(Senior) Marketing & Communications Manager, UK

Change.org is looking for a (Senior) Marketing & Communications Manager to lead our organisation and team in the UK as Market Lead and be the public face of Change.org in the country. Your job is to make the country notice. You will create big, viral campaigns, online and offline, that put the everyday people who start petitions on Change.org at the centre of the national conversation. You will lead a small, high-performing team, open doors through deep networks across UK politics, civil society, civic tech, newsrooms, broadcasters, and use AI to move faster than anyone else in the news cycle. We'd welcome ambitious and entrepreneurial Communications Manager level candidates with leadership presence, who are ready to step up into a team leadership role. Change.org is the world's largest petition platform, used by more than 100 million people every year to take part in civic life and democracy. At a time when dissatisfaction with democracy is at an all-time high, we are investing heavily in AI to build the most powerful tools in the world to give people a voice, while bringing people across the political spectrum together around shared solutions. What you will achieve Create awareness spikes . Regularly turn petitions from Change.org petition starters into national moments that people talk about, through viral campaigns that combine top-tier media, social media, video, creators and offline actions such as stunts, petition handovers and public events. Turn those moments into measurable growth for Change.org in the UK, such as new petition starters, signers and supporters. At a Senior Manager level, own the UK team's goals and report on how campaigns contribute to Change.org 's wider growth targets. Put petition starters in the spotlight. Find the strongest stories and the most credible, unexpected voices, and give them the visibility they need to win. Coach them on strategy, find the route to victory, and help them build the pressure that gets decision makers to act. Earn trust across the political spectrum . Make sure Change.org campaigns speak to people across the democratic political spectrum, and protect the trust in our brand as the team moves fast with AI. At a Senior Manager level, build balance checks, transparent reporting and training into how the team works, so every campaign protects our trusted, non-partisan brand. Mobilise your network . Use and grow high-trust relationships with senior editors, producers, journalists, politicians, decision makers, civil society, civic tech and creators to secure top-tier coverage and move decision makers. Show up in person at the events, meetings and petition deliveries where those relationships are built, many of them in London and Westminster. Be our voice. Act as Change.org 's external spokesperson in the UK on TV, radio, in print and on stage, representing a trusted, open platform for people across the democratic political spectrum, including in sensitive and crisis situations. Lead a high-performing team. Set clear goals, coach and develop people, give direct feedback, and build a culture of speed, ambition and ownership where people feel supported, trusted and able to do their best work, alongside a pace that matches the news cycle. Work closely with product, data and colleagues in other markets, and contribute to global campaigns and projects. At a Senior Manager level, set team objectives, coach and develop each person on the team, and lead or shape at least one cross-functional or global project that moves a wider business goal. Lead with AI, shape the product. Build AI and agentic workflows into how the team spots stories, plans campaigns, pitches media and reports results, so the team works faster and smarter. Work closely with Change.org ’s product team as the voice of UK user groups. Test new tools and features early, feed back what works and what doesn’t, and turn launches into moments in the UK, showing petition starters how new features can help