About Us

The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future. But for our people, the FT offers so much more than what we do. FT people come from all kinds of backgrounds and work across a huge range of disciplines and locations, and find an empowering, warm and welcoming culture that values curiosity and rewards smart, ambitious thinking. Those who are willing to unite around our mission and live our values will find plenty to challenge, inspire and interest them. Like the audiences we serve, no two FT people are the same; but together we help our audience be better informed and understand the world around them. It’s a job that’s never mattered more, and a career that can take you anywhere you want to go.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the FT, we aim for employees across all regions to have a voice so that diverse perspectives are heard and valued. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. We’ll continue to remove barriers for all, and in particular barriers facing employees from underrepresented groups.

The Role / Position Overview

To enhance the skills, knowledge and capabilities of our revenue-generating functions and teams. To help commercial business leaders plan for the future workforce and improve all areas of the employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• You will do this through co-creating a commercial development strategy by understanding the context, the market, the customers, the products, and the competition extremely well. 

• When the strategy is agreed by your key stakeholders, you will devise and execute a winning plan, an innovative blended approach to delivery, and be a master at collaborating to ensure successful outcomes. 

• To execute the plan, you will clearly define the target, the "what" and manage the delivery of the "what." 

• You will make sure real progress is made every month and have a pipeline of actions planned at least three months in advance. 

• You are disciplined and will report monthly to your stakeholders about the performance, issues, and opportunities of your area of responsibility. 

• You will take pride in high quality learning solutions and demonstrate the direct impact and delivery of successful outcomes; both strategic and tactical. 

• We expect that you will want to work with hiring managers and our Talent Acquisition team to enhance employee recruitment and onboarding approaches. 

• You enjoy designing and delivering learning interventions, particularly commercial skills training and being innovative and creative in your approach. 

• To help you do this, you will work on your professional development and credibility as well as keeping up to date with the latest skills and techniques in commercial development and digital media. 

• You will act as an investigator that uses data to determine how department performance can improve, and you will validate your analysis by talking to employees, suppliers, customers and competitors. 

• With this data and intel, you will problem-solve and get solutions to delivery so that you add as much value as possible to our commercial teams and can demonstrate impact to the business. We will see this impact in our culture and on the bottom line. 

Required Skills / Experience 

• Knowledge of core commercial skills, latest technologies and blended learning.

• You will be adept at leading and bringing people with you and will be able to draw on a number of development strategies that benefit a digitally focussed commercial team at all levels.

• Your experience, passion and enthusiasm will help you to build relationships across the commercial teams, with HR Business Partners and you will work well within the wider Learning and Talent team where this role sits. 

• You may have worked in a commercial role in your career or you may have extensive experience in a people development role within a commercial function/industry. 

• We would love you to have tools and techniques you are confident to use with individuals and teams, such as psychometrics and facilitation methodologies. 

• Any formal education in training and design would be a plus but most important to us is having a vision for this role and how you would deliver. 

• Being able to deliver training online is a must. We currently use Google Meet but as long as you have an understanding of how to get the best out of training virtually, we can bring you up to speed on the platform. 

• A stand out value we look for in our colleagues is a growth mindset. We’d love to talk to you and discuss all that you would like to bring to the role. 

Application closing date: 17th May 2024 (Friday), 12pm

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities.  Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT are committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.

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