Senior Content Strategy Manager

Senior Content Strategy Manager

£56,000 - £61,000 plus benefits

Reports to: Content Delivery Lead (job share)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London Stratford (Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Closing date: 16 July 2026

Interview Dates: First round –  week commencing 27 July 2026; Second round –  week commencing 3 August 2026

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

Join us to shape the next generation of content experiences at Cancer Research UK. As Senior Content Strategy Manager, you'll lead a talented team and drive the strategies, standards and innovations that help millions of people access trusted cancer information. Working across design, SEO, UX and technology, you'll champion user-centred content, build organisational capability and unlock opportunities in AI, personalisation and structured content. Your leadership will help embed content design as a key discipline and drive more effective, accessible and impactful digital experiences.

What will I be doing?

• Lead, develop and inspire a team of content designers, building capability and supporting individual growth

• Define and deliver an audience-led content strategy aligned to organisational priorities and user needs

• Shape and evolve CRUK’s content model, enabling scalable, reusable and personalised content across channels

• Establish and embed content standards, governance and best practice across the organisation

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (UX, SEO, technology) to deliver high-quality, user-centred digital experiences

• Use data, insight and experimentation—including emerging technologies like AI—to continuously improve content performance

What are we looking for?

• Strong experience leading content design or content strategy teams, with a focus on development and capability building

• Proven ability to deliver content strategy at scale, grounded in user needs, insight and performance data

• Deep understanding of content design as a discipline Experience working with headless CMS platforms (we use Contentful) and structured content models

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and work effectively across multidisciplinary digital teams

• Experience applying data, experimentation or AI to improve digital content and user experience

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

Please note that applications can’t be edited once submitted.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.