ABOUT US – HAVAS MEDIA NETWORK:

Havas Media Network (HMN) employees over950 people in the UK & Ireland. We work with clients to generate meaningful outcomes and are extremely proud of our proventrack recordfor accelerating business growth and creating a meaningful difference.

HMN spans London, Leeds, Manchester, and Edinburgh, servicing clients through our agency brandsincluding Havas Media,Arena Media,Forward Media,Ledger Bennett, andHavas MarketAcross all agency brands, we have defined sharedvaluesthatshape the way we work and define what we expect from our people:

• Human at Heart:You will respect, empower, and support others, fostering an inclusive workplace and creating meaningful experiences.

• Head for Rigour:You will take pride in delivering high-quality, outcome-focused work and continually strive for improvement.

• Mind for Flair:You will embrace diversity and bold thinking to craft brilliant, unique solutions.

These behaviours are integral to our culture and essential for delivering impactful work for our clients and colleagues.

THE ROLE:

This is an exciting position as a Biddable Business Director within Havas MediaNetwork, with a focus on our luxury brand portfolioYou’llbe workingwithsome of our most prestigiousclients, with a strong emphasis on agilityand best in class media delivery,alongsideClient, Data & EngineeringandProduct & Investment teams

Workingwith the Head of Paid Social and Head of Programmatic, you’llsupport thedevelopment ofan innovative proposition across the agency, leading a team of Paid Social and Programmatic specialists to roll outlearninginitiatives across the client teams and groups, as well as create best practice processes and behaviours You are expected to strategically design and lead Biddable products and implementation for clientsanddrivea truly integrated directionacrossbiddable channels.

You are also expected to work closely with Investment & Trading teamsto deliver commercial and quality targets across all activities, ensuringthat investment on behalf of our clients is commerciallyoptimalwith proprietary products and preferred partners. You should be experienced in audience planning,implementationand measurement, and can comfortably and confidently talk about how tomaintainthe integrity ofaudience segmentations,from planning to buying. You should be a visionary leader, as well as to be fully committed to turn vision into practice, with a deep commercial and operational mindset.

The role is perfect for someone who hasdemonstrateda solid leadership and management in the Paid Social and/or Programmatic industry, with an ambition to develop and use existing knowledge of all communication channels and how they work together within an integrated ecosystem.

You’llbe required totranslate complexbiddable solutions to ourcurrentand potential clients,to support commercial growth through organic opportunities with non-biddable clients anddemonstrateour proposition as part of new business pitches.

What we expect of the person in this role: (base level assumption)

Client: Become our clients’most trusted partner

• Proactively communicating and managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders, building sustainable relationshipswith the clients and client teams

• Driving,developingand evolving best-in-class client roadmapsand lead teamsto managethem

• Able to lead the team to producebiddable strategies & supporting rationale with documents thatdemonstratea high levelofexpertiseand innovation

• Pro-active presentations to promotebiddable capabilities both internally and externally

Work: Deliver more meaningful outcomes

• Greattrack recordin leadingbiddable planning and implementation and in challengingthestatus quo

• Significant media agency/planning & activation experience

• Passionate about media and the role an agency can play in the evolving communications mix

• Develop ourbiddable proposition by translating global solutions to the UK market, and creatingnew solutionsthat influence our global roadmap

• Develop a culture of sharing across our team & externally through award winning case studies

Growth: Drive business growth & momentum

• Driving investment planning at platform & audience level,leveragingpartnerships with technology vendors and publishers

• Pitch experience in communicating new and market leadingbiddable solutions to clients

• Actively seeking opportunities to maximisebiddable potential, improvingbiddable product proposition and be ahead of the curve of fast changing technology and industry trends

• Be ambitious inseekingto connect with the wider agency (Including Data, Technology, Planning, Insight and Measurement) to develop better solutions for clients

People: Make a meaningful difference to our people

• Effectively manage team resources and proactively optimising it to achieve efficiency andahigh standard of ourbiddable output,identifyingtraining & development needs of team members

• Coaching and mentoring junior members of the teamandsupport and manage all team members effectively

• Beaninspirational lead forthe team-leading a team of directors to collaboratively work across teams and groups.

Reputation: Be a force for good

• Continually act as an ambassador for the agency at internal and external events,demonstratingour agency values

• Creating solutions that act as a force for good in media – ensuring social equity & media investment acts as a force for good

Whowe’relooking for:

• A natural leader with 6+ years solid experience and proventrack recordworking with Paid Social and/or Programmaticteams,with strong planning,tradingand operational experience

• A greatleaderwho can direct and coach a team of specialists

• Excellent communication skills and able to educate internal and external stakeholdersin understanding of the role of Paid Social and Programmatic in the wider media mix,in order toachieve clients’ overarching business objectives

• Good storyteller, Great presentation skills and can think creatively

• Able to articulate complex matters in a simple and easy-to-understand way

• Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable working with many people ofdifferent backgroundsand skill sets

• Stakeholder managementexperience(across stakeholders with varying seniority, internally and externally)

• In-depth knowledge of all Paid Social and Programmatic tools as well as audience insight tools

• In-depth media industry knowledge beyond Paid Social and Programmatic

• Experience owning and leading a project from start to finish

• Can simplify complicated processes and frameworks

• Strong commercial mindsetandalways lookingfor opportunities toinnovate forclients

• Able to interpretdatawith ananalyticaleye

• Strong administration skills, project managementskillsand an enthusiastic approach to other more menial aspects of the role

• Be a challenger and contribute with ideas on new ways of working or processes that willbenefitthe wider team and/or agency

• Detail-oriented and organised

• Proficiencyin MS Office, PowerPoint,Wordand Excel