Investment Performance Manager

Havas Media UK; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Investment Performance Manager to join their dynamic team in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence media buying performance and ensure the delivery of commitments across various channels. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and organizational skills, with a passion for optimizing media value. You will collaborate closely with clients and internal teams, driving excellence in media performance and contributing to innovative solutions. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to make a significant impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in media investment performance or auditing.
• Strong understanding of media measurement metrics and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor media buying performance across channels.
• Compile buying results and manage audit meetings.
• Develop relationships with clients and media auditors.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Numeracy

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Ad Intel

GMP365

Job description

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Reporting To: Investment Performance Partner

Office Location: Havas Village London, 3 Pancras Sq, London, N1C 4AG, U.K.

About Havas Media Network

Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, employing over 20,000 people in over 100 countries around the world.

Our ambition is to be the UK’s most integrated, agile media and marketing services group with data, content & entertainment at our core. It’s an exciting time for Havas Group in the UK, as we make the most of our ‘Havas Village’ in King’s Cross. This sees all UK agencies and 1700 people come together under one roof, with one common purpose to further our #HavasTogether mantra, bringing media and creative together.

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The Role

Following several high-profile new business wins in 2024, we have an exciting and rare opportunity for someone to join our vibrant and rapidly growing team as a Manager in media investment performance and accountability.

The Investment Performance team sit within the Investment & Activation team and is focused on value control and optimisation to ensure accurate delivery of media buying commitments across all channels for our blue chip and expanding client base. Working closely with client planning and investment teams across the business to apply best practice and ensure that our clients always receive appropriate media value and delivery of contracted commitments.

The team plays a vital role quantifying and tracking media buying performance across all relevant audited clients in the UK for our local and group clients. We continue to challenge and seek new ways of identifying and assessing media value driving HMN forward to excel in this area.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and influence media buying performance across all media channels to ensure accurate delivery against commitments. Course-correct, identify and manage any challenges in good time.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the wider Havas team, media auditors and clients.
• Control and direct media audit tracking and alignment with external media auditors such as Ebiquity, SLiK, MediaSense, and ECI.
• Compile buying results and ad-hoc reporting for stakeholders including agency management, clients and auditors. Manage and deliver audit meetings oversee delivery and alignment of data with auditors and agency team.
• Manage processes, design reporting templates and be the expert on contract deliverables, targets, methodology, value optimisation, and delivery.
• Support the team to refine and craft media KPIs for clients, manage PRF and contracted delivery while managing value and optimisation of results to accurately deliver commitments.
• Run weekly face-to-face meetings with team. Quarterly meetings with agency investment teams and buyers to manage delivery and course correct where necessary.
• Problem solve and assist with any team/auditor/client queries as required.
• Work with the commercial team to create compelling pricing and PRF proposals for clients which are competitive and sustainable. Support agency team on new business pitches compiling required templates in an accurate and timely manner.
• Embrace the HMN shadowing programme to build specialist channel planning and activation experience to enrich capabilities within your role.
• Your success will be measured based on your ability to manage the agency’s media audited client base and successful delivery of commitments and optimisation of PRFs. In addition to the resolution of challenges which may arise and identification of appropriate escalation routes, you will be viewed as a technical expert, showing mastery of methodologies, improvement of processes, and development of quality control systems. Your role will also develop people leadership skills - training, mentoring and developing direct report as well as upskilling the wider team in best practice in terms of delivery within accountability.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Well-established organisational and analytical skills. Candidate must be highly numerate, with excellent attention to detail and expertise in value methodology.
• Fully capable and highly competent on Excel with an excellent working knowledge of other systems and auditor platforms and methodologies e.g. PowerPoint, Ad Intel, GMP365.
• UK media experience essential, gained via working as a media auditor, or within the investment/activation team or media performance team at a UK agency with a strong understanding and interest in media measurement metrics, KPIs, and market pricing dynamics across all media.
• A passion for delivery and innovation. Strong attention to detail and relentlessly focussed on identifying and optimising value for clients and HMN.
• Enquiring mind to push boundaries and create new approaches and proactively problem solve.
• A resilient self-starter who has the skills to juggle multiple requirements and manage deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to explain complicated concepts concisely and with clarity.
• A people person able to communicate at multiple levels with a positive and collaborative attitude, being able to make informed decisions and build strong relationships to deliver results.
• Experience of supervising or managing one or more junior team members.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Advertising and Other

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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