Oxford Policy Management

Director

• Working closely with the Director of Strategy and Growth to develop and implement European sales and business development strategies that align with overall business objectives.
• Developing strong and effective working relationships with Practice Leads, Senior Technical Leads, and Country Directors to achieve shared strategic goals.
• Designing and implementing our business development strategy, as relates to European funders.
• Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the European office; providing regular and ad-hoc reports to the Director of Strategy and Growth and the wider Senior Management Team (SMT) on the progress of strategic initiatives and performance against targets.
• Embedding a systematic understanding of European client priorities throughout business development strategy.
• Cultivating and building networks with client targets, furthering OPM Europe’s standing as a supplier of choice.
• Leading major bidding activities.
• Applying and improving industry best practices in business development and bidding, including standardised processes, gates, and tools.
• Taking responsibility for the priority pipeline of opportunities, driving strategic bid decision-making, and managing overall business development processes, in line with the OPM Europe strategy and budget.
• Sustaining market intelligence and insights by collating information on European industry trends, innovations, relationships, and partnerships, and preparing regular and ad-hoc reports.
• Establishing and nurturing strategic partnerships to drive long-term business growth.
• Acting as OPM’s primary external representative with European clients and partners.
• Implementing corporate pricing strategies and managing contract negotiations to optimize profitability and ensure that commercial agreements align with the company's long-term objectives.
• Ensuring OPM Europe remains compliant with all relevant laws, regulations, and the company's statutes; monitoring compliance on an ongoing basis.
• Acting as the company’s legal representative and Managing Director ( (Geschäftsführung) for the Berlin office, including as signatory authority for the office and through management of commercial register filings.
• Supervising risk identification, mitigation and management for all in-country and client operations, including as regards tax and legal compliance.
• Ensuring the office is run in a cost efficient and sustainable manner; strengthening financial sustainability of the office through effective budget administration.
• Providing oversight with regards to human resource management and ensuring that we meet our duty of care towards OPM Europe employees and external partners.
• Leading and mentoring the business development team to achieve revenue targets, foster client relationships, and support broader management objectives.
• Providing effective stewardship to colleagues based in Berlin, who report to other offices.
• Creating an equitable, effective, and enjoyable working environment.
• Disseminating OPM Europe’s achievements at client meetings and key conferences.
• Working closely with the Marketing and Communications team to maintain a proactive presence on social media and co-developing social media marketing campaigns targeting European clients.
• Ensuring that all bids submitted to clients are compelling, visually appealing, and well-written, while recognizing that each bid—whether won or lost—represents OPM's brand.

Country Director, OPM Europe

Chief Marketing Officer

• Develop and implement the global communications strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, reputational goals, and thought leadership positioning.
• Advise leadership on key narratives, messaging, and engagement opportunities.
• Leverage data-driven insights to inform the design of organisational business development strategy, regularly reporting to the Board and Senior Leadership on significant market developments and audience engagement.
• Lead editorial strategy and high-impact content initiatives, ensuring OPM is recognised as an expert voice.
• Oversee and approve major publications, campaigns, and multi-format content, providing guidance on innovative formats and strategic messaging.
• Lead proactive media relations management; directly support opportunities for external engagement that positions OPM’s thought leadership with a broad range of audiences.
• Build and maintain strategic media relationships and partnerships.
• Pitch high-value media opportunities and advise senior leaders on media engagement and spokesperson activities.
• Act as guardian of OPM’s brand, voice, and identity across all communications.
• Ensure consistency and quality of messaging and advise teams on best practice.
• Develop and guide OPM’s digital presence, ensuring our company website and engagement across social media platforms delivers maximum impact and engagement.
• Lead and directly support the management of critical incident and crisis communications.
• Manage communications and marketing budget, ensuring spend on suppliers, marketing tools, and other resources delivers maximum impact.
• Lead and develop a communications and marketing team spanning multiple locations, providing coaching, mentoring, and professional development to enhance capabilities and ensure high performance.
• Work in partnership with business development functions to cultivate opportunities to strengthen relationships with funders, foundations, impact investors, partners, and other strategic stakeholders through communications initiatives, events, and relationship-building activities.
• Ensure value-for-money and effective allocation of internal and external resources.

Head of Marketing and Communications

Project Manager

• Provide administrative support across all stages of the project lifecycle
• Assist in project planning, scheduling, and document control
• Maintain accurate project records, including file structures, systems data, and archives
• Support project start-up and closedown in line with OPM policies
• Assist with logistical arrangements such as travel, accommodation, visas, and events, considering security requirements
• Support baseline change requests as required
• Assist in updating risk registers, tracking mitigation actions, and closing resolved issues
• Provide information for audits and project reviews
• Support the review and approval of supplier, sub-contractor, and client contracts
• Provide data for reports, analysis, and project monitoring
• Ensure compliance with project processes and highlight any issues
• Support project gates, boards, and review meetings as needed
• Assist with financial data collection for forecasting
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable to process project purchases and costs in line with policies and client requirements
• Communicate effectively with project teams, partners, suppliers, clients, and stakeholders
• Assist with the negotiation, drafting, and monitoring of contracts
• Support the Project Manager with operational queries and supplier guidance

Project Administrator

• The Project Manager is responsible for managing single complex large projects (C or C+) and/or a portfolio of medium risk Class B projects.
• The Project Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of the project across the lifecycle, from the Start-up and Contract Negotiations phase through to leading delivery and closedown.
• The Project Manager must ensure that projects are delivered to contract and budget, whilst meeting OPM’s professional standards/frameworks, client requirements, relevant industry regulations and ensuring effective governance.
• Leadership, Stakeholder and Communications Management
• Share knowledge, good practice and embed project rigor whilst supporting the importance of project delivery to OPM’s strategy and vision.
• Proactively engage with the Community of Practice within OPM to share learning, address emerging challenges and develop knowledge and experience.
• Manage all internal and external stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
• Create a collaborative working environment to deliver successful projects.
• Identify, address and resolve differences between individuals and/or interest groups.