Commercial & Trading Director

At Saga we're radically flexible which means our colleagues have total autonomy over where they work - home, hybrid or hub. This role has a hybrid element which means our team come together when we need to collaborate.

Saga Media is a brand-new business that aims to become the No.1 site globally for the fast growing over 50s market, providing a space where they feel seen, trusted and celebrated.

As our Commercial & Trading Director, your role will be to help advertisers, retailers and other commercial partners see the value in this affluent but underrepresented audience.

You will drive our go to market commercial strategy across all channels, determining the clients we should look to partner with, and the sales products we want to offer them.

You will also build monetisation strategies for our brand-new website, engaged newsletter audience, social channels, magazine and events whilst closely with editorial teams to understand and influence the content strategy, aligning to our commercial goals.

As we scale our new business, you will also be responsible for the growth of the team as we look to hire more sales colleagues, adding additional digital delivery skills and building out a market leading data and reporting operation.

If you are looking for a challenge, a chance to be part of building something brand new and the opportunity to grow a talented team - please apply today!

• Working with the CRO to develop the monetisation strategy for each of Saga Media's channels. Working across Advertising, Affiliate and Sponsorship.
• Creating a go to market sales strategy, identifying clients and building new sales products.
• Managing a team of Sales Managers and Execs, setting targets and managing performance.
• Building out managing a delivery team of project managers, ad ops and data analysts.
• Leading the creation of new reporting tools, allowing us to build insight
• Directly managing key high priority client relationships at a CMO and Marketing Director level.
• Working with the wider Saga business, across travel, insurance and innovation teams to work on collaborative projects that can help drive revenue across the whole business.
• Working with the product team to build to design and create templates for Newsletters and our website that are optimised for ad and affiliate revenue.

• Experience working with Media and publishing businesses within a commercial media environment.
• Experience managing a team of sales and sales support staff and a trading team of data analysts.
• Strong knowledge of the affiliate and ad markets in the UK and US.
• In-depth knowledge of eCommerce and affiliate best practices.
• An understanding of Newsletter best practices and monetisation strategies.
• Key industry contacts within the affiliate and advertising sectors.
• Clear experience managing advertising and affiliate budgets and P&Ls.
• Clear understanding of advertising and affiliate reporting and data tools.
• A love of problem solving.
• A desire to train, guide and promote diversity.
• Ability to influence external and internal stakeholders to quickly compromise and come to decisions.
• Ability to understand the needs of our audiences and balance these against our commercial targets.
• Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen.
• Empathy - Always aware of others.
• Curiosity - Always asking why.
• Collaboration - Always one team, the Saga team!

The standard benefits when you join Saga include:

Remote working available where possible

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the choice to buy a further 5 days annual leave per year

Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service

A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies

Saga exists to help our customers and members lead the life they want to lead. To succeed in this, we know that the most important thing to do is to listen to our customers and members. At the heart of our business model is our drive to know more about our customers' wants and needs so we are best placed to serve them.

The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic and is recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service.

When you join Saga you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement.

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us. Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity.

We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required.

We are a member of the 30% Club and partner with Women Ahead which offers us a fantastic opportunity to take part in a leading, global, cross-company, leadership mentoring scheme to champion female talent.

We are a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and have received a Silver Award from the Employer Recognition Scheme.

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Any engagement with employees or provision of CVs to employees within Saga where you have not engaged with the Talent Acquisition Team will be considered speculative and Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.