Biddable Manager

Pivotal London; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global marketing agency is seeking a Biddable Manager to lead paid search and social activities for key clients. You'll be responsible for strategy, planning, and optimization across platforms like Google, Bing, and Meta. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in biddable media with a strong focus on paid search and social. The agency fosters a supportive environment, offering benefits including competitive salary, generous holiday, private healthcare, and wellness programs, making it a great place to develop your career.

Benefits

Competitive Basic Salary

25 days holiday

Private medical healthcare

Pension and life assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Corporate gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in biddable media, ideally in an agency.
• Strong expertise in paid search on Google and Bing.
• Experience in managing multiple accounts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead paid search and social strategy for clients.
• Manage relationships and performance across multiple accounts.
• Drive daily optimizations to ensure performance improvement.
• Collaborate with various teams to deliver high-performing campaigns.

Skills

Biddable media experience

Paid search expertise

Knowledge of paid social platforms

Bid management tools experience

Account management capability

Planning and forecasting

Advanced Excel skills

Client-facing communication

Job description

Biddable Manager

Location : London (Hybrid - 3 days p / w in Central London office)

Company Overview

Our client is a global, fully integrated marketing and communications group working with some of the world’s most ambitious and recognisable brands. With offices across North America, EMEA and APAC, they are recognised for challenging industry norms and delivering measurable commercial impact through a truly integrated approach.

Our client’s media division sits at the heart of the wider group and delivers a full-service paid media offering spanning TV, cinema, radio, paid social, PPC and SEO consultancy.

Role

Performance-led. Growth-focused. Impact-driven.

As a Biddable Manager, you will play a key role in leading paid search and paid social activity for two performance-focused clients. The role goes beyond activation, with responsibility for strategy, planning and ongoing optimisation across channels. You will be instrumental in bringing Paid Search and Paid Social closer together, unlocking creative and strategic synergies, and helping shape best-in‑class performance frameworks across platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Own paid search and paid social strategy across Google, Bing, Meta and Reddit, with scope to build business cases for expansion into platforms such as LinkedIn
• Act as the primary day‑to‑day contact for two clients, managing relationships, expectations and delivery
• Provide operational leadership across multiple biddable accounts in different sectors and verticals
• Forecast annual performance, seasonal moments and key trading peaks
• Drive daily optimisation to deliver continual performance improvement
• Lead tracking, reporting, analysis and insight, including contributing to the development of internal performance tools
• Manage relationships with platform partners and search engine representatives, including face‑to‑face meetings
• Collaborate with creative, data and strategy teams to deliver integrated, high‑performing campaigns
• Champion innovation by testing new formats, tools and approaches across paid media

Your Profile

You are a confident and commercially minded performance specialist who thrives in fast‑paced agency environments. You combine strategic thinking with hands‑on execution and enjoy partnering closely with clients to drive measurable growth.

Essential Experience & Skills

• 2+ years’ experience in biddable media, ideally agency‑side
• Strong paid search expertise across Google and Bing
• Working knowledge of paid social platforms, particularly Meta
• Experience using third‑party bid management and tracking solutions
• Proven ability to manage multiple accounts and performance strategies
• Strategic mindset with strong planning and forecasting capability
• Highly organised, detail‑oriented and numerically confident
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence interpreting performance data
• Clear, articulate communicator with client‑facing experience
• Collaborative, proactive and comfortable taking ownership

What is on Offer

Our client offers a supportive, high‑energy working environment where people are encouraged to do their best work and grow their careers. The benefits package includes:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• 25 days holiday
• Private medical healthcare, pension and life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Half‑day working before bank holidays (work permitting)
• Wellbeing and support benefits including health screening and an employee assistance programme
• Lifestyle perks such as cycle to work, corporate gym membership and season ticket loan
• ....and many more!

Diversity & Inclusion

Our client is committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. They are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be made throughout the recruitment process if required.