The Company

NorthMark Strategies is a leading investment firm, combining capital, innovation, and engineering to drive long-term value. From operating complex businesses to backing breakthrough technologies, our mission is to build enduring businesses. Our team combines intelligent risk-taking, operational excellence, exceptional talent, and world-class computing capacity to create shareholder value.

Our company offers a dynamic environment where individuals have the freedom to lead companies toward bold achievements by embracing innovation, leveraging technology, and fostering differentiated business strategies. Our values are Integrity, Ability, and Energy, and the company aims to hire individuals who possess those qualities.

At NorthMark Strategies, we believe the future isn’t something to hope for - it’s something to build. We don’t just invest, we create. Bringing together strategic insight and technical horsepower to deliver outcomes that endure.

The Position

The Director of Strategic Communications will lead the design and delivery of portfolio-wide communications, reputation management, and change strategies that enable NorthMark and its operating companies to navigate transformational initiatives with clarity, confidence, and stakeholder alignment.

Embedded within the Transformation Office, the Director will partner with executive leaders and cross-functional teams to shape narrative, foster adoption of strategic change, and protect and enhance stakeholder trust — ensuring communications amplify NorthMark’s mission of long-term value creation across its portfolio of companies

Responsibilities:

Strategic Communications & Narrative Architecture

• Lead development of clear, compelling communication strategies that articulate transformation goals, value, and impact across stakeholders.
• Craft executive-level and manager narratives that reinforce NorthMark’s mission of innovation, engineering the future, and building enduring value.
• Align messaging across diverse portfolio companies with consistent tone, purpose, and strategic intent.

Change Management & Adoption

• Translate complex transformation initiatives (e.g., operational shifts, technology integration, cultural change) into coherent change management communication plans.
• Drive change readiness through targeted plans, impact assessments, and feedback loops that anticipate barriers and accelerate adoption.
• Champion human-centered communication practices that support leaders and teams through transitions.

Reputation & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a strategic advisor on reputation positioning and risk mitigation during high-impact moments.
• Design and execute engagement strategies for internal and external stakeholders — including leadership teams, employees, partners, and external audiences when appropriate.
• Ensure proactive and reactive communication approaches are calibrated to preserve trust and credibility.

Content Leadership & Multi-Channel Execution

• Oversee creation of impactful content across platforms — from leadership messaging and briefings to digital assets, presentations, training, and toolkits.
• Ensure content reinforces strategic priorities, fosters clarity, and drives action across audiences.
• Partner with communications, HR, and business leaders to scale best practices and amplify key messages.

Portfolio Integration & Governance

• Collaborate across functions to ensure communications and change strategies are integrated with broader transformation efforts.
• Establish standards, playbooks, and measurement frameworks that support consistent excellence across portfolio companies.
• Monitor and evaluate communications effectiveness, iterating to maximize reach and impact.

Role Focus

• Enterprise-Wide Impact: Strengthen communication cohesion and narrative across multiple companies and strategic initiatives.
• Strategic & Advisory: Provide high-caliber counsel to senior leaders and transformation teams.
• Change-Driven: Translate complexity into clarity, encouraging adoption, alignment, and resilience.
• Reputation-Sensitive: Safeguard and create reputational advantage in dynamic contexts.

Requirements:

• Experience: 8+ years in strategic communications, change management, transformation, reputation management, or related leadership roles — preferably in complex, global, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven aptitude for advising senior leaders, shaping narrative, and influencing through communication.
• Operational Mindset: Comfortable partnering with cross-functional teams to translate strategy into execution.
• Content Excellence: Strong track record of developing high-impact communications and training materials across channels.
• Adaptive & Collaborative: Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments; fosters trust and alignment across diverse teams.

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Private medical and dental insurance through Bupa UK

• Extra Support: Access to a Health Cash Scheme for everyday healthcare needs

• Pension Scheme: A generous 9% non-contributory pension scheme

• Various wellbeing and lifestyle benefits: Such as gym memberships through Gymflex & Wellhub, discounts, backup care, fertility and family planning benefits and more

• Various Loan Schemes: Cycle to Work, Cycle Scheme, Technology Loans, Season Ticket Loans and more.

• Risk Benefits: Life Assurance & Income Protection

• Annual Leave & Holidays: 27 days of holiday plus all UK bank holidays.