Average Managing Director salary in City of London

Managing DirectorLocation: UK / Hybrid – 2/3 days in our London officeSalary: £170,000+ DoE per annum + Excellent BenefitsContract Type: Full Time, PermanentWhat We Can Offer You: 30 Days Annual Leave, Additional Holiday Purchase, Hybrid Working, Performance-Related Bonus, Life Assurance, Private Healthcare, Subsidised Gym Memberships, Cycle to Work Scheme, Discount Vouchers and Access to Wellbeing Resources.Why Do We Want YouThis is an opportunity to lead one of the most respected information businesses in the global insurance market.As Managing Director of Axco, part of Wilmington plc, you'll take full responsibility for the performance, strategy and growth of a business trusted by insurers, brokers and reinsurers around the world. With complete P&L accountability, you'll lead a team of recognised industry experts and help shape the next phase of Axco's success.We're looking for a commercially driven leader who can build on Axco's strong market position and identify new opportunities for growth. You'll strengthen customer relationships, drive product innovation, expand into new markets and ensure the business continues to deliver the high-quality insight our customers rely on.You'll work closely with teams across the business to create a culture where commercial ambition and specialist expertise go hand in hand. You'll inspire people, make confident decisions and ensure Axco continues to grow as a trusted, market-leading brand within Wilmington plc.If you're an experienced commercial leader who enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, and you're excited by the challenge of growing a respected specialist business, we'd love to hear from you!Please note: To complete your application, you will be redirected to Wilmington plc’s career site. At Wilmington plc, we celebrate individuality and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. As a Disability Confident employer, we shortlist all applicants who meet the essential role criteria and guarantee an interview for candidates with disabilities who meet these criteria. For reasonable adjustments or to apply under our interview guarantee scheme, please use the contact details provided once you have clicked “apply”! You will be responsible for: • Owning Axco’s global commercial performance and strategic direction, with full P&L accountability for revenue growth, profitability, forecasting, pricing, cost management, and sustainable expansion across international markets.• Delivering a balanced growth strategy across customer retention (c.95%+), new business acquisition, pricing optimisation, cross-sell/upsell, and expansion into new customer segments, geographies, and adjacent markets, including key growth markets such as the US.• Acting as executive sponsor for product management and innovation, driving a commercially robust product pipeline, product-led growth, and deeper customer engagement to strengthen Axco’s competitive position.• Leading global sales, marketing, and go-to-market execution, ensuring strong alignment across product, marketing, and commercial teams to drive new logo acquisition and maximise growth across the existing portfolio.• Overseeing the commercial success of Axco’s broader portfolio, including its conferences, awards, and market engagement initiatives.• Leading and developing a c.50-person organisation, providing direct leadership to senior functional heads while fostering a high-performance, commercially focused, and inclusive culture.• Partnering closely with Wilmington Group shared services and report to the Executive Committee, ensuring effective execution, governance, risk management, and compliance across the business.What’s the Best Thing About This RoleYou'll lead a business with a respected global brand, loyal customers, market-leading expertise and a team that genuinely cares about the quality of its work.The opportunity is here to take that strong foundation and accelerate growth. You'll have the freedom and backing to shape strategy, drive commercial performance, bring new products to market and identify new opportunities for expansion, all while leading a business that plays an important role in the global insurance industry.What’s the Most Challenging Thing About This RoleYou'll be taking a successful and highly regarded business to its next stage of growth.You'll need to balance short-term commercial results with longer-term transformation, increasing revenue and strengthening performance while preserving the expertise, credibility and customer trust that Axco has built over many years.To be successful in this role, you must have:• Significant years of insurance industry expertise.• Proven general management experience as a Managing Director, General Manager, or senior divisional leader with full commercial accountability.• Strong commercial acumen, including experience driving growth in subscription-based business models and delivering against clear targets.• Demonstrated ability to develop and scale new products in response to customer and market needs.• Track record of product diversification within or to the insurance industry.• Track record of delivering high growth >20%.• Experience operating effectively within a group or shared services environment.• Hands-on leadership approach, combining strategic thinking with operational delivery and people leadership.To be successful in this role, it would be great if you have: • Background combining both insurance market expertise with technology enabled or data driven business models (e.g. InsurTech).• Experience leading internationally focused businesses with a significant US customer presence.• Exposure to events or community-led revenue models alongside subscriptions.We know it’s not a skill, but the succe

A successful London property consultancy is looking for a commercially astute Director to lead a pod of 5-6 people within their projects team. The work is predominantly landlord-oriented: office refurbishments up to £15m, recarbonisation projects, large facade remediation, PV installations and working alongside property management teams on high-quality commercial buildings.This is not just a project delivery role. You'll be expected to spot the project opportunity within a client relationship, shape the brief, procure and deliver, and earn fees while doing it. It's also not just a desk role. Directors spend a good proportion of time fee earning, staying hands-on with inspections and maintaining market knowledge.Duties of the Director to include:Running a pod of 5-6 surveyors, directing and reviewing their outputIdentifying and winning project opportunities from existing client relationshipsDelivering landlord-oriented refurbishment and improvement projects (£50k to £15m+)Overseeing recarbonisation, facade remediation and PV installation projectsFee earning through inspections, reports and project managementCollaborating with property management teams on major commercial assetsCross-selling across the wider consultancy platformThe Person?A commercially sharp project leader who can extract opportunity from client conversations and deliver complex landlord projects.The Director will have:MRICS qualification with strong post-qualification experienceProven track record managing and delivering commercial refurbishment projectsAbility to identify, shape and win project work from existing relationshipsExperience managing a small teamCommercial office sector experience (desirable)Recarbonisation or sustainability project experience (desirable)In Return………?Remuneration package worth £100,000 - £120,000+Private healthcareFamily benefitsGenerous holiday allowanceCharitable leave and fundraising opportunitiesIf you believe you can deliver this rewarding role to a high standard, or are a Building Surveyor considering your next career move, please contact Stuart Miller at Brandon James on .Ref: SM092607Director / Building Consultancy / Project Management / MRICS / London

Shape the next stage of a London building consultancy rather than inherit a fixed corporate brief. This Associate Director Building Surveyor role combines delivery, leadership and genuine influence over growth.The successful Associate Director Building Surveyor will join an independent commercial practice with a loyal client base across investors, developers, landlords and occupiers. The team is profitable, technically respected and deliberately lean, leaving room for a senior hire to make visible decisions and build their own market presence.The Associate Director Building Surveyor RoleThe Associate Director Building Surveyor will lead project and professional instructions, manage key clients and support a small team of surveyors. You will remain close to delivery while taking responsibility for fee forecasting, workload planning and the development of new opportunities.This is a strong option for someone who has reached the limit of a large consultancy structure and wants a more direct route to Director, without sacrificing quality clients or technically interesting work.The team is selective about the work it takes on, placing emphasis on clear advice, sensible workloads and long-term client relationships.Duties of the Associate Director Building Surveyor to include:Lead commercial building surveying instructionsManage and expand key client accountsOversee project delivery, fees and team workloadsPrepare proposals and secure new appointmentsProvide senior technical advice on complex mattersMentor surveyors and support APC candidatesDevelop new services and market opportunitiesContribute to business planning with the directorsThe Person?The successful Associate Director Building Surveyor will have the credibility to lead clients and people, alongside a practical record of generating work.The Associate Director Building Surveyor will ideally have:MRICSStrong commercial building surveying experienceA network of client and professional contactsEvidence of winning or expanding fee incomeLeadership and line management experienceProject and professional services expertiseThe confidence to influence business decisionsIn Return………?£80,000 - £100,000+Profit-related bonusCar allowance27 days' holiday plus bank holidaysFlexible hybrid workingPrivate healthcareEnhanced pension contributionProfessional subscriptions paidClear and realistic route to DirectorIf you believe you can deliver this rewarding role to a high standard, or are a Building Surveyor considering your next career move, please contact Stuart Miller at Brandon James on .Ref: SM072626Associate Director Building Surveyor / Chartered Building Surveyor / MRICS