Saïd Business School, part of the University of Oxford, is seeking a Head of HR to join our HR leadership team, to lead on HR Operations and enhance the employee experience.
Joining our Human Resources and Organisational Development (HROD) management team, you will collaborate with the Head of Organisational Development (OD), Head of Recruitment, and Head of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion to shape and execute a forward-thinking HR strategy.
The HROD team at Oxford Saïd is dedicated to providing professional HR services throughout the employee lifecycle for approximately 500 administration staff and 90 academic faculty members, along with a flexible workforce including agency staff. In addition, our private limited company, Oxford Saïd Business School Limited (OSBSL) directly employs around 150 staff, adding complexity and opportunity to this role.
Reporting to the Director of People and Organisational Development, as the Head of HR, you will be accountable for the effective management of the HR function. In this senior leadership role, you will be a pivotal member of the School’s HROD team, overseeing a talented group of HR Business Partners and the HR Operations team. You will engage closely with senior leaders across the School, providing strategic insights and expertise throughout the employee lifecycle for faculty and professional services staff within our private limited company, OSBSL.
In this role, you will inspire and guide a professional HR team to implement strategic initiatives that align with the organisation’s goals and vision for the future. A key focus will be on developing and executing a robust Strategic Workforce Planning approach to ensure resilience and growth. This includes spearheading HR system development and workforce data reporting, which will provide valuable insights to the Leadership Team and School Board for informed decision-making. You will also lead the work to enhance the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) by continuously innovating employee experiences and promoting attractive benefits that make Oxford Saïd a desirable workplace. Additionally, you will refine the Employee Health and Wellbeing Strategy, implementing initiatives that prioritise staff well-being.
Fostering positive employee relations will be crucial, while promoting a constructive work culture and clarifying roles and responsibilities. You will collaborate with the Head of OD, aligning best practices in people management with managerial roles. Furthermore, you will work closely with stakeholders to improve customer service and communications, refining service offerings and enhancing HR intranet resources.
At Saïd Business School, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of staff and contribute to the success of one of the world’s leading business schools. We look forward to hearing from you.
About the University of Oxford
Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally.
Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts.
We believe our strengths lie both in empowering individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution.
While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting- edge. Oxford is one of Europe’s most entrepreneurial universities and we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, and in recent years we have spun out 15-20 new companies every year. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise.
Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit this site.
About Saïd Business School
Saïd Business School blends the best of new and old. We are a vibrant and innovative business school, but yet deeply embedded in an 800-year-old world-class university. We create programmes and ideas that have global impact. We educate people for successful business careers, and as a community seek to tackle world-scale problems.
We deliver cutting-edge programmes, including the highly regarded MBA, Executive MBA, a number of specialist MScs, a portfolio of custom and open programmes and accredited diplomas for executives, and we undertake ground-breaking research that transforms individuals, organisations, business practice and society. We are an international and outward-looking School with our programme participants coming from more than 50 countries.
We seek to be a world-class business school community, embedded in a world-class university, tackling world-scale problems.
Oxford Saïd is a department within the Social Sciences Division, one of four academic Divisions in the University, each with considerable devolved budgetary and financial authority; and responsibility for providing a broad strategic focus across its constituent disciplines.
The Social Sciences Division represents the largest grouping of social sciences in the UK: home to a number of outstanding departments and to the internationally ranked Law Faculty; all are committed to research to develop a greater understanding of all aspects of society, from the impact of political, legal and economic systems on social and economic welfare to human rights and security. That research is disseminated through innovative graduate programmes and enhances undergraduate courses.
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Sustainability
Saïd Business School is committed to the highest standards of environmental sustainability, preserving the planet for future generations and acting in a socially sustainable manner. As an employee you are expected to uphold these commitments in accordance with our Environmental Policy. You can learn more about our organisation’s sustainability efforts here.
Oxford Saïd is committed to fostering an inclusive culture which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its staff and students are respected. We recognise that the broad range of experiences that a diverse staff and student body brings strengthens our research and enhances our teaching, and that in order for Oxford to remain a world-leading institution we must continue to provide a diverse, inclusive, fair and open environment that allows everyone to grow and flourish.
Oxford Saïd holds a bronze Athena Swan award to recognise advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all.
Our vision
To become one of the world’s leading business schools, delivering ïmpact from within by educating leaders, who transform businesses, to have a positive impact on our world. We seek to shape the future of business education to help address key global opportunities and challenges.
Our values
Research
Research underpins everything we do at Oxford Saïd.
It’s of the highest academic quality. It’s imaginative and innovative. It’s future-facing yet grounded in the past and the present. It informs our teaching and inspires our work with business and industry partners. And it’s a fundamental reason the business leaders of today and tomorrow choose our ‘School’ to probe, explore and understand our world’s most pressing topics.
Our research record
Embedded in one of the world’s greatest and oldest universities, the vibrant Oxford Saïd academic community has produced excellent and impactful research for decades. We have a particularly strong record in the following areas:
Priority development areas
Our research culture is underpinned by a strong belief in academic freedom and Oxford Saïd values all contributions to our greater understanding of business and industry. Within this broad remit the School is particularly keen to encourage research that tackles the most critical issues facing the business world today. These priority areas address major global challenges and have inspired communities of researchers within the School to collaborate and innovate together. These research communities have forged invaluable connections with colleagues across the wider University, providing opportunities for critical interdisciplinary work and knowledge exchange.
Research strategy
Infrastructure and support
At Oxford Saïd we know great research flourishes in an environment that’s welcoming, collaborative, well-resourced and supportive. The Research Office helps our diverse community thrive by providing practical help and advice to our busy researchers. We advise on project planning, budgets and impact; provide pre- and post-award administrative support; and oversee research contracts and funding applications. We support our researchers to develop their skills and experience throughout their careers by organising training and mentoring activities and by facilitating networking within the School, across the wider University and even further afield. We also administer the generous departmental funds which the School has set aside specifically to support research.
Oxford Saïd is future-facing, agile and tech-savvy. We are pleased to be able to provide our research community with state-of-the-art facilities and technology designed to support research and collaboration, teaching and learning, and events and conferences, whether online or in person at our iconic School buildings. The Sainsbury Library – just one of the 26 libraries that make up the world-renowned Bodleian – provides students and researchers with space for individual or group activities alongside the very best digital and print information resources.
As part of the University of Oxford, our researchers benefit from access to all those University libraries, as well as museums, colleges, technology and resources. We also enjoy opportunities to collaborate with expert colleagues from other departments and to participate in interdisciplinary institutes and initiatives, such as the Oxford Internet Institute, the Oxford Martin School, and the Blavatnik School of Government, to name but a few. As a leading business research institution, we believe that Oxford Saïd represents a point of connection between academic research and management practice.
We cultivate close external partnerships with corporations, policy makers and NGOs so that our researchers can observe, experiment and co-create research that is relevant and impactful. Our Research Office and Development team support researchers in establishing knowledge-exchange or philanthropic arrangements with partners in business or the public sector. We can also liaise with Oxford University Innovations who specialise in helping scholars set up consulting work or spin-outs based on their research.
Centres and initiatives
Our research centres and initiatives tackle world-scale problems. They provide an infrastructure to facilitate research and impact activities in areas such as business taxation, digital marketing and responsible business.
Entrepreneurship Centre
Supports Saïd Business School’s community and University of Oxford students to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions and achieve their goals.
We take immense pride in our commitment to fostering innovation, nurturing talent and shaping future leaders. The Entrepreneurship Centre stands as a shining example of Oxford University’s dedication to excellence in education, research and entrepreneurial support. There are two words that define us: collaborative and excellence. As we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of entrepreneurship education and support, the Entrepreneurship Centre has remained at the forefront of promoting an entrepreneurial mindset and leadership skills among our students, researchers and wider community.
We have designed and executed a comprehensive range of programmes and activities, including further curriculum programmes to the wider University, ensuring that every student interested in entrepreneurship finds a place to flourish. From an annual flagship conference and an online learning platform to a student-led seed investment fund, our Centre has consistently provided invaluable resources, mentorship from our vast network of experts, and opportunities for students to develop their leadership and entrepreneurial skills – and, for those with ideas, to transform them into tangible ventures. The impact we’ve had on the entrepreneurial ecosystem is truly remarkable, as evidenced by the numerous success stories, thriving start-ups and ground-breaking innovations that have emerged from our community.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Bridging theory and practice, the Skoll Centre equips entrepreneurial leaders to catalyse social impact within and beyond business.
The Centre brings researchers and practitioners together to generate insights on how to lead, organise, finance, measure and scale impact, and incorporates these insights into transformational learning experiences for entrepreneurial leaders at Oxford and worldwide.
Core programmes include the Skoll Scholarship, which supports promising young social entrepreneurs pursuing their MBA; Impact Lab, a leadership development programme for postgraduate students across the University of Oxford; and Map the System, a systems thinking learning programme and competition open to university students around the world.
Research by Skoll Centre Fellows has contributed pioneering thought leadership to advance the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact and innovation. The Centre’s new research initiative, Ownership Project 2.0, is developing actionable, research-based insights into how private capital owners can leverage their wealth to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our Insights for Action seminar series features researchers in conversation with practitioners on topics such as social sustainability in global supply chains; the art, science and business of sustainable finance; and thinking for tackling systemic problems.
Over the past 20 years, the Centre has built a global community of affiliates working across business, government and the social sector to catalyse change. Every year, we partner with the Skoll Foundation to host the Skoll World Forum, the premier global convening for advancing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
The Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative (FOMI)
Addressing the need to infuse marketing practice with evidence-based solutions to complex business problems.
This research initiative brings the School’s world-class marketing academics together with senior marketing leaders from some of the world’s largest companies to collaboratively tackle major challenges in the marketing, advertising, media and communications industries.
Through a commitment to relevance, rigour and research-driven methodologies, FOMI fosters groundbreaking partnerships between academia and industry. Notable brand partnerships, including L’Oréal, Google, Unilever, JP Morgan and Mars, have played a pivotal role in shaping the research agenda of the initiative. These partnerships have yielded impactful research outcomes, delving into critical themes such as:
The marketing curriculum in the MBA and Executive MBA programmes is continuously refreshed through collaborations with FOMI partners, ensuring alignment with the evolving needs of marketing leaders in global companies, while the Diploma in AI for Business, led by marketing faculty members, offers comprehensive education on AI’s application across various business domains, with active involvement from FOMI-affiliated faculty members.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Helping small businesses and entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity through education and business support.
Designed to provide high-quality, practical education and business support to leaders of high-growth small businesses and social enterprises in the UK. Working alongside the most senior decision makers of 70 other established businesses, each cohort provides:
In 2010, Goldman Sachs initiated the programme aiming to create jobs and economic opportunities. Since launch, over 2,000 small business leaders from all regions of the UK have participated. The programme brings together leaders of small businesses from across industry sectors and creates unique networking and peer learning opportunities. Approximately 100 hours curriculum of in-person and virtual teaching has been designed specifically by leading global academics and industry experts in entrepreneurship. The 13-week programme runs twice a year and is funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, delivered in partnership with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and includes select guest faculty from Aston University.
Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
A pioneering research centre that has been based at Oxford Saïd since 2008. It investigates the dynamics of social evaluations – such as trust and legitimacy – and their impact on areas as diverse as corruption and supply chain governance, gender in entrepreneurship and CEO celebrity. It is now recognised globally for its expertise in this area.
Our work on social evaluations encompasses the following:
The Centre funds ten Postdoctoral Research Fellows working with professors at Oxford Saïd and across the University. It established and leads executive education courses, such as the Corporate Affairs Academy for corporate affairs leaders. It also supports doctoral students working across many disciplines, from law and ethics to sustainability in finance, and facilitates a number of scholarships, in particular for women on the MBA, and master’s students from Africa.
Oxford Future of Real Estate Initiative
An industry-supported research programme focused on the 2025-2030 impact of innovation and technology on the global real estate industry.
Oxford Initiative on Rethinking Performance
Seeks to establish a global centre of knowledge on bold and contemporary thought around holistic performance measurement and sustainable value creation. It aims to transform business and investment practices and leadership to become more purposeful.
Oxford Future of Finance and Technology Initiative
Research into the disruption caused by technology in the financial sector. It advances the financial sector’s understanding of this and related issues by exploring global changes in business, policy and society in collaboration with industry stakeholders.
Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
An independent research centre that aims to promote effective policies for the taxation of business. It undertakes and publishes multidisciplinary research into the aims, practice and consequences of taxes that affect business.
Private Equity Institute
Founded in 2009 to provide a forum to promote research, education and networking within private equity. It maintains an authoritative, independent and unbiased perspective on the private equity industry, aiming for the highest standard of academic integrity associated with the University of Oxford.
Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners and Impact
This research initiative is developing actionable, research-based insights into how family offices and foundations, family holding companies, and family businesses can use their unique agility in leveraging their wealth to address the systemic global challenges identified by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, such as climate change, social and economic equality, and public health.
Programmes
Our MBAs, degrees, executive diplomas and executive education courses seek to transform individuals, develop leaders and inspire a new generation of purposeful, impact-focused entrepreneurs.
We are a powerful business school that produces powerful ideas. We challenge our lecturers, researchers, students and participants to think expansively and engage thoughtfully. They will consider these fundamental questions which underpin a Saïd Business School education:
Business has to respond to an ever-changing global context; similarly, our courses adapt and grow to respond to the most pressing issues of the day, ensuring the impact we deliver is timely and relevant.
Oxford MBA
The Oxford MBA is an intensive and flexible one-year programme. It’s designed to help students achieve career success and make a lasting impact, wherever they work.
We select MBA candidates from across the world and from every sector, resulting in a highly diverse cohort. Our MBA students come to us as highly motivated people. They’re leaders, determined to turn ideas into action, accelerate change and make an impact.
As a one-year programme, the Oxford MBA is busy and intense, aiming to broaden the mind as well as focus on the individual’s goals. Placed firmly within the current global context, it’s structured carefully around a core that gives a thorough grounding in all key business skills and functions. Participants then pick electives, co-curricular courses and student-led activities to customise their experience around their own interests or to follow a particular career trajectory.
We’ve developed six pathways to help students navigate the programme:
Oxford 1+1 MBA
A University of Oxford master’s degree combined with an MBA, designed to accelerate careers through specialist knowledge
The 1+1 MBA is a unique opportunity to combine the one-year MBA at Saïd Business School with a partnering master’s programme from another department at the University of Oxford. With over 35 degree combinations, the Oxford 1+1 MBA will equip students with the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills they need to develop as an impactful leader.
In the first year of the 1+1, students will gain the specialist knowledge they need to excel in their field by completing their master’s selected from our range of partner programmes. These vary from the Master of Public Policy to the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine. In their second year, they’ll translate academic theory into action and broaden their business skills by completing their MBA.
Across the two years at Oxford, participants will connect with people across two departments, as well as within their college. They’ll graduate with a large and diverse network of exceptional individuals, many of whom will become lifelong friends.
Executive MBA
Global impact. Personal achievement.
The Executive MBA is a part-time modular general management programme that runs from January and September every year. We have developed a flexible format that allows participants to tailor their studies – through elective modules and integrative project work – to themes important to their organisation. The programme reflects the University of Oxford’s global reputation for academic excellence, combined with an emphasis on practical problem-solving for business leaders. It’s an intensive, unique and transformational learning journey.
The programme is taught over 16-18 immersive one-week modules. It’s delivered over 22-24 months, depending on the intake and electives chosen. Most modules run from Monday to Friday and take place in Oxford, with at least one module taking place internationally. This structure allows senior executives to apply their learnings and project work immediately to their organisations, enhancing both corporate and individual capabilities for maximum impact.
Degree programmes
We offer full-time degree programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels covering economics, law, management and finance.
The challenges facing business today are global, complex and connected. Our degree programmes are designed to help students develop the skills and insights needed to make a meaningful impact on business and, by extension, the world. The courses help people at different stages of their career learn how to make tangible impact through transformational thinking; in many cases, they offer people the opportunity to gain an accredited qualification from the University of Oxford, without interrupting their career.
BA (Hons) Economics and Management
The Economics and Management undergraduate degree programme examines issues central to the world we live in.
It covers how the economy and organisations function, and how resources are allocated and coordinated to achieve the organisation’s objectives. The programme helps students understand the world around them, and to think clearly and analytically. They will be stimulated intellectually by challenging work, while exploring the key issues our world faces today.
In the first year, there are three courses: introductory economics, general management, and financial management. In the second and third years, students can choose between economics and management courses, with a minimum requirement in each. Although the Economics and Management degree is taught jointly with the Department of Economics, it’s not a Business Studies degree; it’s taught as an academic subject within the Social Sciences division of the University. This means students will be learning through traditional academic means: reading, discussion and writing essays on problems and subjects set by their tutors each week.
Graduates from this course pursue a diverse range of careers. While the majority take positions in finance or consulting, recent graduates have pursued careers in politics, the clergy, teaching, not-for-profit organisations and academia. Some students set up their own businesses, others become social entrepreneurs. In every case, the potential for making real impact is clear.
MSc in Financial Economics
Where theory meets practice: students master the skills and knowledge demanded by top employers to accelerate their careers in finance and make an impact where it counts. Combining academic rigour and practical application, the MSc in Financial Economics (MFE) trains participants to be a financial economist prepared for the challenges of the future. They leave with a command of economics and knowledge of a wide range of financial applications. They also gain an international perspective and mastery of real-world skills that are in demand across leading companies, spanning a host of different industries.
The MFE is jointly delivered by Saïd Business School finance faculty and the Oxford University Department of Economics. The nine-month learning experience combines the expertise of two world-class departments and is enriched by input from exceptional practitioners from leading international firms. The combination of the programme curriculum and co-curricular programmes, such as the Oxford Saïd Finance Lab and Asset Management Masterclass, provides a rich and highly practical learning experience, reflecting the aspirations of students and employers’ needs. Students comprise a diverse group of ambitious individuals from around the world, typically with less than two years’ professional experience. Alumni have gone on to make an impact in investment banking, asset management, private equity and venture capital, risk management, investment consulting, strategy consulting, or continued their studies at postgraduate level.
MSc in Law and Finance
The MSc in Law and Finance is taught jointly by the Faculty of Law and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and equips students with an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of economic and financial concepts and their application to legal topics.
This full-time master’s degree programme offers an advanced understanding of economic and financial contexts. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to law and finance, it’s designed to provide lawyers and those pursuing a career in financial institutions, government or business with a thorough grounding in finance.
We take an in-depth approach to the key ideas and research within these two fields of study. As a result, our graduates are exceptionally well-qualified to address the challenges facing businesses, governments and regulators. Students take three core courses:
These are supplemented by courses from the Law Faculty and Saïd Business School, including:
There are also pre-sessional courses in maths and financial reporting. Assessments are varied and may include timed examinations, group practical work, coursework and a dissertation.
MSc in Major Programme Management
A part-time master’s degree for experienced programme managers seeking to make an impact on the world’s greatest challenges.
The MSc in Major Programme Management is an intellectually rich, academically rigorous part-time degree informed by cutting-edge research. It also teaches practical ways to manage large-scale, complex and transformational programmes.
Designed for experienced mid-to-senior-level programme managers, the MSc brings together global cohorts to share their challenges and expertise. Students will develop the understanding, skills and confidence to address these challenges and manage programmes – the scale of which can transform a company, a city, or even a country.
The programme takes an interdisciplinary approach and has an overarching theme of leadership with three sub-themes which, broadly, are introduced in the order they occur in typical programme lifecycles: design, governance and impact. Delivered in eight, five-day modules taught in Oxford, the format enables participants to combine work and study.
MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership
The MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership is designed to develop experienced leaders with the skills to deliver affordable, effective and efficient healthcare in complex global systems.
This multidisciplinary master’s degree is led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences in partnership with Saïd Business School, creating an innovative and integrated programme that harnesses the University’s world-leading expertise in healthcare, business and policy.
Taking a holistic approach, the MSc looks at healthcare from an individual, organisational and systemic perspective. The programme will help participants develop resilience, increase their confidence and give them the capability lead change to innovate and strengthen healthcare provisions, both clinical and non-clinical.
Intellectually rigorous and highly practical, the part-time modular format consists of seven in-person modules taught in Oxford and one online. During these courses, students will benefit from discussion and networking with an international group of world-class faculty, guest experts and peers.
DPhil in Management and DPhil in Finance
Unique doctoral programme that combines Oxford tradition and Saïd Business School vision. Candidates are treated as junior research colleagues while they learn.
We provide courses in a wide variety of research methods and candidates work closely with their supervisors to define their research question and develop their thesis. In addition, they will have opportunities to gain teaching and research assistant experience.
They also become involved with the intellectual community within both Saïd Business School and the wider University. They’ll attend academic conferences, make presentations, organise lectures and seminars, and contribute to management and academic decisions. In that sense, their ability to make an impact is present from the start.
There are nine places available each year between the two DPhil programmes. Both of our doctoral programmes run in parallel, with two possible research pathways:
We’ve deliberately kept the programmes small, so that in the vast majority of cases students are fully funded, allowing them to devote their energies to research. The DPhil corresponds to a PhD degree offered at most other universities.
Executive Diplomas
Part-time executive study. Full-time global impact
Our postgraduate, master’s-level Executive Diplomas are designed for experienced professionals to refine their advanced expertise and drive unparalleled performance in five specialist areas.
Executive Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Business
Harnessing the power of AI to drive extraordinary performance
The Executive Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business creates a close-knit community of experienced practitioners, technical specialists and future leaders around the world who are, or aspire to be, involved in the application, management or governance of AI.
Executive Diploma in Financial Strategy
Driving superior financial performance through impactful strategies
The Executive Diploma in Financial Strategy equips senior professionals with the highly specialised, practical, financial and strategic tools needed to effectively navigate new business growth scenarios and advance their careers.
Executive Diploma in Global Business
Connecting leaders to make a global impact
The Executive Diploma in Global Business connects experienced professionals around the world to share and develop the best practice needed to successfully navigate complex international business environments.
Executive Diploma in Organisational Leadership
Elevating your impact as a resilient strategic leader
The Executive Diploma in Organisational Leadership creates meaningful connections between experienced leaders, enabling them to share and develop the best practice required to navigate change, lead with purpose and strategically respond to future challenges.
Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation
Developing innovative strategies to make a dynamic impact
The Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation equips experienced professionals with the practical tools to formulate and execute transformative strategies that drive growth, maximise value and make a dynamic impact in our rapidly changing world.
Delivered in a part-time format of four modules taught over one year, the diploma programmes enable busy executive to continue with their full-time work commitments and make an immediate impact in their organisations and beyond.
Former students have gone on to reach new heights in their careers, pursue a change in career field or industry, develop a clearer strategic direction for their organisation or rapidly develop and scale a venture from the ground up.
Executive Education
A life-changing learning experience that will transform your thinking and understanding around the complex issues facing business leaders today.
We offer an unmatched learning experience that is immersive, collaborative and career-enhancing. Our programmes are specifically designed for business professionals and executives to enhance their skills, knowledge and leadership capabilities.
We provide executives with the latest insights, tools and frameworks to help you navigate the rapidly changing business landscape and make informed decisions.
Learn in a way that suits you
Learn from Oxford academics and industry experts in a way that suits you or your organisation, whether that’s in-person, online or a bespoke learning solution for your organisation.
Programmes for organisations
Our bespoke programmes are customised to address the unique challenges and goals of your organisation and industry. We offer flexible learning formats, whether you prefer short or intensive programmes, interactive workshops or online modules, we provide a variety of options to suit your organisation and can adapt any of our programmes to suit your needs.
Programmes for individuals
Offered in person or online, you’ll have the opportunity to gain perspectives from a global cohort of peers. Our programmes bring together best in class pedagogy combined with world-class research, empowering you to take a step forward in your career and make a long-lasting impact within your organisation.
Programmes for Organisations
Cutting-edge education and ground-breaking research that transforms individuals, organisations and society.
From navigating complex supply chains to mastering effective client relationship management, we have supported organisations all over the globe to achieve new levels of success. Every organisation is different, and we know that each requires unique interventions to address particular challenges and opportunities. We integrate a range of components into a bespoke and powerful learning experience to deliver your desired outcomes.
We have collaborated on executive education solutions for a diverse spectrum of global businesses and major public sector bodies, including:
Bespoke business solutions
Customised programmes
In close collaboration with our clients, we co-create tailor-made programmes that inspire teams, empower organisations and drive progress in business by collectively tackling today’s greatest challenges. By combining Oxford academics and leading research with the specific goals and challenges organisations face, we create a fully customised learning experience, in-person, online or via blended study that delivers real value for your business.
Online tailored programmes
Our world-leading online portfolio is tailored to align with your organisational needs, offering a truly bespoke experience that will help your teams thrive. Each online programme is hosted on sophisticated, industry-leading technology that provides an immersive learning experience for your employees. This supports them to reach their learning and development goals by bringing together best-in-class pedagogy and a tailored syllabus to meet your organisation’s objectives.
Programmes for individuals
In-person
Our in-person programmes are designed to ensure a practical learning experience that will challenge and engage you, as well as equip you with the skills you need to excel.
In-person study allows you to benefit from access to some of the greatest minds across a wide range of industries, as well as real-time feedback and tailored coaching from acclaimed mentors. Through team discussions with a diverse global cohort, simulations and practical sessions, you will embark on a learning journey that will prepare you to thrive in the workplace.
Online
Our online programmes bring together best-in-class pedagogy, a tailored syllabus and an unmatched networking opportunity with a global cohort, encouraging you to consider different perspectives. Dedicated support networks are in place, including peer-to-peer discussion and success advisers, that will guide and encourage you throughout your study. Each online programme is updated regularly to align with topical and current industry challenges, ensuring real-world post-course application.
Create meaningful change
Leadership and change programmes
Our leadership programmes offer a transformative learning experience that will provide a new perspective on your role and organisation. We coach you towards achieving greater clarity around the challenges you face as a leader and help you identify solutions that will evolve your career further.
In-person
Online
Sustainability, ESG and social impact programmes
World-leading academics will guide you in navigating challenges, so that you can create meaningful change and ensure a positive impact from within your organisation.
In-person
Online
Stay at the forefront of innovation
Entrepreneurship and innovation programmes
Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments, with programmes that will equip leaders to confidently navigate the new frontiers of business. Our entrepreneurship and innovation programmes will provide you with the skills and experience to set you apart from other leaders.
In-person
Online
Strategy programmes
Practical programmes that use real-life situations to transform and elevate your understanding of essential strategic skills. This suite of hands-on, practical programmes transform and elevate your understanding of essential strategic skills like scenario planning, navigating uncertainty and negotiation.
In-person
Online
Empowering financial leaders
Finance programmes
Perform at the top of your game with our leading finance programmes. These programmes will challenge you to hone your strategic financial management and strategy skills and give you unparalleled access to expert industry leaders.
In-person
Online
Digital finance programmes
Our comprehensive offerings delve into the realms of fintech, blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital finance, preparing you to navigate the dynamic landscape of the digital transformation that’s reshaping the global financial ecosystem.
Online
Members of faculty at Saïd Business School are grouped into three academic areas.
Each area is led by an Academic Area Head, a senior academic usually appointed for a three-year term by the area, in consultation with the Dean. The three areas incorporate all the research centres and institutes with different specialisms.
Faculty Services team
The Faculty Services team provide high-level administrative support to the Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research, the Director of Faculty Services, faculty and researchers. Anne-Marie McBrien, as Director of Faculty Services, leads the function, working across academic governance and with the HR team to support recruitment, induction and development. Other support in Faculty Services is split across three teams:
Careers
With more than 20 career experts, our dedicated team offers professional coaching, hosts career development and sector-specific workshops, spearheads leadership development initiatives, organises career fairs, and welcomes on-campus recruiters, providing support to both full-time and part-time degree students throughout the academic year.
The careers team at the School works closely with employers to put together a programme of activities that includes on-campus recruitment presentations and webinars, careers fairs, treks to company offices, case competitions and through partnerships with the student-led Oxford Business Networks (OBNs)/Clubs
The team cultivates relationships with organisations in sectors such as consulting, finance, tech, healthcare, media, retail, space, government, as well as careers and recruitment at the executive level. They provide students with the advice, training, connections and preparation to excel in every stage of the job application process, from understanding their goals, to CV writing and preparation.
In 2022, post-pandemic resilience saw our MBA graduates achieving a rise in overall average salaries across all sectors and more students than ever secured roles in consulting firms.
In 2022, our MSc in Financial Economics was named best in the UK by the Financial Times and our careers support was ranked number five globally.
Development and alumni relations
The Development and alumni team manage the School’s relationships with alumni, elumni and donors around the world. We are proud of our alumni and elumni, many of whom are leaders in their field or innovative entrepreneurs making an impact on global problems.
Truly global and diverse in nature, we’re committed to ensuring our participants’ connection to the School and to Oxford is lifelong. We nurture our mutually beneficial and enduring relationship with alumni and elumni through access to myriad benefits and innovative engagement touchpoints. In turn, many alumni choose to support the School’s advancement by sharing their time and expertise, often providing vital financial support through donations.
The team also foster and nurture relationships with individuals, trusts and companies who support the School’s strategic objectives resulting in more than £100m of philanthropic income raised in the last six years alone. Philanthropy has always played a key role in the fabric of life at Saïd Business School. From its founding benefactor Wafic Saïd’s first major gift to establish the School, donations from alumni and our supporters around the world who share our vision has always been central to our work. Philanthropy enables the School to fund more than 100 scholars in any given academic year, allowing us to attract the brightest and most deserving students from around the world.
It funds key research projects, establishes and endows professorships, and creates inspiring spaces to learn in, including the new Global Leadership Centre which is scheduled to open in 2025.
Alumni
On receiving their world-class qualification from Oxford Saïd, alumni have access to a broad suite of benefits and are automatically members of the Oxford Saïd alumni community.
There are many ways for alumni to stay informed and get involved. Benefits include:*
Oxford Saïd is proud to be embedded within an 800-year old world class University, and through our benefits scheme, Oxford Saïd alumni have access to the wider Oxford University alumni community across the globe. *access subject to course of study.
Elumni
Participants who successfully complete an Executive Education online programme are automatically part of the Oxford Saïd community.
Our global elumni community includes professionals from 176 countries, working in diverse sectors such as finance, law, marketing, healthcare and energy. We continue to support elumni to enhance their professional growth, enabling them to build impactful organisations, accelerate transformation and collectively tackle local or world-scale problems.
Elumni enjoy exclusive discounts on all Executive Education online programmes as well as access to the Oxford Saïd Elumni Network – our bespoke online platform. This global hub enables elumni to connect, collaborate and innovate, sharing their knowledge and expertise in a stimulating environment.
Features of the network include the ability to connect within the community, enjoy continued access to academics and experts through thought-leadership, cutting edge research and news from the School and multidisciplinary perspectives, as well as collaborate via discussion boards and join innovative community events.
Giving
All gifts, large or small, can make a huge impact at Saïd Business School – and hence, the world.
Scholarships
Access to education is more important than ever, given its potential to enhance career prospects both outside academia and within. Scholarships ensure that the School can attract the most talented candidates irrespective of financial means, achieve gender parity and increase diversity.
Research and teaching
Our faculty are at the forefront of their fields and provide exceptional teaching, intellectual leadership and high-quality academic research for our students, businesses, governments and NGOs.
This enables us to attract and retain the brightest, world-leading experts and educators, who are engaged in driving innovation and creative ideas, spurring advances that make global impact.
This can be achieved through the endowment of key academic chairs and providing support for a wide range of fellowships and research projects.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial thinking is key to innovation as entrepreneurs seek resources and combine them in new ways to solve problems. Oxford Saïd welcomes gifts to support a variety of seed funds, grants and awards across our entrepreneurship programmes which enable our students and stakeholders to develop the skills, attitudes and qualities needed to think differently and make an impact. There are a variety of initiatives donors can contribute towards, including support for:
Regular giving
Regular giving is a continuous investment in the School community, helping us drive change and deliver impact. By choosing to make a regular donation into the unrestricted Rewley Fund, donors enable investment in long-term development by providing a steady and predictable stream of financial support, facilitating greater investment in our students and faculty.
Annual giving day
Giving day enables our community to come together to make the school the best it can be. By contributing, donors can be part of transformational change and help widen access.
Recognising our benefactors
Saïd Business School would not exist without the generosity and vision of its supporters and benefactors. We are delighted to recognise the support of our donors in a variety of ways such as naming opportunities, including recognition on the Deans’ Cloisters wall, invitations to exclusive events and recognition in donor publications. Major Benefactors of Saïd Business School may be invited to join the Dean’s Circle and wider University recognition societies, such as the Vice Chancellor’s Circle and Chancellor Court of Benefactors.
Global Leadership Centre
Just a few minutes’ walk from our main campus lies the former Osney Power Station. We are developing this much-loved building to be an inspirational Global Leadership Centre.
This award-winning teaching and residential facility will provide leaders of global business, government and civil society, with access to the University’s leading academics and brightest minds to help them reconsider their purpose as well as their operations.
Business is a vital force in economies and societies. We will provide expert insights and perspectives to enable them to challenge existing systems and become a positive force to address environmental, social and governance issues and benefit society as a whole.
The Centre will provide an outstanding learning environment designed for the highest-quality education. It will facilitate challenging conversations and practical innovation in a range of formal and informal teaching spaces. It will also include 121 hotel-style bedrooms for executive accommodation, alongside leisure and dining facilities.
We are actively seeking philanthropic support for the Global Leadership Centre. This will strengthen the foundation of Saïd Business School and intensify Oxford’s efforts to connect, develop and engage leaders to reshape the economy for the benefit of people and planet. It will allow supporters to leave their mark on Oxford forever, by naming a space or room in the Centre and by enjoying University-level recognition reserved for major benefactors.
Sustainability
Saïd Business School fully respects our world-leading sustainable business teaching and research by practicing what we preach, embedding the core principles in every aspect of our operations.
We are determined to inspire our community by achieving the highest standards of environmental sustainability. Oxford Saïd has already made significant progress against the commitments detailed in our bespoke Environmental Policy. We have implemented many initiatives including purchasing 100% renewable electricity, planting wildflower meadows and applying a Carbon Levy on all flights to raise money for decarbonisation projects. There’s more information about our progress in greater detail in our Annual Sustainability Report.
Looking to the future, we have committed to ambitious targets of Net Zero Carbon and Biodiversity Net Gain, both by 2035. We are also excited about the opening of the groundbreaking Global Leadership Centre, which has sustainability embedded throughout and will operate as a zero-carbon building.
Our ‘Green Impact’ Employee Resource Group meets monthly to discuss sustainability at Oxford Saïd and plan new projects for the School.
Diversity
We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected.
We recognise that the broad range of experiences that a diverse staff and student body brings, strengthens our research and enhances our teaching, and that in order for Oxford to remain a world-leading institution we must continue to provide a diverse, inclusive, fair and open environment that allows everyone to grow and flourish.
What equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) means to us at Oxford Saïd:
Events
We offer a global platform to a diverse range of speakers to stimulate and educate our community.
Over the course of the academic year, the School secures a wide range of external speakers to come and address our students, staff, alumni and other members of the Oxford University community.
These events are generally delivered in-person and are also made available online. As well as our School events, many of the teaching programmes also invite specialist speakers into the School to share their views on specialist topics.
We are fortunate that the reputation of both the University and Saïd Business School enable us to attract the highest calibre of speakers to come to Oxford. Recent speakers include Professor Joseph Stigliz, Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Sir Dieter Helm, Alex Gorsky (Chairman Johnson & Johnson), Muhtar Kent (former CEO & Chairman Coca Cola) and Al Gore.
We also run a number of event series, where we invite specialist external speakers to talk on important topics such as ‘Smart Space’, Leadership and EDI.
Important information for candidates
Data Privacy
Equality of opportunity
The University’s policy on retirement
Oxford Saïd Exclusive Benefits
Wellbeing initiatives
Staff Summer and Christmas parties
Employee Assistance provider
University of Oxford Benefits
Annual leave
Salary and salary sacrifice schemes
Pension
University discounts
University Club
Access to Oxford buildings
Anderson Quigley is acting as an advisor to the University; an executive search process is being carried out by Anderson Quigley in addition to the public advertisement.
The closing date for applications is noon on 18 March 2025.
Applications should consist of:
Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence, please contact Alicja Janowska on alicja.janowska@andersonquigley.com or +44 (0)7743 927 783 or Kiersten Avery on kiersten.avery@andersonquigley.com or +44 (0)7510 384 735.
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