The CSGO sits on the CDP Board. The role has three main priorities: Strategy – stewarding implementation across CDP and managing its on-going evolution Growth and Innovation - selecting, incubating and growing emerging markets Marketing – ensuring CDP leverages marketing and market insight to strengthen its position To help accomplish their goals CSGO will have two direct reports - Head of Emerging Markets, and Head of Marketing and Strategy Transformation. Success Measures (What “Good” Looks Like) Clear, differentiated company strategy understood across the organization. Tangible revenue and growth impact from new market/business ventures. Improved market positioning and credibility with target customers and key stakeholders. Strong alignment between client needs, delivery capability, and commercial outcomes. Job Duties and Responsibilities Corporate Strategy & Transformation Define, own, and evolve CDP’s company-level strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term growth ambitions and market realities. Identify and evaluate threats and opportunities posed by emerging technology and industry trends and instigate necessary changes to our strategic direction and/or product/service offer. Challenge internal assumptions and provoke our market teams to innovate and evolve offerings. Translate foresight into actionable strategic opportunities. Ensure CDP remains ahead of shifts in client demand, technology adoption, and competitive dynamics. Lead change initiatives, translating strategic intent into operational and organizational transformation. Partner with the CEO and Board to define priorities, investment focus, and capability evolution. Ensuring strategy is commercially grounded, executable, and measurable. Sector Expansion & Opportunity Identification Identify and evaluate new sectors and markets aligned with CDP’s capabilities and growth ambitions. Lead strategic assessment of sector entry, including market attractiveness, capability fit, and commercial potential. Support investment and capability-building decisions linked to sector expansion. Direct the strategy and trajectory of growth selected emerging market segments and steward their on-going development Build and manage senior-level strategic partnerships with external organizations (e.g. AWS, Microsoft, and other technology or ecosystem partners) – to extend our service offering, accelerate market access, credibility, and delivery capability and to open up new markets and clients. Own the strategic direction, governance, and commercialization of CDP’s knowhow, and capabilities. Marketing & Corporate Positioning Own the marketing function, ensuring it supports strategic positioning, growth priorities, and builds market credibility. Lead the adoption of marketing tools and methods to advance CDP’s positioning Champion and facilitate their use to drive growth across our core and emerging market sectors. Ensure consistent, compelling articulation of CDP’s value proposition across all channels. Represent CDP externally at conferences, industry events, client forums, and executive-level meetings. Enable CDP teams to clearly articulate why CDP is uniquely positioned to solve client challenges, based on its knowledge, capabilities, and delivery excellence. About You Skills and Attributes Deep commercial acumen; understands how ideas become revenue. Credible thought leader with the ability to influence senior clients and industry audiences. Able to operate across vision, strategy, and execution. Comfortable leading ambiguity and driving organizational change. Strong communicator who can translate complex capability into compelling client narratives. Pragmatic, outcome-focused, and delivery-oriented. Experience and Education Senior executive experience in strategy, growth, commercial leadership, or innovation roles. Proven track record of monetizing strategy new capabilities, and/or IP. Experience of operating at board or executive committee level. Strong background in client-facing, market-led organizations (e.g. consulting, design, technology, innovation, engineering). Experience forming and managing strategic partnerships with global technology or ecosystem players. About Us Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is an end-to-end innovation partner, propelling global brands and ambitious start-ups to success. We build breakthrough products and services – from insight to ideas, prototypes to production – bringing innovation to life. Our teams are multi-disciplinary, uniting scientific rigor, design ingenuity, and engineering excellence for consumer and healthcare clients. People-centred, deeply collaborative, and – above all – expert, we’re uniquely positioned to shape the future for consumers, patients, and industry. Even our ownership model is innovative: We’re 100% owned by our employees, ensuring an open culture and a total commitment to our projects’ success. As part of our benefits package, we offer: flexible working a discretionary bonus excellent learning and development opportunities a 12% non-contributory pension private healthcare electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme share incentive plan 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays