New Job Opening: Campaign Lead in Cheltenham, UK

Job Description

Our client is a specialist technology company trusted by government, defence and critical infrastructure customers to keep the nation's most sensitive systems safe. They're now looking for a Campaign Lead to take ownership of their Cyber & Secure Communications domain and drive its next phase of growth.

Campaign Lead – Defence & National Security

Location: Hampshire or Gloucester

Salary - £85,000 - £100,000 + DV bonus

Clearance: eDV or MOD DV

This is a strategic leadership position at the intersection of technology, customer insight and commercial growth, where you'll set direction for a portfolio spanning secure end-user devices through to cyber test ranges, R&D, consultancy and rapid prototyping.

What you'll be doing

• Set and maintain a multi-year growth strategy for the domain, prioritising the customers, segments and opportunities that matter most, and acting as the final word on domain-level trade-offs and decisions.


• Build a deep, evidence-based understanding of customer missions and emerging threats, and become the go-to voice, internally and externally, on where this market is heading.


• Pull together a virtual team across sales, marketing, product, engineering and delivery. Align priorities, resolve conflicts, and turn many moving parts into one coherent, executable plan.


• Connect capability to customer need Work with product and engineering to shape integrated solutions, influence the technology roadmap, and identify where investment should go next.


• Drive market engagement Partner with marketing on positioning, go-to-market strategy and demand generation, then work with account teams to convert that into pipeline and won business.

What we're looking for

• Deep domain knowledge of cyber security and secure communications, including the operational challenges facing defence, government and national security customers


• A track record of leading cross-functional or virtual teams and delivering results through influence rather than direct authority


• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the judgement to make good calls on incomplete information


• Commercial acumen suited to long, complex sales cycles, including opportunity shaping and market development experience


• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and facilitation skills, with the ability to turn diverse input into a clear plan of action

Why apply

This is a rare opportunity to shape the strategic direction of a growing, high-impact capability area, with genuine influence over investment priorities, market positioning and go-to-market execution, in a business solving problems that matter for national security.

Interested in finding out more? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.