Head of marketing jobs · Vacancies · Permanent first

Head of marketing jobs · permanent, interim and fractional

Head of marketing jobs are senior roles that lead a company’s marketing team and plan, usually reporting to the CEO, a marketing director or a CMO. The board below lists the head of marketing roles on our board, permanent roles first where the posting says full-time, with marketing director roles beside them.

We recruit permanent, interim, fractional and part-time marketing leaders. On every brief we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.

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How a brief runswhat we undertake

01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief

Shortlist3–5

3–5

Shortlist · with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 set out

£66,250

Head of marketing salary, median · 50th percentile, full-time

Robert Half, 2026

£79,500

Marketing director salary, median · 50th percentile, full-time

Robert Half, 2026

£400–£800

Interim head of marketing · a day, growth stage

Exec Capital

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Full-time · permanent as posted · last 3 months

Permanent Head of marketing jobs

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Full-time Head of marketing roles, posted by the employer as full-time and listed as the posting states them. We recruit permanent Head of marketings as well as fractional and interim. Marketing director recruitment.

Current head of marketing and marketing director roles

Fractional recruitment works differently from a permanent search — shorter, scoped by days a week, and priced on the engagement. Send a head of marketing brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five vetted candidates.

01/ the role

Head of marketing jobs: the seat and what the board lists

A head of marketing runs the marketing plan and the people who deliver it: positioning, campaigns, content, digital channels, events and the budget, with the numbers that show what worked. In a smaller company the head of marketing is the most senior marketer and reports to the CEO or founder. In a larger one the seat sits below a marketing director or CMO and runs a team or a product line.

The board below lists head of marketing roles, with marketing director roles beside them, because employers advertise overlapping seats under both titles. Where a posting says full-time we list it as permanent and show those first; interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels. When there are few, the board widens to marketing leadership roles and says so.

Looking for part-week work instead? Fractional head of marketing jobs are listed on their own page, and so are part-time marketing director jobs.

02/ scope

How to get a head of marketing job

1. Run a plan, not only a channel

Most heads of marketing get there from a marketing manager seat. The National Careers Service describes the marketing manager as the person who plans how to promote products, services or brands and oversees all marketing activity, and names progression from marketing executive. The step up is owning the whole plan and budget, not one channel: show a plan you wrote, what it cost and what it returned.

2. Take the professional route

CIM’s qualifications run from the Foundation Certificate to the Diploma in Professional & Digital Marketing, which CIM aims at marketers stepping into a marketing manager role and senior progression. Chartered Marketer status follows graded membership, two consecutive years of CPD and an online assessment. The Marketing Society is a membership body for senior marketers; in England it looks for people in senior roles with five or more years of experience.

3. Know the advertising and data rules

A head of marketing signs off what the company says in public. Know the CAP Code enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority, the ICO’s direct marketing and PECR guidance for email, text and calls, and the CMA’s Green Claims Code if the product makes environmental claims. Interviewers ask.

03/ comparison

Head of marketing vs marketing director vs CMO

Three marketing seats that overlap. Read the scope and the reporting line, not the title. Medians are Robert Half’s 2026 full-time figures.

Head of marketingMarketing directorCMO

Usually ownsThe marketing plan, team and budgetMarketing strategy and the function, often with a board or executive voiceMarketing across the business, at executive committee level

Usually reports toThe CEO, a marketing director or a CMOThe CEO or managing directorThe CEO

Full-time median, 2026£66,250£79,500£147,000

04/ vetting

How we vet heads of marketing

What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.

01
Qualification screen
Verify head of marketing tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING
02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING
03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY
04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5

05/ vacancies

Head of marketing vacancies: how they are titled and what to check

Head of marketing vacancies appear under several titles. Search for marketing lead, head of growth, head of brand and VP marketing as well, and read the scope: a "head of growth" role may be mostly paid acquisition, and a "VP marketing" in a US-owned business is often the head of marketing seat under another name. For the growth-led seat, see fractional head of growth jobs.

Before you accept a permanent offer, check the reporting line, the budget you will hold and the size of the team. Your employer must give you a written statement of employment particulars on your first day, including job title or a description of the work, pay, hours and holiday.

06/ permanent jobs

Permanent head of marketing jobs: what the seat pays

Robert Half’s 2026 salary guide puts a full-time head of marketing at £55,250 at the 25th percentile, £66,250 at the median and £73,500 at the 75th. Its median for a marketing director is £79,500 and for a CMO £147,000. These are base salaries; bonus and benefits vary by employer.

For the full table and the day rates, see head of marketing salary. For the seat above, see marketing director salary.

07/ jobs by type

Head of marketing jobs by type

Fractional. A head of marketing for part of the week, often in a scale-up before it can carry a full-time leader. See fractional head of marketing jobs, or hire a head of marketing for part of the week.

Pay. Percentiles, averages and day rates: head of marketing salary, and the head of marketing day rate.

Interim. We have no separate interim head of marketing page; the nearest is interim marketing director jobs. Exec Capital publishes £400–£800 a day for an interim head of marketing at growth stage.

Part-time. Part-time marketing director jobs cover the part-time head of marketing seat too.

The next step up. What a marketing director does, and marketing director recruitment for employers hiring the seat above.

08/ questions

Head of marketing jobs FAQ

The questions people ask before bringing in a head of marketing.

Senior roles that lead a company’s marketing team, plan and budget, reporting to the CEO in a smaller business or to a marketing director or CMO in a larger one.

Robert Half’s 2026 guide puts a full-time head of marketing at £55,250 to £73,500 (25th to 75th percentile), median £66,250. See head of marketing salary for the full table.

Move from a marketing manager seat to owning the whole plan and budget, and show what it returned. CIM’s qualifications and Chartered Marketer status are the professional route, and know the CAP Code and the ICO’s direct marketing rules before interview.

Head of marketing, marketing lead, head of growth, head of brand and VP marketing all describe overlapping seats. Read the scope and the reporting line, not the title.

Yes, where the employer’s posting says full-time; those are listed as permanent and shown first. Interim and fractional roles follow under their own labels, and marketing director roles sit beside them.

A head of marketing runs the plan, team and budget. A marketing director owns marketing strategy and the function and usually has an executive voice. In a smaller company one person may hold both. See what a marketing director does.

Exec Capital publishes £400–£800 a day for an interim head of marketing at growth stage. We set out each candidate’s day rate on the shortlist. See the head of marketing day rate.

Brief us on the scope, who the seat reports to and whether it is permanent, interim or fractional. We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.

It depends on how the engagement runs in practice. Where the person works through their own company, a medium or large client decides the status; for a small client outside the public sector, the worker’s own company decides (HMRC). Our IR35 guide sets out the tests.

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