Strategic Digital Change Lead

**Purposeful planning. Cutting-edge strategies. A brighter future for all.**

**Strategic Digital Change Lead**

£55,000 - £60,000 plus benefits

**Reports to**:Head of Digital

**Directorate**:Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

**Contract**:12 month fixed-term contract

**Hours**:Full time 35 hours per week

**Location**:Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

**Closing date**:30 June 2025 23:55

**At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.**

Ranked 12th Best Employer in the UK by the Financial Times, Cancer Research UK is looking for a standout leader to join our Digital team as Strategic Digital Change Lead on a 12 month fixed contract. Ready to make a difference?

This role is an exciting opportunity to take responsibility to accelerate digital marketing methodologies and make change happen at Cancer Research UK. In this role you will lead on strategic digital change projects across marketing and the wider organisation that improve and optimise our digital marketing activity and support the shift to a centralised, audience-led, digital model for marketing.

You will work as an exceptional change agent, alongside senior leaders and teams in our Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement directorate (MFE), to understand how we can deliver digital marketing strategies better and more effectively. This is an impactful role which will drive change across the whole portfolio - right from providing information on cancer, to engaging our supporter audiences.

**What will I be doing?**
- Define and drive strategic digital marketing initiatives, partnering with key business partners and Tech to align marketing with digital best practices.
- Act as digital marketing change lead in cross-organisational digital programmes, ensuring marketing is integrated effectively into broader transformation plans.
- Lead change management initiatives linked to broader organisational goals, fostering new marketing model that prioritises personalisation, digital-first approaches, and supporter-centric strategies.
- Evaluate, optimise and project manage delivery of digital marketing process and seek opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Engage stakeholders, translating complex digital challenges into strategic action plans.

**What are we looking for?**
- Significant marketing leadership experience and strong knowledge of all types of marketing, but in particular digital marketing
- Strong project and strategy management experience
- Experienced change agent who has transformed digital marketing within an organisation
- Strategic thinker with significant experience of translating strategy into operational planning, and delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns with strong digital marketing acumen
- Significant understanding of end-to-end digital supporter journeys and the role of different digital marketing channels in fully integrated campaigns
- Ability to work cross functionally and build collaborative relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

**Bold**:Act with ambition, courage and determination

**Credible**:Act with rigour and professionalism

**Human**: Act to have a positive impact on people

**Together**:Act inclusively and collaboratively

We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

**What will I gain?**

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

**How do I apply?**

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Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.