Biddable Account Director

Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology and data assets, and digital and consulting expertise, is one of the world's largest communications groups. With 108,000 staff in over 100 countries, the Groupe has capabilities in Creative, Media, Digital Business Transformation and Production.

Publicis Groupe has transformed its business model and its organizational structure to put its clients at the centre and to facilitate access to all its services in a fluid, modular way. Today, Publicis Groupe is organized across 4 Solutions Hubs - Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis Sapient, and Publicis Health- for easier connectivity and integration, fostering collaboration throughout the Groupe; while Epsilon at the core will fuel the Groupe's entire operations to deliver personalized experiences at scale.

As a Connecting Company for the Connected Age, Publicis Groupe is able to deliver winning solutions for clients through the Power of One - driven by a common purpose, a powerful spirit, shared behaviours, great character and a relentless focus on our clients.

About The Role

We're looking for a strategically minded Biddable Account Director to lead the biddable media output for one of our new pitch wins. This role provides an exceptional opportunity to drive performance and innovation at scale across Paid Search, Paid Social, and Programmatic.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Own and lead the overarching biddable strategy, ensuring channel strategies (Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic) meet wider business goals and client KPIs.

• Client Leadership: Build strong, trusted relationships with key, mid-level clients.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate closely with planning, data, and activation teams to build integrated media solutions. Champion the "Power of One" model internally and externally.

• Team Management: Lead and develop a growing team of biddable specialists, ensuring clear career development paths, consistent feedback, and high levels of team engagement.

Key Requirements

• Experience in biddable media with a strong background in Paid Search, Paid Social and/or Programmatic.

• Hands-on knowledge of platforms such as Google Ads, DV360, Meta Ads Manager, The Trade Desk, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

• Proven track record of building and managing client relationships.

• Exceptional strategic thinking with the ability to translate client objectives into actionable plans meeting KPIs.

• Experience managing, mentoring and scaling teams.

• Proven financial experience owning budgets and scopes.

Publicis Groupehas fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics,Pension,Life Assurance, Private Medical and IncomeProtectionPlanswe also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLDopportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS- Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• BENEFITS24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level.Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT.Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIESWe provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP&BIRTHDAY DAY OFFYou are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.

Full details of ourbenefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Pagewhich showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).