CFO

London

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

142553

Published date:

21/04/2026

Summary

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | PE-backed Biopharma Business
Location: London (Hybrid)
Sector: Biopharma
Compensation: Up to £180,000 + bonus + equity

Overview
We are partnering with a private equity-backed biopharma business at a critical stage of its growth journey to appoint a high-calibre CFO. This role will be instrumental in professionalising the finance function, supporting international expansion, and leading M&A activity. Working closely with the CEO, Board, and investors, the CFO will play a central role in shaping and delivering the company’s strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop the finance function, driving professionalisation, scalability, and best-in-class processes, controls, and systems
Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and Board, providing insight and challenge to support decision-making
Own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across a growing international footprint
Lead all M&A activity, including target evaluation, due diligence, transaction execution, and post-acquisition integration
Support international expansion, including market entry strategy, financial structuring, and operational setup
Oversee cash management, funding, and capital allocation, working closely with private equity stakeholders
Deliver high-quality board reporting and investor communications
Ensure robust governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks are in place, appropriate for a scaling biopharma business
Build and mentor a high-performing finance leadership team

Candidate Profile

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualified experience
Proven CFO (or Divisional CFO / Finance Director ready to step up) experience within a private equity-backed, high-growth environment
Experience in biopharma, life sciences, or a closely related regulated sector
Strong track record of professionalising finance functions and supporting scale
Demonstrable M&A experience, including leading transactions and integrations
Experience supporting international expansion across multiple jurisdictions
Highly commercial, with the ability to operate strategically and at pace
Credible, influential leader with strong stakeholder management skills, including Board and investor exposure

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Head of FP&A

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

142552

Published date:

21/04/2026

Sr. Director, AI Platform

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

138580

Published date:

08/04/2026

Summary

Sr. Director, AI Platform Engineering

Foster City, CA | Development, Engineering | Director Level

The Impact of this Role at Coupa:

Coupa's AI platform already powers conversational and autonomous agents, frontier model integrations, production ML models, and customer-facing AI experiences through Navi and Agent Studio. The Sr. Director, AI Platform Engineering will lead the next phase of this platform, expanding our model training capabilities, deepening our data infrastructure, and scaling our AI-powered features across the full breadth of Coupa's enterprise suite. You will build and lead a team of engineers across the US and India, manage strategic technology partnerships, and deliver measurable improvements to model accuracy, efficiency, and coverage. This role reports to senior engineering leadership with regular visibility to C-level stakeholders.

What You'll Do:

Lead the technical strategy and delivery roadmap for expanding Coupa's AI platform capabilities.
Build and manage a high-performing engineering team across the US and India, hiring across ML, data engineering, and platform disciplines.
Drive strategic partnership evaluations with AI infrastructure and model providers.
Define and prioritize AI use cases that deliver the highest accuracy and business impact, working closely with product leadership.
Expand model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure beyond frontier model integrations.
Own data strategy for AI, ensuring the right data pipelines, quality frameworks, and privacy-safe practices feed model development.
Coordinate with existing AI platform, data platform, application platform, and cloud operations teams.
Manage budget, hiring plan, and delivery milestones for the AI platform engineering organization.
Present strategy, progress, and results to VP/SVP/C-level stakeholders.
Ensure data safety, tenant isolation, and responsible AI practices across all AI capabilities.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership (Director or Sr. Director level).
Track record building and leading AI/ML engineering teams of 15+ people across multiple geographies.
Deep technical understanding of ML/AI systems, including model training, fine-tuning, RAG, and model serving. Must be able to evaluate technical decisions and challenge architects.
Experience delivering AI/ML products in an enterprise B2B SaaS environment.
Experience scaling engineering teams and shipping complex AI capabilities from concept to production.
Strong partnership and vendor management experience with major AI and cloud providers.
Experience with cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale.
Track record managing distributed teams across US and India.
Excellent executive communication, translating technical strategy into business impact for C-level audiences.
Understanding of data privacy, tenant isolation, and responsible AI practices.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

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Principal Engineer, AI/ML

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

138581

Published date:

08/04/2026

Summary

Principal Engineer, AI/ML Architecture

Foster City, CA | Development, Engineering | Senior Level

The Impact of this Role at Coupa:

Coupa's AI platform powers production agents, conversational AI (Navi), customer-built agents (Agent Studio), and a suite of ML models for classification, fraud detection, and supplier intelligence. The Principal Engineer, AI/ML Architecture will define the technical direction for the next generation of these capabilities, designing how we train, evaluate, and serve models that are deeply tuned to enterprise spend management. Reporting to the Sr. Director, you will be hands-on in architecture and prototyping while guiding a growing team of ML and data engineers.

What You'll Do:

Define the architecture for model training, evaluation, and serving across Coupa's AI platform.
Evaluate and select model approaches (open-weight, commercial, and hybrid) against enterprise accuracy and cost requirements.
Design evaluation frameworks that measure model quality on Coupa's specific task categories.
Drive technical partnership evaluations with AI infrastructure and model providers.
Architect training data pipelines, including synthetic data generation and quality validation.
Design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that extend our existing RAG infrastructure with structured knowledge retrieval.
Establish technical standards for model safety, tenant data isolation, and responsible AI.
Write code, review PRs, and prototype approaches, especially in the early phases.
Mentor and guide ML and data engineers across US and India.
Collaborate with product, existing AI platform, and cloud operations teams.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

15+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on ML/AI systems.
Demonstrated experience training or fine-tuning large language models. Must have shipped a fine-tuned or domain-adapted model to production.
Deep knowledge of transformer architectures, training optimization (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT, RLHF, DPO), and inference serving.
Experience with distributed training on GPU clusters.
Strong understanding of RAG architectures, vector search, embedding models, and knowledge graph integration.
Hands-on experience with cloud AI/ML services (model hosting, managed training, or equivalent).
Experience designing and running custom evaluation suites for LLMs.
Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure tooling.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with enterprise B2B SaaS platforms preferred.

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Head of Data`

Fareham, UK

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

127252

Published date:

31/03/2026

Summary

Head of Data

Location: Fareham, UK

Wealth Management

Competitive Salary

We are working with a dynamic, forward-looking wealth management business that is redefining how clients experience investment and financial planning. Combining digital innovation with trusted advisory expertise, the business is scaling rapidly, delivering personalised client solutions and driving operational excellence across its platform. Positioned at the forefront of the sector, the firm is helping shape the future of wealth management.

We are seeking a highly strategic and technically skilled Head of Data who will be responsible for ensuring data capability and governance underpin strategic priorities, drive value creation and enable data driven product, client and commercial decisions. The role combines hands on technical leadership with strong commercial acumen and outstanding stakeholder engagement to accelerate the monetisation of data across platforms, products and client solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Partnering with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to optimise data strategy and execution, ensuring alignment across data governance, engineering, analytics and product initiatives.
Leading high priority data initiatives, including data platform enhancements, data product development, pricing and commercial models for data-enabled solutions and market and customer analytics, ensuring recommendations are actionable and data-driven.
Driving end-to-end execution of data led initiatives, tracking progress, resolving roadblocks and fostering a culture of accountability across data, tech and commercial teams.
Monitoring data platform and analytics performance, supporting commercial decision making and identifying opportunities for optimisation, innovation and growth.
Embedding risk management, data privacy and regulatory alignment across data.

The Ideal Candidate

Proven experience in a senior data leadership role within wealth management, asset management or broader financial services (e.g., Head of Data, Chief Data Officer or equivalent).
Strong strategic, operational and analytical skills, with a track record of delivering cross functional data driven programmes to completion.
Demonstrable experience leading complex data or digital transformations, including data architecture, data governance, ML/AI enablement and data monetisation.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage senior executives, boards and external partners.
Commercially astute, able to align data strategy and delivery with business outcomes, revenue opportunities and client value propositions.
Highly organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities in a fast p paced environment.
Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, data privacy and data management best practices relevant to UK wealth management.
Hands on but strategically focused: comfortable contributing technically when needed while driving the overarching data strategy and commercial ambitions.

For more information, please apply for this role or contact Elliot O'Shea-Cowan at elliot.oshea-cowan@phippscameron.com.

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Chief Growth Officer / Portfolio Director

DE

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

136870

Published date:

31/03/2026

Summary

We are working with a fast-growing, PE-backed cloud and managed services provider with deep expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem. The business has evolved from traditional IT infrastructure into a modern, cloud-first partner for mid-sized organisations, helping them navigate digital transformation across workplace, security, and infrastructure. Now part of a broader European platform, the company is entering its next phase of scalable growth.

This is a high-impact leadership role with full ownership of both revenue and profitability, offering far more than a traditional sales remit. You will play a central role in shaping and professionalising the commercial function, building a scalable growth engine from the ground up within a business that already has strong market credibility. With backing from an ambitious private equity platform, the position combines strategic influence with hands-on execution, giving you the opportunity to drive measurable results while embedding modern, data- and AI-led go-to-market practices.

Key responsibilities

Own end-to-end revenue performance (pipeline, conversion, forecasting, ARR growth)
Lead, coach, and structure a regional sales organisation
Build repeatable go-to-market motions (inbound, outbound, partners, expansion)
Define and enforce pricing, packaging, and deal governance
Drive retention and expansion through a structured renewal model
Improve margin performance and cost-to-serve transparency
Implement KPI-driven operating cadence and forecasting discipline
Align commercial growth with delivery capacity and scalability

Ideal candidate

Proven ownership of growth and profitability in B2B tech (cloud/MSP/IT services preferred)
Strong sales leadership experience with a focus on execution and accountability
Commercially sharp with pricing, packaging, and negotiation discipline
Experienced in PE-backed, high-growth, or transformation environments
Structured, hands-on leader with a data-driven mindset
Fluent in German and English
Strong understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem and cloud solutions

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Portfolio Director

Amsterdam, NH

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

139615

Published date:

31/03/2026

Summary

We are working with a PE-backed cloud platform bringing together a portfolio of high-performing digital infrastructure and managed services businesses across Europe and North America. Built on a decentralised model, the group empowers local teams while driving value through shared expertise, commercial excellence, and scalable growth strategies.

This is a rare opportunity to operate at both a strategic and hands-on level across an international portfolio, shaping the commercial direction of multiple businesses while working closely with founders and leadership teams. With strong backing and clear growth ambitions, the role offers genuine influence over value creation, exposure to diverse markets, and the chance to build scalable, best-in-class commercial practices without losing the entrepreneurial spirit of each company.

Key responsibilities

Define and drive commercial strategy across a portfolio of companies
Identify and execute growth opportunities across markets and service lines
Support local leadership teams in improving sales performance and go-to-market execution
Drive cross-sell, upsell, and collaboration across portfolio companies
Introduce best practices in pricing, packaging, and commercial governance
Monitor performance, track KPIs, and ensure alignment with growth targets
Partner with PE stakeholders on value creation initiatives and strategic planning
Enable scalability while preserving entrepreneurial agility within portfolio companies

Ideal candidate

Strong commercial leadership experience in hosting, cloud, or digital infrastructure
Proven ability to drive growth across multiple business units or geographies
Experience operating in a private equity-backed or high-growth environment
Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability
Skilled in stakeholder management across founders, executives, and investors
Data-driven mindset with strong financial and commercial acumen
Comfortable working in an international, fast-paced environment
Fluent in English (additional European languages a plus)

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Managing Director, IVD

Dusseldorf

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

123094

Published date:

31/03/2026

Summary

Business Unit Director

Greater Bochum, Germany

Financial Services

Up to 120,000€

We are retained by a high-growth, PE-backed financial services group seeking a Business Unit Director to lead a well-established office within its network. With a strong foundation and a dedicated team already in place, this is an opportunity to take full ownership of a thriving branch while leveraging the resources and expertise of a nationwide organisation.

As part of a planned succession, the successful candidate will assume a leadership role that blends operational oversight, commercial strategy, and team development. Within approximately 10 months, you will step fully into the Branch Director position, making this a rare chance to lead, grow, and leave your mark on a business unit with significant potential.

This role is ideal for a commercially minded leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about client success and team performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Leading a small branch, specialising in insurance solutions in the B2B space.
Managing day-to-day operations to ensure smooth workflows and exceptional client service.
Driving business growth through client retention, relationship building, and targeted acquisition of new customers.
Overseeing commercial performance, including KPIs, budgeting, and operational efficiency.
Optimising internal processes to maintain compliance and deliver best-in-class advisory standards.
Collaborating with the wider corporate group to align branch strategy with organisational goals.

The Ideal Candidate:

Proven experience in financial services or insurance; candidates from related industries with strong operational or sales backgrounds will also be considered.
Demonstrated leadership capability or ambition to progress from a deputy role into full branch management.
Strong commercial acumen, confident in interpreting business KPIs and understanding economic drivers.
Customer-centric mindset with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to craft tailored solutions.
Energetic and pragmatic approach suited to a dynamic SME environment.
Personal qualities: reliable, decisive, and collaborative, with a long-term commitment to branch leadership.

For more information, please apply for this role or contact Alba Amigo at alba.amigo@phippscameron.com

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COO

manchester

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

136969

Published date:

31/03/2026

Summary

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

SMH Group
📍 Yorkshire (regional role)
💰 £125,000 – £150,000 + bonus + benefits

The Opportunity

SMH Group is a rapidly growing regional professional services firm providing accountancy, audit, tax, financial planning, corporate finance and advisory services across Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The group has grown significantly through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions of established local accountancy practices since 2018.

With offices across Sheffield, Leeds, Harrogate, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Chesterfield and surrounding areas, the firm has built a strong regional footprint while maintaining local client relationships and expertise.

SMH has also secured strategic investment from Phoenix Equity Partners, supporting the group’s ambitious growth strategy and continued expansion through acquisition and organic growth.

As the business continues to scale, SMH is seeking a Group Chief Operating Officer to drive operational excellence, support partner performance, and ensure consistency across the group’s growing network of offices.

This is a highly visible leadership role reporting to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, responsible for aligning operational performance, supporting growth initiatives, and embedding a unified culture across the firm.

The role will be Yorkshire-based, with regular travel expected across group offices.

Key Responsibilities

1. Deliver consistent operational performance & optimisation

Improve productivity, utilisation and recoveries across the firm while maintaining high service quality.
Ensure operational capacity aligns with new business pipeline and client demand.
Monitor the firm’s new business engine to support organic growth.
Support partners and directors with improved operational reporting and performance insight.
Standardise operational processes across the group, including:
- Accounts
- Tax
- Audit
- Payroll
- Client onboarding
- Client query management
Drive operational automation and process improvement initiatives.

2. Deliver against Group budget

Work closely with partners to ensure site-by-site delivery against revenue and profitability targets.
Monitor fee earner utilisation, recovery rates and cost management across offices.
Establish a structured cadence of on-site visits and operational reviews with partners and office leaders.
Support local leadership teams in implementing corrective actions where performance improvement is required.
Ensure operational discipline and accountability across the group.

3. Embed group culture & collaboration

Ensure newly acquired firms successfully adopt SMH Group values, behaviours and service principles.
Work alongside the Executive Leadership Team to deliver effective change management during periods of growth.
Reduce “them and us” dynamics between legacy firms and newly integrated practices.
Build a “one firm” mindset across all offices.
Promote collaboration and encourage cross-selling of services across the group.

4. Support the Executive Leadership Team, Board & Shareholders

Act as a positive and visible leader across the business.
Support and reinforce leadership decisions throughout the organisation.
Provide operational support to partners, directors and senior stakeholders.
Lead discussions and communications with a coaching and mentoring approach to develop stronger leaders across the firm.
Contribute to strategic planning and support the continued growth of the group.

Candidate Profile

Essential Experience

Senior operational leadership experience within a professional services organisation operating a time-billing / fee-earner model (e.g. accountancy, legal, consulting, advisory, engineering consultancy).
Deep understanding of fee earner economics, including:
- Utilisation
- Recovery rates
- Charge-out rates
- Work in progress (WIP) management
- Billing cycles
Experience improving operational performance across multiple offices or regions.
Proven ability to implement standardised processes and operational reporting frameworks.
Experience supporting partner-led organisations and working closely with senior fee earners.
Strong commercial mindset with the ability to connect operational performance to revenue and profitability.

Desirable Experience

Experience within accountancy or audit firms.
Experience supporting practice integrations or acquisitions.
Exposure to practice management systems and billing platforms.
Experience operating at COO, Operations Director, or Regional Managing Director level within a professional services firm.

Leadership & Personal Attributes

Credible and collaborative operator able to work effectively with partners and senior professionals.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Pragmatic and hands-on approach to operational improvement.
Strong communicator capable of aligning teams across multiple offices.
Passion for building high-performing teams and a collaborative culture.

Location & Travel

The role will be Yorkshire-based, with flexibility on office base.
Regular travel will be required across the firm’s regional office network.

Package

Salary: £125,000 – £150,000
Bonus: Performance related
Benefits: Executive package commensurate with senior leadership role

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GTCR - CFO

Chicago, IL

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

136406

Published date:

17/03/2026

Summary

Chief Financial Officer

Location: US-based (flexible)
Sponsor: Leading private equity firm

Overview

We are working with a private equity-backed, mission-critical software and services platform. The business is a scaled, high-growth platform with strong recurring revenue and a clear value creation plan.

The company is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to partner closely with the CEO and sponsor to drive the next phase of growth.

The Role

The CFO will lead all aspects of finance, including financial strategy, reporting, capital structure, and operational performance, while supporting M&A and preparing the business for a future liquidity event.

This is a high-impact leadership role in a PE-backed environment, requiring both strategic oversight and hands-on execution.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Commercial Leadership

Partner with CEO and Board on strategy, growth initiatives, and value creation planning
Drive data-led decision making across pricing, customer economics, and investment priorities
Support M&A strategy, including sourcing, diligence, and integration

Financial Leadership

Own FP&A, forecasting, and long-range planning
Deliver high-quality board, investor, and lender reporting
Lead financial analysis of ARR, retention, margins, and unit economics

Operational Excellence

Build and scale a best-in-class finance organisation
Drive process improvement, automation, and systems optimisation
Improve visibility into performance metrics and operational KPIs

Governance & Controls

Ensure strong financial controls, audit readiness, and compliance
Manage capital structure, debt relationships, and cash flow
Lead year-end audit and tax processes

Candidate Profile

Experience

Proven CFO in a private equity-backed software, SaaS, or tech-enabled services business
Track record of scaling finance functions in growth environments
Experience supporting M&A and/or successful exit processes
Strong understanding of SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, churn, LTV/CAC)

Skills

Strategic thinker with strong commercial and operational acumen
Hands-on leader with ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Strong communicator, comfortable engaging with board, investors, and lenders
High degree of ownership, accountability, and execution focus

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