Senior Planning Director

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November 27, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition
** Agency :
** Havas Media
** Job Description :
**** Senior Planning Director | BBC (Manchester based role)
**** About Havas Media Network
** Havas Media Network (HMN) employees over 950 people in the UK & Ireland. We are passionate about helping our clients create more Meaningful Brands through the creation and delivery of more valuable experiences. Our Havas mission:
To make a meaningful difference to the brands, the businesses and the lives of the people we work with.

HMN UK spans London, Leeds, Manchester & Edinburgh, servicing our clients brilliantly through our agencies including Ledger Bennett, Havas Market, Havas Media, Arena Media, Forward Media, DMPG and Havas Play Network.
** Our Ambition
** At Havas Media Network we create Meaningful Media that drives growth for the world's most ambitious brands. Guided by our values - Human at Heart, Head for Rigour, and Mind for Flair - we embed genuine human insight, data-driven discipline and creative daring into everything we do.

This role sits at the heart of that promise - bridging day-to-day planning with specialist capabilities to ensure data-driven thinking enhances every stage of media delivery.
** The Role
** We are looking for a Senior Planning Director on the BBC account within Havas Media Manchester, on a 12 month fixed contract (maternity cover). The role is central to how the team operates each and every day. The role is about understanding your clients in every way; understanding their needs, and delivering best in class media solutions to meet their needs.

Our Senior Planning Directors are leaders within the client planning team (CPT) with the talents and skillset to bring everything together on a daily basis. You are required to have well informed and proactive client conversations, with a lens of channel neutrality to deliver against clients objectives.

As Senior Planning Director you will work closely with the internal agency teams & departments to align client & agency needs, with the overall goal to grow the account profitability year on year. This is Manchester based role, and part of the role will involve working directly at the BBC offices in Salford. These days are essential for building client relationships, and working collaborativly as an agency x client group.
** The BBC
** The BBC is our flagship account and as such working on the BBC is a privilege and we want people to join the account who understand the responsibility involved. You will be working across a range of programme launches and awareness campaigns, as well as performance focused product and user retention activity. The BBC is here to Inform, Educate and Entertain universally across the UK, and our paid media campaigns reflect this broad remit and variety.
** What behaviours we need from you:
** As Senior Planning Director you and your team are the heartbeat of the agency. You will be a calm and assured, motivated individual with an attitude and mindset to convey real care, craft, and creativity.

For your team, you will be a leading figure, and someone that will play a pivotal role in motivating those around you, bridging the requirements of both the client and wider agency. You will:
* Effectively manages upwards; builds positive cross functional relationships, provides solutions when escalating issues, anticipates the needs of the wider team
* Works with specialist team leads to manage hours dedicated to the account to ensure profitability
* Effectively communicates upwards account challenges and suggests structural changes to retainer/contract
* Takes a proactive view to talent management within the team, optimising the development of others by employing a variety of internal and external tools and resources. e.g. Campus, Equalize, IPA
* Can work with the HR team when required to manage and resolve conflict situations, escalate welfare concerns and deal with team personnel issues, and if required to, is confident in disciplinary matters

For your clients, you are representing the best of Havas. The face of our offering and someone that can build brilliant, trusted relationships based on exceptional work and genuine interest in their business. You will be someone who:
* Identifies commercial opportunities for the client that aligns to wider agency goals and…