Head of Marketing - Private Clients

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-sell and growth for Private Clients by shaping a multi-channel strategy, customer journeys, and data-led experiences for high value clients.

  • Growth ownership: lead multi-channel campaigns across Private Clients to drive growth, retention, and wallet share.
  • Experience and journeys: design end-to-end client journeys using data and tech to reduce friction and boost cross-sell.
  • Collaboration and governance: align with divisional leads, integrate acquisitions, and build measurement tools to prove ROI.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build upon the existing Private Clients proposition, paving the way for strategic growth.
  • Develop and implement a multi-channel marketing strategy aligned to Howden’s growth ambitions, client trust agenda, and Private Clients vision.
  • Drive cross-sales and collaboration campaigns across business lines, working closely with divisional leads and stakeholders.
  • Identify and execute market opportunities to reach new segments, grow share of wallet, and enhance client lifetime value.
  • Lead the integration and positioning of acquired businesses within Private Clients, ensuring, proposition alignment, brand and experience consistency.
  • Embed a market-leading, seamless-led client experience and contact strategy across the division, using deep customer insight, data, and technology to improve retention, cross-sell, and advocacy.
  • Design and govern end-to-end client journeys, identifying friction points and driving continuous improvement, growth and product penetration.
  • Work with the digital COE and champion the use of multi channel campaigns leveraging digital tools, data, AI, and generative AI to enhance marketing effectiveness, client experience, and reporting.
  • Champion innovation and test-and-learn approaches to improve outcomes at scale.
  • Develop cross-divisional measurement tools, analytics, and reporting to track marketing efficiency, impact and ROI.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in strategic marketing and growth roles within complex, multi-line organisations (ideally financial services/insurance).
  • Proven track record of delivering multi-channel marketing strategies and campaigns that drive growth, retention, and measurable ROI.
  • Strong digital and data fluency; able to leverage technology to enhance insight, segmentation, and client experience.
  • Experience leading end-to-end client journey design to drive growth and retention.
  • Experience of marketing to HNW /UHNW audience segments is desirable.
  • Budget management and governance experience.
  • Experience of managing and developing high performing marketing teams.
  • Highly collaborative, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related discipline; relevant professional qualifications preferred.

Nice to Have

  • Experience of marketing to HNW /UHNW audience segments is desirable.

Benefits

  • Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
  • We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
  • We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond
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Howden

We’re Howden, the people first insurance group with employee ownership at its heart.From launching with just three employees in 1994, we’ve grown to over 24,000 people around the globe. Together, our expertise span the full spectrum of insurance: broking, reinsurance, underwriting, risk consultancy and employee benefits. We rise to any challenge and are determined to use insurance as a force for good.

Founded in 1994
London, England, GBR
13K employees (240 in marketing)