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United Kingdom · Investor Relations · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

Market Positioning Manager

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toSenior Market Positioning Manager, IR
  • UK framework levelUsually a coordinator, or early in a professional job

Also advertised as Investor Relations Associate · IR Analyst · Financial Communications Analyst

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1What this role really is

You'll be the backbone of our investor relations team, making sure we're telling our story clearly and consistently to the market. This means digging into our numbers, understanding what our competitors are saying, and helping to craft the messages that explain why our company is a good bet for investors. Honestly, it's about translating complex business stuff into something the 'Street' can quickly grasp. You'll spend your days getting hands-on with data and helping to build the narrative that shapes how we're seen.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Bloomberg Terminal / FactSet / Refinitiv EikonIntermediate

You'll be running specific data pulls for company financials (FA), analyst estimates (EE), and ownership data (OWN). You'll also be monitoring news flow and setting up basic alerts. You should be comfortable navigating the terminal with specific instructions.

Microsoft Excel (Advanced)Intermediate

You'll be using VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and building basic financial charts. You'll also be cleaning and organising large datasets exported from our terminals. We expect you to be efficient and accurate with formulas.

Microsoft PowerPoint + Think-CellIntermediate

You'll be populating pre-built presentation templates with data and charts, ensuring everything is perfectly formatted and consistent. You should be able to create standard charts and tables efficiently, maybe starting to use Think-Cell for more complex visualisations.

Q4 Inc. / Ipreo / Irwin (IR CRM)Advanced

You'll be managing the IR CRM day-to-day – entering meeting notes, updating contact lists, running standard ownership reports, and pulling specific investor profiles. You'll be expected to know this platform inside out for routine tasks.

AlphaSense / TegusBasic

You'll be running keyword searches on competitor transcripts and broker research as directed by your manager. This is about quickly finding relevant information to support your analysis.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Data Sourcing & CleaningFollows specific instructions from manager; escalates any discrepancies or access issues.Independently identifies and pulls data from various sources (Bloomberg, internal systems); cleans and structures data for analysis; consults manager on significant data quality issues.Defines best practices for data sourcing and cleaning; evaluates new data tools; makes recommendations on data governance.
Drafting Investor Communications (e.g., presentation slides)Populates pre-designed templates with provided data; ensures formatting consistency; all content reviewed by manager.Creates first drafts of slides and sections of investor presentations based on input; proposes narrative flow for specific sections; consults manager on messaging and key takeaways.Designs entire presentation sections from scratch; crafts core messaging and narrative for key updates; makes recommendations on overall presentation strategy to leadership.
Market Intelligence InterpretationSummarises news articles or analyst reports as directed; identifies key facts.Analyses market news, competitor announcements, and analyst reports to identify potential impacts on our company; provides initial interpretation and flags potential questions from investors; consults manager on strategic implications.Synthesises broad market trends and competitive actions into actionable insights for the C-suite; anticipates investor concerns and proactively develops counter-narratives; influences the company's internal understanding of market perception.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Data Accuracy in Reports
The percentage of internal and external reports (like peer analysis or ownership reports) that are free from factual or numerical errors.
Target · <1% error rate per quarter

You've pulled data for the quarterly earnings deck, and after review, there are zero discrepancies in the financial figures compared to our official records. That's 100% accuracy for that report.

Timeliness of Deliverables
How often you hit the agreed-upon deadlines for your tasks, especially for recurring reports or first drafts of key documents.
Target · 95% of deliverables on schedule

The weekly stock performance report is due every Monday morning. You've delivered it by 9 AM for 12 out of the last 13 weeks. That's roughly 92%, so we'd look at why you missed that one.

Efficiency of Research & Drafting
The speed and quality of your initial research and first drafts, reducing the time the senior team needs to spend on basic compilation.
Target · Reduce senior review time by 15% on your outputs

Your first draft of the competitive landscape analysis was so thorough and well-structured that your manager only needed to spend an hour refining it, instead of the usual two hours. That's a solid win.

Proactive Issue Identification
Your ability to spot potential issues or discrepancies in data or market sentiment *before* they become a problem, bringing them to your manager's attention with potential solutions.
  • You flag a sudden dip in a key competitor's revenue guidance and proactively draft a note on its potential impact on our sector. You notice a subtle shift in analyst language about a specific product line and bring it up in the team meeting, asking if we need to adjust our messaging.
Contribution to Narrative Quality
How well your initial drafts and analyses contribute to a clear, consistent, and compelling investment narrative, even if the final version is refined by others.
  • Your first draft of a new product announcement's investor messaging clearly links it to our long-term strategy. Your competitive analysis highlights key differentiators that are later incorporated into the earnings script. Senior team members comment that your initial thoughts are often a strong starting point.
Internal Stakeholder Feedback
The quality of your interactions with internal teams (e.g., Finance, Legal) when gathering information or clarifying data, ensuring smooth collaboration.
  • Finance colleagues tell your manager that you're easy to work with and ask smart questions. Legal team members find your requests for review are well-prepared and don't require much back-and-forth. You're seen as someone who makes their job easier, not harder.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Problem Solving & Unravelling Complexity

You'll spend a good chunk of your day trying to figure out why the market reacted a certain way to a piece of news, or how to explain a complex operational change in a simple, digestible way. It's like being a detective for our company's story.

You're given a new product launch and asked to draft the investor messaging. You'll need to understand the tech, the market, and the financial impact, then distil it into a few key points. That's a puzzle you'll enjoy solving.

Learning & Growth

This isn't a stagnant role. You'll constantly be learning about our business, our competitors, and the wider market. Every quarter brings new challenges and new information to absorb and understand. If you love feeling like you're always expanding your knowledge, you'll thrive.

A new ESG regulation comes out. You'll be one of the first to dive into it, understand its implications for us, and help the team figure out how to communicate our position to investors. It's continuous education, really.

Direct Impact on Company Story

While you're not the one speaking to investors directly at this level, your work forms the foundation of what they hear. You'll see your analysis and narrative points make it into official presentations and press releases, directly shaping how the company is perceived.

You've done the initial analysis for a new investor presentation. When you see your charts and key messages in the final deck presented by the CFO, you'll know your work made a real difference.

What frustrates people
  • The agony of wordsmithing a single sentence in a press release with five different executives and the legal team, each with a different opinion.
  • Knowing the real, nuanced story behind a business challenge, but being forced to communicate it using carefully vetted, legally-approved, and often generic-sounding language.
  • The sheer exhaustion of 'earnings season' – a three-week sprint of late nights and high stress that happens four times a year, where your personal life takes a back seat.
  • Briefing a portfolio manager for 45 minutes, only to realise they were checking their phone the whole time and then ask a question you answered in the first five minutes.
  • The stock price reacting illogically, dropping on objectively good news because it wasn't the *exact* flavour of good news the market had priced in.
What this role does not give you
  • Immediate, direct interaction with top-tier institutional investors (that comes later).
  • Full autonomy over the final market message (you're a key contributor, not the final decision-maker).
  • A 9-to-5, predictable schedule, especially during earnings season.
  • A role where you only focus on one specific area; you'll need to be quite broad.

6Who you work with

This role directly supports the Investor Relations team's ability to communicate effectively with the investment community. Your accurate data and clear initial drafts mean the senior team can focus on strategy, not fixing basic errors. You're helping to build the foundation of our market reputation and ensuring our financial narrative is consistent and trustworthy. Get it right, and you help maintain investor confidence; get it wrong, and it can create confusion and, frankly, unnecessary headaches for everyone, especially the C-suite.

Inside the business
  • CFO's Office and wider Finance team (for numbers and forecasts)
  • Strategy and Corporate Development (for long-term plans and M&A insights)
  • Legal and Compliance (to make sure we're saying things correctly and legally)
  • Product and Sales teams (to understand what's actually happening on the ground)
Outside the business
  • Sell-side analysts (the folks who write research on us)
  • Buy-side investors (the fund managers who actually buy our stock)
  • Financial data providers (Bloomberg, FactSet, etc.)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A strong understanding of financial statements and corporate finance principles, typically gained through a degree or prior experience.
  • Proven ability to analyse large datasets, identify trends, and present findings clearly (e.g., from a previous analyst role).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a knack for simplifying complex information.
  • Demonstrable experience working with financial data terminals like Bloomberg or FactSet.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; you should be able to build and format charts and tables quickly and accurately.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Financial Modelling & Scenario Analysis

As you progress, you'll need to do more than just populate models. You'll be asked to build more dynamic financial models, including different scenarios (e.g., best case, worst case) and sensitivity analysis. This helps the senior team understand the range of potential outcomes and prepare for different market conditions.

Driver-based modelling · Monte Carlo simulations (basic understanding) · Valuation model deconstruction

  • This month: Take an online course on advanced Excel financial modelling. Focus on scenario managers and data tables.
  • Next quarter: Try to build a simple driver-based model for one of our business units, connecting operational metrics to financial outcomes.
  • Month 3-6: Work with your manager to deconstruct a sell-side analyst's valuation model for our company, identifying their key assumptions and comparing them to ours.

Quick win: Start building simple 'what-if' scenarios into your regular reports using Excel's Goal Seek or Scenario Manager features.

Data Visualisation & Dashboarding (Basic Tableau/Power BI)

While PowerPoint is king for investor presentations, internal reporting and quick insights are moving towards interactive dashboards. Being able to connect simple data sources and create basic visualisations will be a huge asset for internal reporting and quickly answering ad-hoc questions.

Dashboard design principles · Connecting data sources · Interactive filtering and drill-down

  • This month: Download Tableau Public or Power BI Desktop (free versions) and start playing around with sample data. Watch some beginner tutorials.
  • Next quarter: Try to recreate one of your regular Excel charts in Tableau/Power BI. Focus on making it interactive.
  • Month 3-6: Work with your manager to identify one internal report that could be turned into a simple, interactive dashboard. Build a prototype.

Quick win: Create a simple dashboard in Excel (using slicers and pivot charts) for one of your weekly reports to get familiar with interactive elements.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly read financial news (e.g., Financial Times, Wall Street Journal) and industry publications to stay on top of market trends.
  • Attend webinars or online courses on advanced Excel modelling, data visualisation (Tableau/Power BI), or specific financial analysis techniques.
  • Network with peers in other companies' IR teams to share best practices and insights (e.g., through the IR Society).
  • Seek out opportunities to present your analysis internally, even if it's just to your immediate team, to hone your communication skills.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft reports in minutes that used to take hours. Analysts who figure out how to effectively 'talk' to these Large Language Models (LLMs) will outproduce their peers significantly. It's not just a nice-to-have anymore; it's a productivity multiplier.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration

Honestly, competitors are already using tools like ChatGPT and Claude to draft reports in minutes that used to take hours. Analysts who figure out how to effectively 'talk' to these Large Language Models (LLMs) will outproduce their peers significantly. It's not just a nice-to-have anymore; it's a productivity multiplier.

  • Context windows and token limits
  • Temperature settings for different tasks
  • RAG architectures for proprietary data
  • Output validation and hallucination detection

Advanced ESG Data Analysis & Reporting

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) isn't just a 'nice-to-have' anymore; it's a core part of how sophisticated investors evaluate companies. They're demanding more detailed, consistent, and quantifiable ESG data. You'll need to move beyond just understanding the narrative to actually working with the underlying data.

  • SASB and TCFD frameworks
  • Materiality assessments
  • ESG data collection and validation
  • Linking ESG to financial performance

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Valuation Methodologies (Basic)
  • Narrative Crafting & Investment Thesis Support
  • Competitive & Market Intelligence Gathering
  • SEC Filings Interpretation (UK Equivalent)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Investor Relations Analyst (L1)

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Data accuracy, report timeliness, basic financial statement analysis, foundational knowledge of capital markets and IR tools.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivers accurate data and reports on time without significant supervision.
    • Demonstrates a solid understanding of our company's business model and key financial metrics.
    • Proactively identifies and flags data discrepancies or market news relevant to the team.
    • Can clearly articulate the basic investment thesis of the company.
  2. 2

    Equity Research Associate

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Detailed financial modelling, industry analysis, written communication for external audiences, understanding of investment theses from a 'buy' or 'sell' perspective.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Has experience building and maintaining financial models (DCF, comps).
    • Can write concise, analytical reports on companies or sectors.
    • Understands how sell-side analysts think and what drives their recommendations.
    • Comfortable with deep dives into company financials and competitive landscapes.
  3. 3

    Financial Analyst (Corporate Finance / FP&A)

    2-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Internal financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, understanding of operational drivers of financial performance, strong Excel skills.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proficient in financial planning, analysis, and forecasting within a corporate setting.
    • Can translate operational performance into financial outcomes.
    • Strong command of Excel for complex data manipulation and reporting.
    • Understands internal financial processes and data sources.

11Where this role leads

The long view:This role is a fantastic stepping stone. You'll gain a unique perspective on how a company interacts with the capital markets, develop deep analytical skills, and learn to communicate complex ideas under pressure. The opportunities for growth, both within IR and across the wider financial world, are genuinely exciting. We're here to help you build a brilliant career.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Market Positioning Manager is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • Senior Market Positioning Manager, IR (L3)

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Preparing and presenting investment market information to stakeholdersLevel 3

Applied to your work in Market Positioning Manager

This unit aims to develop learners' ability to identify stakeholder information needs and obtain relevant data. Learners will be able to prepare and present information, handle queries, maintain records, and comply with regulations.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Market Positioning Manager

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Data Accuracy in ReportsThe percentage of internal and external reports (like peer analysis or ownership reports) that are free from factual or numerical errors.You've pulled data for the quarterly earnings deck, and after review, there are zero discrepancies in the financial figures compared to our official records. That's 100% accuracy for that report.<1% error rate per quarter
  • Timeliness of DeliverablesHow often you hit the agreed-upon deadlines for your tasks, especially for recurring reports or first drafts of key documents.The weekly stock performance report is due every Monday morning. You've delivered it by 9 AM for 12 out of the last 13 weeks. That's roughly 92%, so we'd look at why you missed that one.95% of deliverables on schedule
  • Efficiency of Research & DraftingThe speed and quality of your initial research and first drafts, reducing the time the senior team needs to spend on basic compilation.Your first draft of the competitive landscape analysis was so thorough and well-structured that your manager only needed to spend an hour refining it, instead of the usual two hours. That's a solid win.Reduce senior review time by 15% on your outputs
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Market Positioning Manager to Senior Market Positioning Manager, IR (L3), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 3 · in progressAI Fluency→ Senior Market Positioning Manager, IR (L3)→ your design
Where this takes you

This role is a fantastic stepping stone. You'll gain a unique perspective on how a company interacts with the capital markets, develop deep analytical skills, and learn to communicate complex ideas under pressure. The opportunities for growth, both within IR and across the wider financial world, are genuinely exciting. We're here to help you build a brilliant career.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Market Positioning Manager
  • Valuation Methodologies (Basic)
  • Narrative Crafting & Investment Thesis Support
  • Competitive & Market Intelligence Gathering
  • SEC Filings Interpretation (UK Equivalent)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Market Positioning Manager is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Senior Market Positioning Manager, IR (L3)

    3-5 years in this role

    You'll move from owning deliverables to leading entire workstreams and mentoring junior team members. You'll have more direct interaction with sell-side associates and be a key contributor to the earnings prep book.

    • Ownership of the earnings prep book (drafting Q&A, script sections).
    • Deeper involvement in perception audits and investor targeting strategy.
    • More complex valuation analysis and deconstruction of analyst models.
    • Ability to challenge internal assumptions and provide the 'voice of the Street'.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, a lot of what you do involves sifting through mountains of data and text. Good news: AI isn't here to replace you, it's here to make your life a whole lot easier. Imagine cutting down on the tedious, repetitive stuff and spending more time on the interesting, strategic bits. That's what AI can do for you in this role.

We're not talking about sci-fi here. We're talking about practical, off-the-shelf tools that can seriously boost your productivity. Think of AI as your super-efficient assistant, helping you get through the grunt work faster so you can focus on the analysis and storytelling that really matters. We're keen for you to use these tools and show us what's possible.

Automated Transcript Analysis

Use AI tools to instantly summarise and thematically analyse earnings call transcripts from a dozen peers. The AI can identify key topics, sentiment shifts, and questions asked, saving you hours of manual reading and note-taking. You'll get the gist in minutes, not hours.

Sentiment-Driven Insight

Leverage AI to perform real-time sentiment analysis on news flow, social media, and research reports related to our stock and peers. This gives you an early warning system for narrative shifts or emerging concerns, helping you flag potential issues to the senior team before they blow up.

Rapid Research & Briefing Prep

Use a generative AI assistant to create the first draft of a briefing document on a new institutional investor. It can summarise their investment philosophy, key holdings, and recent commentary from public sources, giving you a strong head start on your prep work.

Q&A Predictive Drafting Support

While the senior team will refine the official Q&A, you can use AI to generate a predictive list of likely questions based on past earnings call transcripts and current market trends. This gives you a solid foundation for the official Q&A prep document, saving you initial brainstorming time.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Market Positioning Manager?

Common routes in include Investor Relations Analyst (L1) (1-2 years), Equity Research Associate (2-3 years) and Financial Analyst (Corporate Finance / FP&A) (2-4 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Market Positioning Manager progress to?

This role can lead on to Senior Market Positioning Manager, IR (L3) (3-5 years in this role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Market Positioning Manager in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 3 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Market Positioning Manager?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration and Advanced ESG Data Analysis & Reporting. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Market Positioning Manager, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 1 national skill standard. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Market Positioning Manager: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 3

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Investor Relations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll pick up here – financial analysis, strategic communication, market intelligence, and stakeholder management – are highly transferable. You could move into corporate development, strategy, corporate finance, or even pivot to the buy-side or sell-side in an analyst role. The 'Street' always needs people who can understand and articulate a company's story.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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This role profile is © 2026Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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