The client is seeking a Managing Director to lead a complex, multi-site UK & Ireland operation and report to the European leadership team. The role will define and execute the strategy, deliver sustainable growth, and build long-term enterprise value, balancing commercial ambition with operational excellence as customer needs, market dynamics, and business priorities evolve.
Leading an executive team and a workforce of more than 1,000 colleagues, the Managing Director will foster a high-performance, inclusive, and accountable culture. The position requires navigating complexity, inspiring confidence across multiple stakeholder groups, and translating strategic vision into operational execution at scale, while driving transformation, innovation, and sustained customer focus.
The ideal candidate is an accomplished senior executive, such as a Managing Director, CEO, divisional president, or business unit leader, with experience guiding sizeable, customer-centric organizations through growth, transformation, and increasing complexity. They are likely to have operated within large-scale B2B services or similar customer-facing environments, with a track record of delivering commercial growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation, including meaningful P&L responsibility and leadership of large, geographically dispersed workforces.