Head of Marketing

Head of Marketing

Location: Reading (Hybrid — 3 days office / 2 days remote)

Salary: £120,000 Package + Bens + Stock

Type: Full-time, permanent

Are you a commercial, hands-on marketing leader with experience driving growth in B2B technology businesses? We're looking for a Head of Marketing to lead and scale our marketing function as we enter our next phase of expansion.

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth digital transformation and content management organisation supporting enterprise clients worldwide. With ambitious growth plans and private-equity backing, we are looking for someone who thrives in a scale-up environment and can take full ownership of brand, demand generation and pipeline delivery.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end marketing strategy and execution
• Lead demand generation across multi-channel campaigns (SEO, PPC, email, social, webinars, events, content/thought leadership)
• Manage and develop a small internal team and external agency partners
• Oversee performance marketing and determine optimal in-house vs agency mix
• Work closely with sales and leadership to deliver qualified pipeline against agreed targets
• Operate efficiently with defined budgets and optimise spend for ROI
• Support GTM and content initiatives for high-value enterprise sectors

What you'll bring

• Proven experience scaling marketing in a B2B technology environment (ideally PE-backed or growth-phase)
• Strong digital and demand-gen skillset — hands-on and data-led
• Experience managing marketing budgets in the range of £5k–£40k per month
• Deep familiarity with enterprise technology, cloud, modern workplace or information management solutions
• Commercial mindset with a track record of building pipeline and revenue influence
• Leadership experience — able to manage internal teams and agencies
• Entrepreneurial attitude — motivated by growth, ownership and long-term value creation

Why this role

• Influence and own the full marketing function
• Join a business scaling from ~£10m toward £20m revenue
• Work in a fast-moving, innovation-focused environment
• Opportunity to build, optimise and shape marketing direction
• Competitive package including growth-linked stock options

Location & working pattern

• Hybrid role with 3 days per week in the Reading office (on university campus, parking available)
• Global business exposure with teams in the UK, India, US and Middle East

Certus Recruitment is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across the UK, Europe, North America, and Australia.