Global Acceleration Associate Director

BRAND: Publicis Media
Job Function: Media Performance
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

OVERVIEW
Publicis Groupe is one of the world's largest communications holding companies, present in over 110 countries and employing about 100,000 professionals.. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

HELPING OUR CLIENTS UNLOCK GROWTH IN THE PLATFORM WORLD
Our clients compete in the platform world, a horizontal marketplace between creators and consumers, between speakers and listeners, between buyers and sellers. To thrive in the platform world, companies must continue to innovate their products and business models. Four imperatives (1. Real Identity, 2. Dynamic, Diverse and Disruptive Creativity 3., Smart Media and 4. Direct Relationships) via our suite of world-class agencies, are necessary for modern brands to win in the platform world. At Publicis Groupe, we've invested in capabilities across these four imperatives our clients need to unlock growth. As the only one who can architect, build and orchestrate end to end solutions, not only do we have a proven record of building bespoke models for clients and leading expertise across all major industry categories, we are able to offer our talents more opportunities to grow and benefit from a richer learning experience. We call this Power of One. Powered by a 100,000-strong network via Marcel, our AI-based platform, we are also able to provide our clients and talents instant access to resource, knowledge for any need, any time, in any market.

THE SPIRIT OF VIVA LA DIFFERENCE
Viva La Difference is deeply rooted in everything we do. It has always been in our DNA. From the birth of Publicis, 94 years ago, when Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, our founder, invented French advertising. Viva La Difference expresses how we value and respect each individual and recognize what makes us distinctive. This is the charge that inspires our teams to celebrate the differences in identity, background, culture, and experience of all of us. It is how we behave with each other and our clients, and it is deeply rooted throughout our work, to elevate and bring to life our differences throughout the platform world.

Overview

Shape the Future of Digital Performance

About Publicis Performance

Why Work with Us?

The Performance BU strategizes and provides digital activation services for global advertisers in over 57+ markets around the world with the aim of delivering the optimal outcome. Our Performance Centre of Excellence drives performance solutions across several channels including social, search, programmatic, commerce and affiliates. We have 30 different nationalities in our teams and work closely with teams from Google, Meta, TradeDesk and Amazon to deliver innovative solutions that help deliver business results to our clients.

The Role:

The Project Manager will play a key role in optimizing product workflows and driving operational excellence across our product organisation. This individual will be responsible for streamlining end-to-end product processes, implementing robust tracking systems for finance agreements and cost management, and maintaining comprehensive oversight of our product tooling and licensing spend. They will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to establish standardized procedures, build essential reporting dashboards, and coordinate operational improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong project coordination skills, analytical capabilities, and the ability to translate operational requirements into scalable systems and processes.

Responsibilities

PROCESS & WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT:

• Help design and optimize end-to-end product workflows from ideation to launch
• Create standardised operating procedures for product releases and updates
• Establish cross-functional communication protocols between product, engineering, sales, and customer success teams
• Implement and maintain product documentation standards and knowledge management systems

DATA MANAGEMENT & REPORTING:

• Build and maintain dashboards for finance agreement and our cost and revenue tracking
• Generate regular reports on product operational metrics for leadership review
• Track and organize product performance data and operational KPIs
• Support data quality initiatives and help troubleshoot reporting

TOOL & LICENCE MANAGEMENT:

• Track and manage all external tool subscriptions and licenses used by the Product team
• Monitor budget allocation and spending across product development and productivity tools
• Maintain inventory of active licenses, usage rates, and renewal dates
• Conduct regular audits to identify underutilized or redundant tools
• Coordinate license renewals and procurement processes with finance and procurement teams
• Analyze cost-per-user and ROI metrics for different tools and platforms

PROJECT COORDINATION

• Support product enablement and sales pipeline meetings by preparing agendas, taking notes and ensuring follow-up actions are completed
• Manage timelines and deliverables for operational improvement initiatives
• Coordinate between teams to ensure smooth execution of established processes
• Track project progress and communicate status updates to stakeholders

Key OKRs

• Successfully implement and maintain comprehensive tracking systems for finance agreements, cost/revenue metrics with monthly reporting cadence
• Identify and implement at least 3 process optimisation initiatives across product workflows within the first year, resulting in measurable efficiency improvements
• Establish complete oversight of product team tool and license management

Qualifications

• Strong experience in project or product management, preferably in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Demonstrated ability to streamline processes and document best practices.
• Strong understanding of performance marketing channels, digital marketing, and sales processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.

Additional information

Benefits:

In the UK, alongside the core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, and Income Protection Plan, we also offer:

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity 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.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 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 POLICIES We 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 OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

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 Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).

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