Overview

Employer Mars

Location London, United Kingdom

Salary Competitive. Closing date 26 Oct 2025.

What are we looking for?

• 12+ years of experience in digital transformation, technology strategy, or enterprise IT leadership, with significant exposure to FMCG or global matrix organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing senior stakeholders, leading large cross-functional teams, and delivering enterprise-scale programs.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to build business cases and manage digital investments.
• Proven leadership in building high-performing teams and influencing in a highly matrixed environment.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Executive Leadership & Governance: Serve as the digital executive partner to the General Managers of the five PNE clusters, influencing strategic priorities and ensuring digital is embedded in core business decision-making.
• Team Leadership & Talent Management: Lead, coach, and develop the Digital Cluster Leads, fostering a high-performance culture that drives accountability, autonomy, and capability building across regions.
• Enterprise-wide Alignment: Translate regional strategy into actionable cluster roadmaps. Ensure alignment of local digital investments with global programs and platforms, optimising for scalability and speed.
• Digital Strategy Cluster Accountability: Own the full digital agenda for the PNE clusters - including Core, Growth, and Transform initiatives - ensuring timely delivery, measurable business value, and high-quality adoption.
• Cluster Governance & Prioritisation: Chair cluster-level digital governance boards to drive strategic alignment, resource prioritisation, and issue resolution. Serve as the escalation point for decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Change Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted transformation leader for the PNE organization, driving buy-in and adoption across senior stakeholders. Bring in external trends and benchmarks to challenge and evolve internal thinking.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure continuous improvement of digital operations across clusters, leveraging data-driven insights, process excellence, and regional synergies.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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