Associate Director, Digital London UK Agency Team / Full-Time / Hybrid   Vested is seeking an Associate Director – Digital to join our growing UK team. This is a senior, hands-on role for a digital practitioner who can lead multi-channel programmes, shape strategy, and build trusted relationships with senior clients across financial services.  You will partner closely with the UK Managing Director for Creative & Digital, helping to grow our integrated digital offering and elevate the quality, performance, and innovation of our work. You’ll lead key accounts, guide teams, and contribute to new business while ensuring our digital programmes deliver measurable impact.   Role Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to) - Drives growth through high-quality delivery, client satisfaction and commercial performance, supporting strategic upsells and new business pitches - Ensures profitable delivery with strong scope management, forecasting and resource planning - Acts as a senior strategic partner, building relationships with senior stakeholders - Leads integrated digital strategy, translating complex FS propositions into results-driven programmes; facilitates workshops to define goals, audiences, journeys and channel strategies - Provides proactive counsel on digital, social, content, performance and emerging opportunities - Leads multi-channel programmes (social, paid media, content, SEO/AEO/SEM, email, web) with platform-native content across LinkedIn, Meta, X, YouTube, TikTok and emerging channels - Guides AI-assisted content creation, workflow optimisation and experimentation (A/B testing, CRO, audience refinement) - Ensures quality, accuracy and regulatory compliance - Manages and mentors digital specialists; line management as team grows - Provides clear briefs and direction to creative, design, content and performance colleagues; supports WIP management and cross-functional coordination - Builds digital knowledge across the business to identify client opportunities - Reviews analytics and reporting, applying modern measurement (attribution modelling, segmentation, journey analysis) to inform strategic direction - Develops dashboards and real-time MI to support client decision-making Ideal Candidate Requirements - Extensive experience working within a digital, social or integrated agency environment - Strong B2B and B2C background, ideally in financial services, fintech, tech, professional services or regulated industries - Proven track record leading multi-platform digital programmes with measurable impact - Deep expertise across social, paid media, content, SEO/AEO, SEM, email and web; strong understanding of audience journeys, funnel design and performance optimisation - Ability to simplify complexity, influence senior stakeholders and manage budgets, scopes and profitability - Core Tools/Technical Platforms:  - Google Ads, GA4, Looker Studio | LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, YouTube Ads | HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot, Salesforce or similar | SEMrush, SE Ranking, Ahrefs or similar | Sprout, Hootsuite | Figma, Canva, Adobe Suite (review-level) - Modern/Emerging: AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Jasper) | CRO tools (Hotjar, Optimizely, VWO) | Social listening (Brandwatch) - Channels: LinkedIn, Meta, X, YouTube (deep); TikTok, Reddit, emerging (desirable) £70,000 - £90,000 a year We offer an agile policy that allows employees to work where they’re most effective, attend appointments, or be closer to home when needed. Our working hours start at 8 am GMT, Monday through Friday.   Qualified candidates will not require sponsorship to work in the UK.

• Own end-to-end BD pipeline for DHA, MC&FP, Army IMCOM, MEDCOM, and warfighter family support agencies. Build the relationships, manage the pipeline, and identify the right opportunities before they become solicitations. • Identify, cultivate, and close teaming arrangements with mid and large prime contractors pursuing software modernization work in the military health and family benefits space. Prioritize partners who need modern HCD and AI-enabled delivery capability. • Activate Intuitial Six and Theta Six JV partnerships for 8(a) task order pursuit at DHA and DMDC. Work directly with JV partners to identify and close the first DoD task orders with Agile Six as named delivery sub. • Work directly with delivery leadership to ensure every teaming arrangement and pursuit is grounded in what we can actually execute. Our methodology is the differentiator. Protect it in how you structure deals. • Prioritize FFP subcontract arrangements that preserve team autonomy. This is our cultural non-negotiable and it is reflected directly in how we structure compensation. • Represent Agile Six at DHITS, HIMSS Federal, and other DoD health and military family program conferences. Be visible where DHA, DMDC, and MC&FP program managers go to learn and connect. • Serve as Agile Six's primary intelligence source on DHA and IMCOM procurement landscape, upcoming opportunities, and competitor positioning. Bring intelligence that shapes strategy, not reports that sit in a folder. • Represent Agile Six's applied AI capabilities credibly in program office and partner conversations. Use AI tools actively in your own BD practice including market research, pipeline analysis, and competitive intelligence. • Own and manage the DoD BD pipeline in Groundwork, our internal CRM, with the discipline and transparency we expect across the Market Development team.

• Develop and execute international strategies to engage with defense, intelligence, and security ministries to advance adoption of Veeam technologies and solutions. • Monitor and analyze global policy, regulatory, and security trends that impact technology use in national defense and security contexts; advise leadership on risks and opportunities. • Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior government officials, international defense organizations, and industry partners. • Partner closely with product, engineering, legal, compliance, and business development teams to align technical solutions with government security requirements and export control frameworks. • Identify and prioritize opportunities for company technologies in international defense and security markets, and support regional teams in execution. • Provide guidance on sensitive issues such as data sovereignty, cybersecurity, supply chain resilience, and export controls to ensure compliance and operational continuity. • Represent the company in high-level forums, conferences, and dialogues with governments and international security institutions.

• Shape the Practice: As the first dedicated SLED BD presence at Agile Six, you will have real influence over how we enter these markets, including positioning, capture approach, and teaming strategy for a market where our federal playbook won't translate directly. • Market Entry Strategy: Develop and execute a market entry strategy for SLED, identifying the highest-probability entry points given Agile Six's existing capabilities and past performance in digital services and applied AI. • Customer and Partner Development: Build relationships with state and local program offices, procurement officials, and channel partners that lead to real opportunity shaping. Identify teaming partners, resellers, and cooperative purchasing relationships that can accelerate market entry. • Delivery-Informed BD: Work directly with delivery leadership to ensure BD strategy is grounded in what we can actually execute. In a market where we are building presence from scratch, overpromising is the fastest way to undermine the practice before it starts. • Opportunity Vetting: Build and qualify a pipeline of SLED opportunities focused on digital modernization, health and human services technology, and grants management. Not every open door is worth walking through. • Market and Competitive Intelligence: Stay ahead of SLED procurement vehicles, cooperative purchasing agreements, state-specific IT contract structures, and competitive positioning. Bring intelligence that shapes how we enter and where we prioritize. • Proposal and Solution Support: Develop Agile Six's positioning and capability narrative for SLED audiences, translating federal past performance into language that resonates with state and local buyers. Support SOQs, capability statements, and executive briefings. • Pipeline Management: Own and manage the SLED BD pipeline with discipline and transparency using Groundwork, our internal CRM. • AI-Informed Market Positioning: Represent Agile Six's applied AI capabilities credibly in conversations with state and local government stakeholders. Use AI tools actively in your own BD practice including research, pipeline analysis, and competitive intelligence.