a revenue-generating service line they deliver to their own clients. Diligent's platform underpins how they run and scale that work, which makes us central to how they win, serve and grow their client base, not just how they stay compliant. Jurisdictions: this is a single, flexible mandate that can be run across any of our key offshore and onshore markets – including the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Ireland, the UK, Cayman, BVI, Bermuda, the Isle of Man and the Middle East. Key Responsibilities Own the full commercial cycle across your patch – from prospecting and pipeline generation through to close and upsell – working both new-logo acquisition and account expansion. Use your network and market flue
About the Job: We're looking for a Senior EMEA Marketing Manager to lead marketing in the region, in close collaboration with Sales, with field activities and events as the core part of the role. This is a senior, individual-contributor position for someone who knows how great regional B2B marketing programs are built — from tactics through hands-on execution — and who's looking to shape and build the approach rather than run a standard playbook. You'll join a growing international marketing team in an essential role for the team and business, reporting to the International Marketing Director. You'll take full ownership of the EMEA field calendar and act as the region's on the ground presence, with the scope to also contribute to broader regional marketing campaigns. In this role, you'll get to innovate and design impactful, memorable experiences that drive real results. Responsibilities: Own the EMEA field calendar end-to-end — from tactics and planning through execution and post-event follow-through, across owned events, third-party conferences, sponsorships, executive roundtables, and partner co-marketing events etc. Lead regional sponsorship approach and vendor management — negotiate sponsorship packages and deliverables, coordinate on assets and work with agencies, partners and vendors. Design differentiated, memorable experiences — go beyond the standard execution model to create formats that genuinely engage audiences and build awareness around the brand. Partner closely with EMEA Sales — work hand-in-hand with Sales and SDR teams on field activities, on-site engagement, and structured post-event follow-up. Act as a confident, credible voice with internal stakeholders to represent Marketing. Own reporting and ROI — track leads, pipeline capture, and spend against your Marketing activities and campaigns, and report results back to leadership. Operate independently — take action and define approach, budget requests, format, and vendors in line with Sales
Location: London At Freenow by Lyft, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. Reporting directly to the Senior VP of Central Operations, we are seeking a visionary Director of Premium Mobility Segments (Europe). This is a high-octane leadership mandate designed to spearhead Freenow by Lyft evolution into the definitive premium mobility leader across the continent. You will own the strategy to rapidly scale our European Premium segment, driving a monumental step-change in market share and setting new industry benchmarks. This role is a cornerstone of Freenow by Lyft global growth engine. You will be the architect of our premium sector expansion, elevating brand equity and capturing structurally superior margins. By harmonising sophisticated European product alignment with aggressive local growth and operational excellence, you will ensure Freenow by Lyft remains the unrivaled choice for premium mobility, delivering high-impact results that resonate globally. YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: European Premium Strategy: Define and execute long-term growth roadmaps, using London as an anchor for broader European expansion and scaling. Business Development: Drive premium supply growth by building profitable partnerships and serving as the primary face of Lyft Premium in Europe. Demand Generation: Collaborate with marketing teams to build segment demand through effective partnerships and campaigns. P&L & Financial Forecasting: Maintain full P&L ownership, ensuring target margins and accurate growth forecasting. Operational Framework: Create a scalable operating model for the Premium segment while ensuring compliance and localized deployment. Service Standards: Enforce "best-in-class" luxury experience standards, covering vehicle quality, safety, and driver behavior to ensure premium brand differentiation. Cross-Functional Alignment: Lead product and technical requirements for p
We’re looking for an Account Intelligence & Outbound Specialist to help us create meaningful outbound engagement and pipeline opportunities across priority global strategic accounts. You’ll use Talkwalker insights, market signals, account research and hands-on outbound to build commercially relevant, account specific-outbound that creates movement in the accounts that matter most by identifying the right people, moments and messages to activate complex enterprise accounts working alongside two Global Strategic Account Managers. You will be reporting to the Director, Outbound Strategy. Please note that the role may include 10% of travel to events; other Hootsuite offices, etc. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Conduct deep research across priority global strategic accounts to understand their business context, market environment, brand activity, audience sentiment, competitive landscape and relevant commercial signals. Leverage Talkwalker insights, social listening, news, campaign activity, reputation signals and account history to identify timely and relevant reasons to engage prospective customers. Identify and map complex buying groups, decision-makers, influencers and stakeholders across global strategic accounts, including marketing, communications, social media, insights, customer care, digital, analytics, procurement, legal, security, Data Privacy, regional teams and executive leadership. Design and execute insight-led, account-specific outbound strategies across email, phone, LinkedIn and other relevant channels, using commercial relevance rather than generic product messaging. Develop high-value account intelligence assets including signal summaries, one-page account memos, Talkwalker insight snapshots, competitor views, pre-mortems, executive questions and buying-group maps to support strategic account activation. Act as a strategic partner to Global Strategic & Principal Account Executives by jointly prioritizing accounts, align on account strategy, and deter
From £72K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Difference You will Make: The Senior Marketing Manager, France, Benelux & EMEA will report to the Senior Marketing Lead, France & Benelux. They will support them to develop strategic plans and execute, implement, and track marketing programs to drive profitable growth for the region. They will also act as a thought partner, sounding board, and consultant to the Regional Marketing Director, EMEA regarding the regional business, marketing planning, and operations by tapping into their deep understanding of the business, consumer and market. With strategic, creative, operational and emotional effectiveness, this person will define business challenges and strategies to drive growth, nurture a high-performing in-house marketing team, manage agency partners, and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including regional business leadership, PR, media, product, performance marketing and customer experience, to deliver actionable, locally relevant, growth-oriented marketing plans that realize the business and brand ambitions. Responsibilities Build and maintain a deep understanding of the French and Benelux consumer, the competitive set and the local travel landscape. Interpret research, and bring those insights to bear on local plans and global strategy. Develop growth plans for current and prospective guests and hosts in each market, addressing the distinct demand and supply priorities of the region. Collaborate across functions to build an integrated roadmap that delivers on the strategy. Local programs leadership: Identify and lead local campaign opportunities and execution in France for
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: This role is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of WPP’s Service Management re-platform programme, replacing the current platform with a modern, AI-enabled service management capability. You will be accountable for the planning, coordination, governance, and execution of a large-scale platform transformation, ensuring all workstreams are delivered in a controlled, structured, and timely manner. Working under the Director of Service Delivery, you will coordinate cross-functional teams and strategic implementation partners, driving delivery across technology, process, data, integrations, and organisational change while ensuring alignment to scope, timelines, budget, and business outcomes. This role requires a highly experienced programme delivery leader who can establish strong governance, manage complex dependencies, mitigate risk, and successfully deliver one of WPP’s most significant Service Management transformation programmes. What you'll be doing: Programme & Project Delivery Lead the end-to-end delivery plan
Position Overview: We are excited to introduce a newly created Senior HR Business Partner role, partnering directly with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and strategic workforce planning across the business. Central to the role is holding senior leaders accountable for their own growth as leaders: coaching them with the same rigor they are expected to apply to their teams, so that as leaders level up, their team’s level up alongside them. You will help drive effective people practices by balancing business priorities with employee experience and will play a key role in evolving Diligent’s HR operating model toward more strategic, AI-enabled ways of working. The ideal candidate is collaborative, business-minded, and solutions-oriented, with strong judgment, communication skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders – while being direct enough to hold them to account. Key Responsibilities Serve as a senior strategic HR partner to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for an assigned business unit or regional pod, leading org design, talent planning, succession planning, and coaching. Develop the people strategy for the business unit or function you support, in partnership with senior leadership, translating business strategy and objectives into a people plan that delivers maximum impact. Lead strategic workforce planning for the business unit — including how work is organised across people and AI agents — and navigating the balance between building AI capability and developing the human skills needed for the future in an AI-first organisation. Partner with the HR Director on implementation and functional roll-out of the broader people strategy. Lead the business unit’s talent and performance cycles, including goal-setting/OKR cadence, SLT-level calibrations, compensation review for the SLT-and-below population, and 9-box grid review. Drive turning workforce, engageme
The Team + The Role Pendo’s Customer Engineering team is the technical backbone of the pre- and post-sales customer motion. The team brings together work that has historically sat across Customer Success, Technical Account Management, and Solutions Engineering into one full-lifecycle technical owner. Customer Engineering helps customers connect technical execution to business outcomes and realize the value of their investment in Pendo. The Team + The Role Pendo’s Customer Engineering team is the technical backbone of the pre- and post-sales customer motion. The team brings together work across Customer Success, Technical Account Management, and Solutions Engineering into one full-lifecycle technical owner. Customer Engineering helps customers connect technical execution to business outcomes and realize the value of their investment in Pendo. As a Senior Customer Engineer you will own strategic and complex Enterprise accounts across acquisition, implementation, adoption, expansion, and escalation. You will lead technical strategy for complex deployments, resolve ambiguous customer challenges, and partner closely with account teams to drive retention, expansion, and customer value. Your impact will extend beyond your own accounts through playbooks, coaching, repeatable fixes, and workflow improvements that raise the capability of the broader Customer Engineering team. This role is based in our London office. What this looks like day-to-day New customer acquisition and selling: Partner with Account Directors on pre-sales motions for new customer acquisition, product expansion, and growth across lines of business. You identify customer pain, craft and deliver tailored demos, and lead technical evaluations through requirements gathering, success criteria, installation guidance, and hands-on workshops. Quarterly business outcomes: Drive measurable improvement in customer health, retention, expansion,
From £163K/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. As a Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, you will: Hire, coach, and inspire a high-performing team of Solution Engineers, driving career development, performance management, and continuous skill enablement. Support and coach your SEs as they partner with Account Executives to discover customer pain points, develop opportunities, and secure the technical win. Partner directly with senior customer technical leaders on strategic opportunities to articulate Okta’s platform value and secure technical buying decisions. Build deep relationships with key partner technical sales leaders to establish Okta as their preferred identity security standard. Partner with aligned Area Sales Directors to design, execute, and scale Go-To-Market strategies that consistently exceed regional booking targets. Align with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and peer SE managers to share best practices, track market trends, and support organizational scaling. Present on key Identity & Access Management (IAM) and cybersecurity topics at Okta events and industry conferences. Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Operations on workforce planning, budget alignment, and talent acquisition strategies. Serve as an ambassador between the field and headquarters, funneling critical customer feedback and product requirements directly to Okta's Product and Engineering teams. We are looking for demonstrable experience in: A proven track record of managing and scaling high-performing Solution or
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: As part of WPPs Elevate28 strategy, we are accelerating a major Finance Technology transformation to simplify, modernise and standardise the platforms, data and processes that underpin G lobal F inance. This portfolio is critical to statutory reporting, management reporting, forecasting, planning, control, performance management , compliance, and executive decision-making. The Global Programme Director - Finance Technology will shape, govern and drive WPP’s global Finance Technology transformation portfolio. This senior enterprise leadership role turns a complex, multi-year agenda into a coherent roadmap that simplifies the finance technology estate, strengthens control and resilience, and enables faster, more trusted business insight. The role spans Finance ERP standardisation, consolidation platform replacement, enterprise performance management, revenue forecasting, analytics, finance data foundations and operating model change. It will work across Group Finance, Enterprise Technology, agencies, markets, regions and deliver
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