Global Managing Partner, Performance & Investment

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Spark Foundry in the UK is seeking a Managing Partner, Performance & Investment to lead the Performance offering across Spark Foundry International. This senior role shapes how we deliver Performance for major clients across markets.

You’ll align hub structure and capabilities for the future while influencing pitches and client partnerships. You’ll need extensive senior-level experience in a media agency, leading Performance at scale across multiple markets and a proven ability to drive growth

Qualifications

• Senior-level media agency experience with a strong track record in performance marketing.
• Deep understanding of how performance is delivered within agencies for large, complex clients.
• Experience leading performance across multiple markets and hubs.
• Proven ability to redesign or improve a Performance operation and gain buy-in from senior stakeholders.
• Strong pitch skills and responsibility for the commercial health and growth of a Performance unit.

Responsibilities

• Review current hub setup, identify improvements, and implement the right future structure.
• Coordinate cross-market teams to ensure the right people, skills and ways of working.
• Serve as a senior partner to clients and teams, shaping performance direction and identifying growth opportunities.
• Lead involvement in major pitches and progressively extend capabilities across Commerce, Influence and Partnerships.

Skills

Senior media agency experience

Performance expertise

Multi-market leadership

Performance operations redesign

Pitch & commercial experience

Job description

Company description

Who We Are in the UK?

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency.

We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.

Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.

We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future.

Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Our Commitment

We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Overview

We’re hiring a Managing Partner, Performance & Investment to lead and shape our Performance offering across Spark Foundry International.

This is a senior leadership role with real scope to influence how we deliver Performance for some of our biggest clients across multiple markets. You’ll take a fresh look at our current hub, build on what works and help us create the right structure and capabilities for the future.

We’re looking for someone who already knows the media agency world, has led Performance at scale in a multi-market hub, and wants the opportunity to make their mark.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll look at how we work today, what’s working well and where we can be better, then help us agree and put in place the right structure for the future.
• You’ll bring together teams and expertise across markets, making sure we have the right people, skills and ways of working to deliver great work for our clients.
• Be a senior partner to our clients and teams. You’ll bring a strong point of view on Performance, help solve complex client challenges and spot opportunities to grow our relationships and our business.
• You’ll play an active role in major pitches and, over time, have the opportunity to build our capability across Commerce, Influence and Partnerships.

Qualifications

Skills we’re looking for:

• You have senior media agency experience and deep Performance expertise. You understand how Performance works within an agency and what it takes to deliver great work for large, complex clients.
• You’ve led Performance across a multi-market hub. You’re used to working across different clients, markets and teams, and know how to create consistency without losing what individual clients need.
• You’ve shaped and improved how a Performance operation works. You can assess an existing model, decide what needs to change and bring senior stakeholders with you to put a better structure in place.
• You have strong pitch and commercial experience. You’re comfortable playing a leading role in new business, presenting to senior clients and taking responsibility for the commercial health and growth of a Performance operation.

What success looks like: You’ll make an early impact by evaluating our current hub and getting the right people aligned around the best structure for the future. You’ll also bring your Performance expertise to pitches and, over time, have the opportunity to help us build our capability across Commerce, Influence and Partnerships.

Additional information

Spark Foundry offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Spark Foundry, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.