Senior Marketing Planning Manager

Senior Marketing Planning Manager
Fixed Term Contract - 6 months 
Full time (34.5 hours)
Hybrid - Split between home and our London Office 
Salary - £55,000 - £61,000   – benefits and recognition 

About us 
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About the role 

As our Senior  Marketing Planning Manager you will be responsible for proposing improvements to, and delivering our annual Marketing and Communications Planning. Working closely with the different Marketing and Comms teams across the Engagement directorate 

Part of a Strategic Engagement planning department you’ll lead projects and areas of work to ensure marketing and engagement activities across Macmillan are sequenced, integrated and prioritised to achieve our objectives. You’ll ensure decisions are informed by insight, and the outputs of those decisions are evaluated and optimised to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness.  

Here's what you will be getting up to: 

• Lead integrated marketing and comms projects, working in collaboration with colleagues across Macmillan 

• Lead an internal squad to develop and implement improvements to annual planning 

• Build strong, collaborative relationships across teams and departments to deliver excellent, shared Marketing and Communications planning 

• Work with other Senior Managers in the team to ensure we have the right data and insight to measure impact and drive continual improvement in our work 

• Line manage the Engagement Planning Manager 

About you: 

We are looking for someone who has: 

• Significant experience applying complex research findings and data to actionable insights 

• Significant experience of people and team management  

• Experience working with a range of colleagues and stakeholders, with different needs and priorities  

• Significant understanding of the full marketing mix across multiple channels and paid, owned and earned, and how to manage a complex portfolio of marketing and communications 

• Managed a multi-million pound marketing budget with an external agency   

• Significant experience of working as a strategic partner to support excellent decision making that considers impact on the full range of stakeholders 

Recruitment Process 
Application deadline: May 1st 2026 at 23:59
First interview dates: TBC

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. 

We are an organisation that is committed to setting candidates up for success, so we can support you to be at your best during the application or selection process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice, or a conversation on reasonable adjustments.  

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.