Biddable Manager: Programmatic & Paid Social Lead

Havas Media Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programme

Career development

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Havas Media Group in London (King’s Cross, Havas Village) is seeking a Biddable Manager to lead programmatic and paid social work across major global accounts in Automotive and Travel. You will collaborate with local and global planning teams and mentor junior staff, shaping innovative biddable solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 18+ months of trading experience across Meta, DV360, TikTok, and The Trade Desk, with strong analytics, client-facing skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Solid planning and buying experience with paid social and/or programmatic.
• Strong understanding of the role of Paid Social and Programmatic in the media mix to hit client objectives.
• 18+ months of trading experience with major platforms (Meta, DV360, TikTok, Amazon DSP, Twitter, Teads, LinkedIn, The Trade Desk) and knowledge of adservers (CM360).
• Ability to produce biddable media plans and rationale documents demonstrating expertise.
• Client-facing and able to present ideas with conviction and clarity.
• Familiarity with audience forecasting and reporting tools; develop meaningful post-campaign insights.
• Ambassador for the agency, contributing to best practices and team culture.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvements within the biddable team.
• Proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Operate media planning and buying for client portfolios on your channel, in line with omnichannel guidelines.
• Ensure campaigns run smoothly and meet deadlines and objectives.
• Be accountable for hitting productivity and performance targets.
• Conduct weekly reporting, client calls and post-campaign analysis.
• Proactively present to promote programmatic capabilities internally and externally.
• Collaborate with the Biddable Director to develop client understanding of biddable.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to wider training sessions.
• Lead wider biddable projects and measure frameworks across multiple platforms.

Skills

Biddable media

Programmatic

Paid Social

Ad servers

CM360

Meta ads

DV360

TikTok

The Trade Desk

Audience forecasting

Client reporting

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Tools

CM360

Google Marketing Platform

Teads Ads Manager

Integral Ad Science

Lumen

Job description

Havas Media Group in London (King’s Cross, Havas Village) is seeking a Biddable Manager to lead programmatic and paid social work across major global accounts in Automotive and Travel. You will collaborate with local and global planning teams and mentor junior staff, shaping innovative biddable solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 18+ months of trading experience across Meta, DV360, TikTok, and The Trade Desk, with strong analytics, client-facing skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset.