Position: Digital Performance Lead- Media Agency (9 month FTC)

Digital Performance Lead
- Media Agency (9 month FTC)

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This is a rare senior leadership brief: take the reins on a flagship FMCG / skincare client and lead a centralised biddable hub spanning 40+ European markets.

You’ll shape the performance agenda for one of the world’s most digitally ambitious brands and drive genuine transformation across programmatic, display and paid social.
Director @ Silverdrum | Connecting progressive agencies & tech businesses with the best digital & data talent | 20 years experience in media and…

Managing Partner, Performance – 9-Month FTC (Mat Cover)

Start:
Mid–Late January | Hybrid: 3 days p/w London

Potential European travel

Candidates will have upper funnel CPG experience across programmatic and paid social - leading in‑platform specialist teams.

Stepping in as the senior client lead, you’ll set the strategic direction, bring cohesion to a complex multi‑market operating model and champion innovation across Europe.

It’s a role for someone who thrives on high‑level stakeholder management and can articulate a clear, confident POV backed by deep performance experience.
• Lead a European digital hub.

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Own the vision and delivery across 40 markets, ensuring consistency, efficiency and excellence in biddable activation.
• Shape the strategy for a tier‑1 global FMCG / skincare brand.

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Drive both long‑term transformation and near‑term performance outcomes, with a direct line of influence into senior client leadership.
• Run a high‑performing team at scale.

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Manage senior leaders, oversee a 30‑strong onshore team plus a 20‑person offshore unit, and foster a central performance culture that elevates output across the region.
• Drive operational excellence and innovation.

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Oversee buying commitments, measurement frameworks, testing roadmaps and cross‑channel best practice to raise the European digital bar.
What you’ll bring
• Multi‑market leadership experience within programmatic / display / paid social.
• Gravitas and clarity in senior client conversations, comfortable influencing seasoned stakeholders.
• A background in performance activation, paired with strategic fluency.
• Experience “centralising” previously fragmented operating models (a strong advantage).
• Confident people leadership across senior talent and near/offshore delivery models.

This FTC gives a genuine leadership seat in a globally connected agency environment, working alongside North America and global counterparts to push digital performance forward al for someone who wants a senior, high‑impact brief without a long‑term commitment.
Seniority level

Executive
Employment type

Contract
Job function
• Advertising, Marketing, and Strategy/Planning.

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