Performance Marketing Lead

Performance Marketing Lead – St. James's Place – Cirencester, ENG, GB. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we're building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable;

where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

Location:

London - Paddington
Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Employment Type:

Permanent
Seniority:
Mid-Senior Level

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and commercially-minded Performance Marketing Lead to join our Digital and Content team, reporting to the Head of Performance Marketing. As part of a matrix team of specialists across the Client Directorate, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering integrated performance marketing strategies that drive commercial growth, increase brand consideration, and generate high-quality leads.

Working closely with brand, campaign, digital, martech and web teams, you'll lead the development, execution and optimisation of multi-channel performance marketing activity. This is a highly visible role where you'll influence strategic direction, champion innovation and ensure our media investment delivers measurable business impact while supporting outstanding client outcomes.

• Lead the development and delivery of integrated performance marketing strategies that drive engagement, consideration and lead generation.
• Translate business objectives into full-funnel media plans, working closely with agencies, channel specialists and internal stakeholders.
• Lead all aspects of the planning, execution and optimisation of performance marketing campaigns across Paid Search, Display, Native, Online Video, Social Media and SEO/GEO.
• Partner with brand and campaign teams to deliver cohesive, through-the-line marketing activity.
• Drive continual improvement and innovation by identifying new media opportunities, technologies and approaches to support business growth.
• Collaborate with martech and web teams to optimise digital customer journeys, personalisation and conversion performance.
• Analyse campaign performance and provide actionable insights using data from platforms such as Google Analytics, ad tech solutions and Salesforce.
• Develop audience strategies and leverage first‑party data to improve targeting, performance and customer experiences.
• Manage agency relationships and ensure campaigns are delivered to the highest standards.
• Build strong relationships across the business, aligning stakeholders around objectives, KPIs and measurement frameworks.
• Lead, mentor and develop a high‑performing team, encouraging a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all marketing activity operates within regulatory requirements and delivers positive outcomes for customers.

We're looking for a strategic and data‑driven performance marketing professional with a proven track record of delivering commercial growth through integrated digital marketing campaigns. You'll be equally comfortable shaping long‑term strategy and rolling up your sleeves to optimise campaign performance, while building strong relationships across a complex stakeholder landscape. Demonstrating leadership qualities, you'll bring strong commercial awareness, a collaborative approach and a passion for innovation in digital marketing.