Managing Partner - Paid Media; Paid Social & Programmatic - FTC

Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office)

Up to £120,000 + benefits

Media agency role (up to 12 month contract) spanning programmatic, paid social, team and client leadership.

You’ll step into ownership of a flagship FMCG / skincare account with significant upper‑funnel investment, overseeing a centralised performance model spanning 40+ European markets. The role is about setting direction, unifying markets, and elevating how performance media operates at scale.

The brief suits someone who combines strategic authority with genuine hands‑on performance credentials (particularly across programmatic and paid social) and who is comfortable leading in‑platform specialist teams in high‑pressure, high‑visibility environments.

• Own a pan-European performance operation
• Lead a centralised biddable hub covering 40 markets, bringing structure, consistency and momentum to a previously complex multi‑market setup.
• Be the senior performance voice for a tier‑one CPG brand
• Act as the primary client lead, setting strategy, challenging where needed, and confidently steering senior stakeholders through transformation, testing and optimisation agendas.
• Lead at scale, with credibility
• Manage and motivate senior leaders while overseeing a large delivery model (onshore /offshore), handling strong personalities, navigating tension, and keeping standards high across markets.
• Drive performance excellence, not just governance
• Oversee buying commitments, operational processes, measurement frameworks and experimentation roadmaps, with clear examples of where hands‑on activation insight informs better decisions.

This is not a purely “oversight” position. The client expects depth.

You’ll be expected to clearly articulate:

• How the hub model is structured
• Where you and your immediate team stay close to activation
• How upper‑funnel performance media is planned, executed and optimised in‑platform
• Where you’ve personally influenced outcomes through experience, not theory

• Proven leadership across programmatic, display and paid social
  , with strong upper‑funnel performance expertise
• Experience leading multi‑market European accounts within a centralised or hub‑based model
• Gravitas in senior client environments — able to challenge constructively and back up your POV
• Demonstrable experience centralising fragmented market activity (strong advantage)
• Confident people leadership across senior teams and near/offshore models
• Clear examples of hands‑on involvement alongside strategic ownership