Head of Marketing & Communications (Water)

Responsibilities

• As Head of Marketing & Communications, you'll partner with senior leaders in our Water Division to develop and deliver a strategic marketing and communications approach that enhances reputation, strengthens client relationships, and supports business growth across the division.
• With a strong focus on marketing and work-winning activity, you'll create compelling campaigns, content, and narratives that showcase the division's capabilities, differentiate M Group in the market, and support the pursuit of new opportunities.
• You'll work closely with leadership teams to align communications and marketing activity with business priorities, providing trusted advice and helping shape effective stakeholder engagement strategies.
• You'll also support colleague engagement and employer brand initiatives, develop impactful case studies and success stories, and act as the key link between the Water division and the central Marketing & Communications team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across all channels.
• Working at both a strategic and operational level, you'll influence senior decision-making while helping drive growth, engagement, and reputation across the division.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in marketing with strong evidence of translating business priorities into effective strategies and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Track record of developing and delivering successful integrated approaches that support growth, business performance, reputation and engagement.
• Significant experience partnering senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams in complex, fast-paced organisations, with the credibility and judgement to advise, influence, and constructively challenge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong editorial judgement and attention to detail, combined with a willingness to get hands-on with delivery where needed.
• Highly organised with strong prioritisation and delivery skills, with the ability to manage competing demands, make sound judgements, and maintain focus on the activity that will have the greatest impact.
• Ability to distil complex information into clear, compelling narratives tailored to different audiences.
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen, with an understanding of how communications and marketing can support growth, reputation, employee engagement, and client outcomes.
• Confident operating in ambiguity and change, with the ability to quickly understand complex business issues and translate them into clear communications and marketing priorities.
• Experience using insight, audience understanding, and measurement to inform strategy and improve effectiveness

Benefits

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme