Benefact Group

Senior Content Manager

Benefact Group
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeGloucester • United KingdomSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in content strategy, editorial leadership, and thought leadership development, with a strong focus on audience engagement and brand alignment. Proven ability to manage relationships with senior leaders and industry stakeholders while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

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Content Strategy DevelopmentThought Leadership CreationStakeholder ManagementEditorial Standards LeadershipPerformance Data Analysis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, subject matter experts, media, industry associations, and Group PR teams
  • Lead UKGI's content, editorial, publishing, and thought leadership programme
  • Develop audience-led content supporting brand, reputation, engagement, and commercial objectives
  • Identify topical themes, stories, and opportunities
  • Translate expertise into authoritative thought leadership, commentary, and content across relevant channels
  • Lead editorial standards and quality, ensuring content is engaging, accessible, compliant, and aligned to brand guidelines and tone of voice
  • Plan, reuse, repurpose, and distribute content across paid, earned, shared, and owned channels
  • Use performance insights and data to evaluate content effectiveness and drive continuous improvement
  • Provide leadership and guidance across UKGI's content capability
  • Develop editorial best practice and support colleagues' growth
  • Manage external content, editorial, and PR suppliers as required
  • Ensure content complies with governance, approval processes, and regulatory requirements

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant experience in senior content, editorial, thought leadership, or marketing communications roles
  • Ideally experience within financial services, insurance, or another regulated sector
  • Proven experience building organisational profile, authority, and reputation through thought leadership, editorial programmes, media engagement, and industry partnerships
  • Strong experience working with senior leaders and subject matter experts
  • Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and content strategy skills
  • Ability to translate complex subjects into engaging, audience-led communications across multiple formats and channels
  • Experience developing and maintaining relationships with media, trade publications, professional bodies, and industry associations
  • Ability to identify emerging trends, topical issues, and story opportunities
  • Strong understanding of brand tone of voice, editorial standards, digital content, SEO/GEO, and content performance measurement
  • Strong stakeholder management, influencing, prioritisation, and organisational skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands
  • Experience providing leadership, coaching, or professional guidance to content specialists
  • Experience using insight and performance data to drive continuous improvement
  • Relevant marketing, communications, journalism or content qualification is a differentiator

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Hybrid working
  • Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  • Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 7.5% and 30%
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Holiday buy and sell scheme
  • Private healthcare
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  • At least one volunteering day per year
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Full study support to gain professional qualifications
  • Access to virtual GP
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

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Hard Skills
WritingEditingStorytellingContent StrategySEO/GEOContent Performance MeasurementAudience EngagementEditorial Best PracticesContent ComplianceDigital Content Development
Soft Skills
Relationship BuildingInfluencingPrioritisationOrganisational SkillsCoaching
Certifications & Qualifications
Marketing QualificationCommunications QualificationJournalism QualificationContent Qualification
Industry Keywords
Financial ServicesInsuranceRegulated SectorMedia EngagementIndustry Partnerships