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Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Business Director SEA & SMA - h/f, CDI

Performance & Paid MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of confirmed digital performance marketing expertise, including significant experience managing managers.
  • Experience managing a business scope with its own profit-and-loss account, structured teams, and major clients.
  • Familiarity with Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, SA360, Meta, Snap, TikTok, Pinterest, and associated data environments.
  • Ability to make and explain trade-offs among competing account resource needs, client short-term goals and the division's trajectory, and revenue volume and profitability.
  • Ability to present to C-level executives and before a tender jury.
  • Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a business unit comprising several client portfolios, the Group Account Directors and Team Leaders responsible for delivery, and an area of expertise carried across the division.
  • Own consolidated revenue growth and profitability for the business unit.
  • Set development priorities across accounts, convert major opportunities, and secure strategic accounts.
  • Allocate resources among Group Account Directors and contribute to resource management across the division.
  • Own consolidated client satisfaction and serve as the final escalation point for major client crises.
  • Approve the ambition and consistency of annual strategies and ensure client roadmaps address both clients' business needs and the division's objectives.
  • Maintain strong C-level relationships on strategic accounts and lead long-term partnerships.
  • Ensure consistent business review standards across the business unit.
  • Directly manage Group Account Directors through weekly one-to-ones and development plans, and review and recommend promotions to the Head of SEA & SMA.
  • Define target candidate profiles, lead business-unit recruitment, and participate in final interviews across the division.
  • Set staffing priorities across teams and organize the portfolios within the business unit.
  • Lead the strategic development and presentation of major tenders and secure the required resources.
  • Produce high-value SEA and SMA expertise content and represent the division internally and externally.
  • Embed a test-and-learn culture across the business unit and share validated learnings across accounts and business units.
  • Promote case-study development and showcase strong cases to support pitches and the division's visibility.
  • Contribute to the training roadmap with the Operations Director.
  • Ensure processes are implemented and adopted across the business unit and contribute to improving them.
  • Ensure financial compliance for the business unit.
  • Maintain performance standards and intervene in critical situations by exception.
  • Co-develop the offer and product roadmap with the Head of SEA & SMA and ensure adoption targets for new features are met.

About the Company

Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Publicis Groupe runs advertising, media buying and digital transformation services for companies that want to reach consumers, coordinate campaigns and improve their business systems. Its agency network includes creative and media specialists, while Publicis Sapient builds and modernizes the technology behind clients' operations. Epsilon adds customer data and marketing technology that connect brands with audiences and measure campaign results. Clients pay for consulting, campaign creation and execution, with production and media costs billed through alongside the group's service work. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is headquartered in Paris, France.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1926

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