Programme Manager, Commercial Strategy
Achieving sustainability is the greatest challenge of our time and outstanding leadership will be crucial if we are going to meet this challenge successfully. The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) draws on the intellectual breadth of the University and an international network of leading thinkers and practitioners to help individuals and organisations understand and act on pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource depletion and inequality.
We're looking for an exceptional individual to help us develop and launch new commercial products, propositions, and routes to market. You'll have experience working in a business environment to influence behavioural change using research, digital technologies, marketing, and content. Experience might span areas such as commercial insights, digital strategies, product design, product marketing, market analysis, communication, campaign management, content production or learning design.
If you're able to apply your experience and skills to influence the next generation of business leaders then we can offer you a unique opportunity to work on an exciting strategy to maximise CISL's reach to support influential leaders and organisations as they grapple with global challenges such as inequality, pollution, climate change and natural resource depletion.
In this job you'll lead product, proposition and route to market design, development and testing with colleagues, subject experts, and partners to grow our international and industry reach. You will lead from the concept and design phase through to launch and evaluation and contribute to the international impact of CISL knowledge through research, analysis and the development of successful products, propositions, and routes to market.
If you've a passion for sustainability and want to work for an organisation that will share your sense of purpose and make an impact in the world then this is the job for you.
You'll be expected to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of relevant experience.
- Experience of leading the design and/or development of successful digital products, content or projects for a client or organisation.
- A good understanding and experience of how to create powerful and engaging narratives to influence others.
- Ability to research and prepare information to be presented to a variety of senior audiences and industries.
- Ability to deliver presentations, briefings and facilitate workshops and sessions on key issues that are of collaborative and commercial importance with a strong, engaging narrative to professionals, partners and learners.
- Developed and/or maintained an enthusiasm and interest in the latest technology developments in areas such as digital learning, marketing, digital content, entertainment and big data.
- Excellent relationship management skills and ability to grow and maintain relationships with clients, partners and subject experts.
- Excellent written communication skills and an ability to influence others through powerful verbal and visual narratives, highly proficient in spoken and written English.
- High level of competence in digital technologies, capabilities, content and platforms.
What you'll receive:
- 41 days annual leave (inc bank holidays).
- Working 37 hours per week, flexible/hybrid/part-time working considered.
- Excellent benefits including a generous pension scheme, discount portal, cycle to work scheme, access to the university accommodation service, employee assistance programme, family friendly policies along with many more.
- Extensive development opportunities.
This post is permanent, full-time on a hybrid working basis with at least 2 days in our award-winning Cambridge office.
We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.
We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our institution.
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Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to our Human Resources team: Email: Recruitment@cisl.cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference EN43214 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
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