Head of Marketing


Head of Marketing - Part-Time, 25-30 hours/week
Location: Great Chesterford Essex (hybrid)


Are you a senior marketing professional looking for a strategic and hands-on role on a part-time basis? We are partnered with a well-established, specialist scientific equipment company to appoint a Head of Marketing. This is a unique opportunity to provide leadership, shape the marketing function, and make a direct impact.

What you'll be doing

  • Lead the marketing strategy and ensure it is effectively executed across the business.

  • Deliver multi-channel campaigns, content, and digital activity aligned with business objectives.

  • Oversee digital marketing, including website, eCommercee platforms, and social media.

  • Act as guardian of the brand, ensuring clarity, consistency, and precision in all communications.

  • Use market insight, data, and competitor analysis to guide decisions and identify opportunities in technical and scientific markets.

  • Build strong relationships with internal teams, external partners, and distributors.

  • Mentor and develop the Marketing Manager and wider marketing team.

  • Manage departmental budgets and ensure marketing activity is commercially effective.

  • Potentially take on leadership of the Product Management function in future.

  • Join the Senior Management Team after a qualifying period.
What you will have

  • Minimum 5 years experience in a senior marketing role covering campaigns, product marketing, lead generation, and team management.

  • B2B marketing experience in technical, scientific, or research-driven sectors.

  • Strong digital marketing expertise with hands-on delivery experience.

  • Ability to mentor and develop team members effectively.

  • Comfortable operating in a smaller, fast-paced business while providing strategic leadership.

  • Excellent communication skills, confident providing professional guidance and advice.

  • Organised, process-driven, and able to manage multiple projects concurrently.

  • Formal marketing qualification preferred (e.g., CIM).

  • Ability to travel internationally if required, with a valid UK driving license.
Working Pattern and Benefits

  • Part-time role: 25-30 hours per week, flexible across multiple days.

  • Option to work from home one day per week.

  • Flexible remuneration package, allowing allocation between salary, pension, private healthcare, and optional benefits such as life cover - I can explain the full package when we speak.


This is a rare opportunity for a senior marketing professional to lead and shape marketing in a specialist, science-driven business on a part-time basis, making a direct impact on growth and strategy.

The One Group Saffron Walden