RELX

Director, Solution Marketing

RELX

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Collaborate closely with executive leadership, product management, sales, and cross-functional marketing teams to define strategic goals, translate them into actionable marketing plans, and measure success.
  • Build the market model and segmentation for academic Life Sciences; define ICPs and personas (e.g., PIs, lab managers, research IT, librarians, procurement).
  • Translate key research workflows and jobs‑to‑be‑done into prioritized use cases and solution narratives.
  • Serve as the expert on industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive developments to maintain a strategic advantage in the academic and research markets.
  • Influence product roadmaps with evidence from customer research, usage data, and deal feedback.
  • Own the message house and proof points for Life Sciences, creating differentiated value propositions for researchers and librarians.
  • Recommend packaging and pricing constructs aligned to customer needs and buying practices.
  • Lead Tiered launch planning (objectives, audiences, channels, timeline, readiness gates).

Requirements

  • 10+ years in B2B product/solution marketing or adjacent roles required.
  • Preference for Life Sciences or Chemistry knowledge.
  • Exceptional positioning and storytelling skills, with proven ability to translate technical/scientific concepts into clear outcomes for academic stakeholders.
  • Extensive experience in senior marketing leadership roles, with a track record of developing and executing successful marketing strategies.
  • Strong strategic thinking, leadership, and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross‑functional GTM in a highly matrixed environment (influencing Product, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and partners without direct authority).
  • Proficient with market segmentation, pricing/packaging, launch planning, and pipeline analytics.
Benefits
  • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
  • Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
  • Wellbeing programs
  • Life assurance
  • Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Long service awards
  • Save As You Earn share option scheme
  • Travel
  • Season ticket loan
  • Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
  • Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
  • RE CARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
  • Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
  • Access to extensive learning and development resources
  • Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
B2B product marketingsolution marketingmarket segmentationpricing strategylaunch planningpipeline analyticsstorytellingstrategic marketingcustomer researchuse case development
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingleadershipdecision-makingverbal communicationwritten communicationnegotiationstakeholder managementcollaborationinfluencingcross-functional leadership