Senior Marketing Planning & Projects Manager – 12m FTC

We’re looking for a Senior Marketing Planning & Projects Manager to join our Media & Planning Team at Betfair part of Flutter UK & Ireland on a 12month fixed-term contract.

Reporting to the Head of Media & Planning, this role operates as a senior individual contributor with one direct report. It is a highly influential position that is critical to ensuring the organisation is aligned, prioritised, and operating to a clear and consistent planning framework across regions.

The role is designed to remove friction, reduce duplication, and drive alignment in an environment where competing priorities and siloed teams risk compromising delivery and customer facing execution.

What you’ll be working on:

Lead the end-to-end marketing planning cycle, including quarterly planning and standalone go-to-market planning for major sporting events across multiple regions.
Design, implement, and continuously improve Marketing planning frameworks, governance models, and operating rhythms.
Facilitate structured planning processes that ensure alignment of priorities across Media, Brand, CRM, Studio, Commercial, Marketing Services teams, external agencies and departmental leadership.
Act as the central coordinator of planning inputs, ensuring clarity of priorities, dependencies, and timelines across all Marketing functions.
Drive consistent adoption and understanding of planning frameworks across the organisation, building long-term institutional clarity and discipline.
Support senior stakeholders (Heads of Department level) through facilitative leadership, ensuring alignment ahead of final decision-making.
Maintain high-quality planning documentation and tracking, primarily using Microsoft-based planning systems and structured quarterly cycles.
Identify and implement improvements to planning processes and governance (approximately 20% of the role), increasing efficiency, clarity, and predictability.

How you’ll play to win:

Strong experience operating across multi-stakeholder, multi-team environments
A proven ability to influence senior stakeholders (Heads of Department level) without direct authority
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge, align, and drive clarity across competing priorities
Experience working within structured planning cycles (quarterly planning, campaign calendars, or similar operating rhythms)
High proficiency in Excel-based planning and tracking systems

What's in it for you:

Flexible ways of working – home or office, it’s your choice!
£1,000 learning fund
Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed!)
Unlimited Holiday
Pension contribution scheme
Private healthcare
Access to thousands of Udemy courses
Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme
16 hours paid volunteering time per year

About Betfair:

Imagine a job that doesn’t feel like work at all.

At Betfair, we love what we do. Our people are passionate about their work and part of our culture is recognising and celebrating all our successes. Our Gameplan is simple: we play as a team, we play fair and we play to win.

Our business was born to create a fairer betting marketplace. Today, we’re the world's biggest online betting exchange, one of the top 75 most valuable brands in the UK, and part of Flutter.

As part of the UK & Ireland region of Flutter – Betfair is included in a collection of big-hitting entertainment brands such as Paddy Power, PokerStars, Sky Betting & Gaming and tombola.

Set your own odds and start a career with Betfair.

About Flutter

Flutter is the world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator, with a market leading position in the US and across the world. Our ambition is to change our industry for the better, making use of our significant scale and challenger mentality.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.

Senior Marketing Planning & Projects Manager - 12m FTC

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