Head of Marketing Tech & Platform Strategy

Relx Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

RELX (Elsevier Marketing Excellence) seeks a Senior Manager, Marketing Platforms to own the strategic direction of the MarTech ecosystem and to drive measurable business value. You will partner with senior stakeholders to align platforms with business priorities, governance, and investment planning.

You will lead multi-year strategies, manage vendor relationships, budgets, and governance to ensure platforms integrate effectively and deliver ROI across marketing teams.

Qualifications

• Strategic leadership of marketing technology platforms.
• Experience with CDPs, CRM and engagement tools.
• Strong vendor negotiations and budget ownership.
• Excellent cross-functional stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own a multi-year Marketing Technology strategy.
• Partner with Technology to align MarTech roadmap with architecture, data and security standards.
• Horizon-scan the MarTech landscape for relevant tools and capabilities.
• Lead contract negotiations and renewals across the marketing platform portfolio.
• Own licence and seat management ensuring allocation matches usage and need.
• Manage vendor relationships at a strategic level and ensure value delivery.
• Partner with Technology to manage the overall MarTech budget including forecasting and cost optimisation.
• Act as the central connective point across Platform Product Managers to ensure integration.

Skills

Marketing technology platforms

Vendor negotiation

Budget ownership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategy development

Contract management

ROI demonstration

Job description

RELX (Elsevier Marketing Excellence) seeks a Senior Manager, Marketing Platforms to own the strategic direction of the MarTech ecosystem and to drive measurable business value. You will partner with senior stakeholders to align platforms with business priorities, governance, and investment planning.

You will lead multi-year strategies, manage vendor relationships, budgets, and governance to ensure platforms integrate effectively and deliver ROI across marketing teams.