Chief Growth Officer

Job Title: Chief Growth Officer  

Location: Cambridge, UK or Remote, UK, with regular travel to Cambridge 

Salary: £105,000 – £125,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience

Basis: Permanent, full-time, part-time or flexible

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK 

You must be comfortable with frequent international travel 

The role

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is looking to appoint a Chief Growth Officer to lead the growth of our educational impact. This is a pivotal role on our Executive team, with direct responsibility for our work in India, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Ireland, alongside growing our global network of partner organisations in other countries around the world.

You will be accountable for setting and delivering growth strategies in each of our priority markets, ensuring that our programmes reach the educators and young people who stand to benefit most. You will lead experienced country teams, working closely with them to develop the infrastructure, relationships, and capabilities needed to realise our ambitions at scale. 

You will also lead our global partnerships function, developing and stewarding relationships with mission aligned organisations that multiply our reach and impact beyond the markets we operate in directly.

This is a demanding and varied leadership role that sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and external engagement. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be a member of the Executive team, working collaboratively with our Chief Financial Officer, Chief Learning Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief Technology & Product Officer, and helping to shape the overall direction, culture, and priorities of the organisation. 

We are looking for someone with a strong track record of leading the growth of educational programmes in a range of international contexts, and ideally with direct experience working within or alongside education systems in low- and middle-income countries. You will be responsible for a team of over 60 colleagues, including teams in India, Kenya, and South Africa, and you will need to be an accomplished manager and leader. You will have experience of working in at least one of our priority markets, and you will understand what it takes to build trust, navigate complexity, and deliver lasting impact. 

We work hard to make sure that the Foundation is a place where everyone is supported to do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you're the right person for the job, we'll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you'll be joining an exceptional team of people who care about our mission and each other.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of growth strategies for the Foundation's priority markets, ensuring that our work in each context is ambitious, evidence-informed, and appropriately tailored to local needs.
• Build, lead, and manage the country and regional teams working in our priority markets, providing them with the clarity, resources, and support to enable them to do great work.
• Lead the Foundation's global partnerships function, developing and managing strategic relationships with mission-aligned partners that extend our reach and impact.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver agreed objectives and key results, working collaboratively across the organisation to coordinate planning and execution.
• Ensure that all programmes and partnerships have clear monitoring and evaluation frameworks aligned to our theory of change, and that we are learning from evidence to improve our impact over time.
• Ensure that all programmes and partnerships implement our commitments to accessibility, inclusion, and safeguarding, prioritising impact for underserved and educationally disadvantaged young people and communities.
• Work collaboratively with the Chief Learning Officer to ensure that all of our work reflects our teaching and learning principles. 
• Contribute to business development and fundraising, helping to identify and develop opportunities to expand the Foundation's reach and impact.
• As a member of the Executive team and wider Leadership team, contribute to the strategic direction, culture, and values of the organisation.

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth. We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not necessarily all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

• A strong track record of leading the growth of educational programmes at scale, ideally across multiple countries and in diverse contexts.
• Experience working within or alongside education systems in low- and middle-income countries, with a clear understanding of the opportunities and constraints these settings present.
• Direct experience working in, or a deep knowledge of, one or more of the Foundation's priority markets.
• Experience developing and managing high-value strategic partnerships with governments, international NGOs, and other mission-aligned organisations.
• Proven ability to lead geographically dispersed, multi-cultural teams, with a management style that combines high expectations with genuine support for people.
• A deep and demonstrable commitment to inclusion in education, and experience translating that commitment into programme design, delivery, and evaluation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the credibility and presence to represent the Foundation at senior levels externally.
• Experience contributing to business development and fundraising, including identifying new opportunities and engaging funders and partners.
• A genuine commitment to the Foundation's mission to enable all young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and AI.

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is an independent charity with a global mission to enable all young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and AI.

We empower schools to teach computer science and AI literacy through free curricula, classroom resources, purpose built software tools, and professional development for teachers. We inspire young people to become tech creators through the world's largest networks of coding clubs. We undertake original research that informs our work and which we use to advance the field of computer science education more broadly.

All of our resources and learning experiences are available for anyone to use at no cost. We are particularly focused on creating opportunities for young people who experience educational disadvantage and those who come from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in technology industries.

Over the past decade, we have supported hundreds of thousands of educators and tens of millions of students. We have teams in six countries (India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, the UK and US) and partnerships with mission-aligned non-profit organisations in over 60 countries.

Our work is funded through a combination of our endowment, which was created by listing our commercial subsidiary on the London Stock Exchange in 2024, and partnerships with foundations, governments, corporates, and philanthropists who share our mission.

We are at the forefront of the global educational movement to expand access to computer science education and AI literacy. You can learn more about our work in our latest Annual Report.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a wide range of benefits for all of our colleagues. 

• Paid time off. In addition to public holidays, full-time employees in the UK receive 25 days of paid annual leave initially, rising to 30 days after five years service, plus 3 additional days of paid leave for the company-wide closure at the end of each year. 
• Pension. We provide an 8% employer contribution on top of your minimum 4% employee contribution. 
• Private healthcare. We provide comprehensive private healthcare for all employees through Vitality Plus. 
• Flexible working. We have clear policies to provide flexibility over when and where you work, helping you balance work responsibilities with the rest of your life.
• Support for parents and carers. We provide generous family leave and flexibility for parents and carers. 
• Life assurance and income protection. We provide life assurance and income protection schemes to provide peace of mind for you and your family. 
• Investing in learning and development. We invest in your growth and development, including through access to learning resources and training, with dedicated time for all employees. 
• Travel to work. Through our Cycle-to-Work and Season Ticket Loan schemes we support cost effective and sustainable travel to work. 

Timetable for applications

Closing date: 29 June 2026, 9.00am BST

Phone screen: Week commencing 13 July 2026

First interview: Week commencing 20 July 2026 (online) 

Second interview: Week commencing 27 July 2026 (in-person, in Cambridge)

Our recruitment process

All of our workplaces are inclusive spaces where we want people to feel respected, valued, and able to do their best work. We are committed to building teams that bring together people with a broad range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. That starts with our recruitment process. 

Here's what you can expect: 

• As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to a small number of questions that we will use to screen your eligibility for the role. You will also be asked to provide your cv and a short cover letter. 
• Eligible applications will be reviewed by our recruitment team and the hiring manager. 
• A small number of candidates will be invited to a phone call with the hiring manager. 
• The purpose of this call is to check our understanding of your application and to answer any questions you have. 
• We normally have two interviews, which may take place in-person. Interviews will be with the hiring manager and at least one other colleague. 
• You will usually be asked to undertake a work-based assessment in advance of your interviews. This will be an opportunity for you to show how you would perform some part of the role. You will be given advance notice and clear instructions. 
• If you have any questions about or feel that you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, including adjustments for neurodiversity, please contact our People and Culture team at recruitment@raspberrypi.org.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Everyone appointed to a role at the Foundation will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.