Portfolio Growth Officer

As this ecosystem continues to evolve, we are seeking a commercially driven Portfolio Growth Officer to help strengthen performance, unlock growth opportunities, and create greater alignment across the portfolio. This is a rare opportunity to work directly alongside an experienced entrepreneur, influencing multiple businesses while helping shape the long-term success of an ambitious and evolving ecosystem. The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Portfolio Growth Officer to provide independent commercial insight, identify growth opportunities, and strengthen capability across a diverse portfolio of businesses. You will develop a deep understanding of each company, challenge assumptions, assess commercial performance, and ensure leadership teams have the people, systems, and strategies required to deliver sustainable growth. This is a highly strategic role that combines commercial analysis, talent assessment, operational insight, and trusted advisory support. Key Responsibilities Portfolio Intelligence Build a deep understanding of each business, including its commercial model, market positioning, customer journey, and growth drivers Develop meaningful visibility across the portfolio to identify opportunities, trends, and emerging challenges Evaluate performance indicators to support informed decision-making Commercial Performance Assess growth performance across the portfolio and identify the underlying drivers of success or underperformance Challenge assumptions and provide objective recommendations based on evidence and commercial insight Support leaders in developing clear actions to improve results and accelerate growth Growth Capability Evaluate marketing, sales, and commercial functions to identify capability gaps and opportunities for improvement Assess leadership strength and determine where additional expertise or resources may be required Help ensure each business has the foundations in place for sustainable growth Talent & Leadership Support the identification, recruitment, and development of exceptional commercial talent across the portfolio Contribute to building stronger leadership capability within the ecosystem Help ensure the right people are in place to achieve long-term objectives Strategic Projects Contribute to high-impact initiatives including AI, acquisitions, automation, analytics, and new ventures Support cross-functional projects that strengthen performance and create additional value across the portfolio Founder Advisory Act as a trusted strategic adviser, providing constructive challenge, objective analysis, and clear recommendations Support leadership discussions through evidence-based insight and commercial perspective Encourage accountability while empowering leaders to retain ownership of execution What Success Looks Like Every company has meaningful commercial visibility and clear growth metrics Opportunities and risks are identified early, enabling proactive decision-making Capability gaps are understood with action plans in place Exceptional talent is identified, recruited, and developed where needed Best practices, systems, and successful initiatives are shared across the portfolio Leadership discussions are driven by evidence, accountability, and measurable outcomes John has a trusted adviser capable of seeing the wider ecosystem while supporting leaders to deliver exceptional execution Skills & Experience Proven experience growing businesses and improving commercial performance Strong strategic thinking combined with operational credibility Experience assessing marketing, sales, and commercial functions Ability to identify capability gaps and make informed recommendations Comfortable influencing senior leaders and challenging assumptions constructively Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills Demonstrated ability to balance strategic oversight with practical execution Entrepreneurial mindset with the confidence to operate across multiple businesses and industries This Role Is Not A traditional marketing leadership position A role focused on managing day-to-day campaigns A position designed to sit above existing executive teams A reporting role centred on dashboards rather than decisions and outcomes • Proven experience growing businesses and improving commercial performance • Strong strategic thinking combined with operational credibility • Experience assessing marketing, sales, and commercial functions • Ability to identify capability gaps and make informed recommendations • Comfortable influencing senior leaders and challenging assumptions constructively • Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills • Demonstrated ability to balance strategic oversight with practical execution • Entrepreneurial mindset with the confidence to operate across multiple businesses and industries