Digital Director/Head of Digital

BMC Recruitment Group Ltd; North East; Hybride; GBP 65 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Birthday off

Life insurance

Company car

25 days annual leave

Résumé du poste

BMC Recruitment Group Ltd is partnering with a high-growth digital agency to appoint an experienced Head of Organic Search/Digital Director. This senior role leads a multidisciplinary team spanning SEO strategy, technical SEO, content and digital PR, owning the function's P&L and driving growth and profitability.

Reporting to the executive leadership team, you will develop people, scale services, and shape client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Own departmental P&L and forecast performance.
• Lead managers across SEO, content and digital PR.
• Forecast performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Implement scalable processes and best practices.

Responsabilités

• Take full ownership of the department's P&L, including revenue, profitability and utilisation targets.
• Forecast performance accurately and proactively identify opportunities and risks.
• Drive sustainable growth while maintaining high service standards.
• Lead and develop a management team across SEO, content and digital PR.
• Set objectives, performance measures and development plans.
• Foster a high-performance culture with collaboration and accountability.
• Plan recruitment to meet growth and utilise freelance support.
• Drive operational efficiency and scalability across the team.
• Champion best practices and ensure consistent delivery across accounts.
• Act as senior stakeholder across key client relationships and support strategic growth.
• Contribute to proposals, scoping and pricing for new business.

Connaissances

P&L ownership

Senior leadership

Forecasting

Team development

SEO strategy

Technical SEO

Content & Digital PR

Stakeholder management

Outils

Data & analytics

Description du poste

We're exclusively supporting a high-growth digital agency in the search for an experienced Head of Organic Search/Digital Director to lead and develop a well established organic performance function.

This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for the commercial success, growth and operational performance of a multidisciplinary team spanning SEO strategy, technical SEO, content and digital PR. Reporting directly to the executive leadership team, you'll take ownership of the function's P&L, team development, client success and future growth strategy.

This opportunity would suit an experienced agency leader who combines strong commercial acumen with a passion for developing people and building scalable services.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Leadership

• Take full ownership of the department's P&L, including revenue, profitability and utilisation targets.
• Forecast performance accurately and proactively identify opportunities and risks.
• Drive sustainable growth while maintaining high service standards.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and develop a management team overseeing specialist areas including SEO, content and digital PR.
• Set clear objectives, performance measures and development plans.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage performance effectively and support career progression across the department.

Resource Planning & Operations

• Ensure the department is appropriately structured and resourced to meet client demand.
• Plan recruitment activity in line with business growth objectives.
• Utilise freelance and specialist support where appropriate.
• Drive operational efficiency and scalability across the team.

Service Delivery & Quality

• Champion best practices, processes and quality assurance standards.
• Ensure consistent delivery across all client accounts.
• Monitor performance and client outcomes to maintain exceptional service standards.

Client Leadership

• Act as senior stakeholder across key client relationships.
• Support strategic account growth and client retention initiatives.
• Provide senior-level guidance on complex organic search challenges and opportunities.

Agency Growth

• Partner with commercial and client services teams to support new business activity.
• Contribute to proposal development, pitching, scoping and pricing.
• Identify opportunities to expand services within existing client relationships.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivery of agreed commercial and profitability targets.
• A highly engaged, well-developed and scalable team.
• Best-practice processes embedded throughout the department.
• Strong client retention and revenue growth.
• Continued evolution of the agency's organic search offering.

About You

We're looking for a commercially minded leader who has successfully managed a digital marketing function, service line or business unit within an agency or consultancy environment.

You'll bring:

• Experience owning a departmental or business-unit P&L.
• A proven track record of leading managers and specialist teams.
• Strong commercial understanding of forecasting, utilisation, pricing and profitability.
• Experience implementing scalable processes and operational best practices.
• A solid understanding of SEO and organic search, with the credibility to engage senior clients and support specialist teams.
• Awareness of the evolving search landscape, including the impact of AI-powered search and generative search experiences.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a significant organic search function within a successful, ambitious agency that continues to invest heavily in technology, innovation and people development. You'll have genuine influence over strategy, growth and the future direction of the service offering while working alongside a highly experienced leadership team.

Salary Range 65-75k DOE

• Benefits (i.e. WFM/Free Parking/Life Insurance/Company Car): 25 days' annual leave, with the option to buy more
• Public holidays plus your birthday off
• Hybrid working, with 3 days per week in the Gateshead office
• Personal development plan
• Wellbeing support
• Regular social and office events
• Monthly breakfast buffets, which apparently have something of a reputation