Ecommerce Director

Top End jobs; Preston; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing retail business is seeking a Senior Ecommerce Director based on the South Coast. This role involves leading the UK-based ecommerce team to drive growth across UK, Europe, and the USA. Candidates should have proven ecommerce leadership experience, strong performance marketing skills, and a data-driven mindset. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative culture and is motivated by creating outstanding customer experiences. Opportunities for progression and development are available, making this a desirable career move.

Benefits

Professional development support

Collaborative work culture

Training budgets for further qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior ecommerce leadership role within retail.
• Strong track record of delivering significant ecommerce growth.
• Hands-on experience with performance marketing and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ecommerce team while driving growth across multiple regions.
• Manage and develop an in-house team across Ecommerce & Digital.
• Redefine processes and drive change during initial months.

Skills

Ecommerce leadership

Data-driven decision making

Performance marketing

Team leadership

Growth strategy development

Tools

Shopify Plus

GA4

Job description

Ecommerce Director | South Coast – Based on site! (some flex after first few months / 1 day per week WFH). Full time, 5 days, Monday to Friday.

This Ecommerce Director role is suited to a commercially driven, data‑led ecommerce leader with a strong background in direct to consumer retail and digital marketing, who thrives on building growth strategies, outperforming competitors and delivering measurable results. The ideal person is analytical yet creative, passionate about sport, health or active lifestyles, confident leading cross‑functional teams, and motivated by creating outstanding customer experiences while scaling international ecommerce performance.

The company is a direct to consumer retail business with a strong international footprint, headquartered in West Sussex and supported by operations in Europe and North America. It takes an engineering‑led approach to developing high‑performance products and is focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences through its digital platforms, combining innovation, quality and data‑driven decision making to serve a global customer base.

You will be joining a growing and well‑supported ecommerce team, with continued investment in people and capability as the business scales. The company culture is collaborative and non‑hierarchical, built on values of innovation, openness to new ideas, community and continuous professional development, with training budgets and support for further qualifications available.

While the product offering is highly technical, success in this role is driven by strong ecommerce and retail expertise rather than prior experience in the sector, and applications are welcomed from candidates with a wide range of backgrounds. The role offers clear long‑term progression, with the definite potential to develop to board level!!

Role overview

• Senior Ecommerce Director role within an international, direct to consumer business where ecommerce is the core revenue driver.
• Responsibility for leading the UK‑based ecommerce team while driving growth across the UK, Europe, USA and other international markets.
• Collaborative, open and supportive culture with a strong focus on innovation, community and professional development.
• Opportunity to take ownership of a high impact role in a fast growing, digitally‑led organisation.
• Manage in‑house team across Ecommerce & Digital; currently a team of 4 with immediate plans to develop further.

Key requirements

• Proven experience in a senior ecommerce leadership role within retail, ideally direct to consumer or inventory‑led.
• Strong track record of delivering significant ecommerce growth, including international expansion.
• Hands‑on experience with Shopify Plus and strong performance marketing expertise.
• Data‑driven mindset with experience using GA4 and a focus on optimising spend and return on investment.
• Confident people leader with the ability to mentor, develop and support a growing team.
• Willingness to be hands‑on in the first 6 to 12 months to redefine processes and drive change.
• Experience working with global teams is advantageous, with retail expertise valued over product‑specific knowledge.
• Open to candidates stepping up from Head of Ecommerce or Head of Digital roles.

This would suit a really data‑driven, high‑growth focussed Ecommerce Director looking for a new challenge and project. Company just under £20 million and international so any international experience would be a huge plus, particularly US, UK and Germany.

Looking at hearing from the best ecommerce professionals in the local area as well as possibly anyone looking to relocate to the South Coast, could be perfect for that! Please apply today!