Performance Business Director (tech client)

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global marketing agency in London is seeking a Performance Business Director to drive Adobe's performance marketing efforts. This role entails overall leadership for the EMEA performance product across various digital channels, coaching a multidisciplinary team, and developing strategies that maximize business outcomes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in digital performance, analytics, and team management, alongside excellent communication and analytical skills. Embrace the opportunity to lead and influence in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working pattern

Inclusive benefits

Employee Action Groups

Qualifications

• Experience in programmatic media and digital performance.
• Proven leadership in coaching teams effectively.
• Ability to craft data-driven narratives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the EMEA performance product for Adobe on all channels.
• Develop and implement media strategies for Adobe's investments.
• Analyze campaign effectiveness for continuous improvement.

Skills

Digital-first leadership

Strategic thinking

Account management skills

Analytical skills

Excellent presentation skills

Tools

Programmatic media

Paid search

Paid social

Job description

BRAND: Zenith
Job Function: Media Performance
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Management
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world's third largest communications group in the world.

With more than 80,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

About the client

Adobe is one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world.

Adobe empowers everyone - from individuals and small businesses to government agencies and global brands - to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, and with a diverse global population of more than 31,000 employees, Adobe achieved revenue of US$21.5 billion in fiscal year 2024.

Adobe has three major product lines: Creative Cloud to unleash creativity, including famous apps such as Photoshop, Document Cloud to accelerate document productivity, including Adobe Acrobat, and Experience Cloud to power digital businesses.

Adobe has been at the forefront of digital technology for over 40 years and continues to see rapid sales growth.

They are an exciting, dynamic company with a respectful internal culture based on their four key values: Genuine, Innovative, Exceptional & Involved.

From a marketing perspective, Adobe is one of the most sophisticated digital marketing businesses in the world. Their activity is split between upper funnel and performance budgets, and they invest circa $180m in media in EMEA alone.

Adobe's model, with a country led approach, is called the \"Power of One\" and gathers all capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. They give everyone - from emerging artists to global brands - everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences!

They are passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Adobe is on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity.

We realise that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organisation, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

About the team

In 2023, Publicis Media won the Adobe business for Europe, APAC, and Japan. We have established the Adobe.pub team to act as a seamless extension of the Adobe marketing team.

Adobe.pub sits within the Zenith Global team and benefits from the opportunity, infrastructure and culture of one of the best international agencies in London.

The EMEA team, which has 95 members spread across London and India, covers all EMEA activity, from establishing strategy to media planning, activating media across digital channels, and reporting on campaign results.

We handle both performance and upper funnel activity and are dedicated to creating full-funnel strategies to maximise Adobe's digital engagement.

About the role

This is an incredible opportunity to drive growth and change on a fast-growing, game changing Publicis Media client.

As our clients business continues to mature we are seeking a Performance Business Director to join our growing team and help our clients unlock the full potential of our strategic planning capabilities.

You will play a pivotal role in developing a world class communications planning product for our team and use proactive thought leadership to help clients to unlock new sources of growth.

About the work

Leadership & Team Management

• Overall leadership of Adobe.pub's EMEA performance product across upper and lower funnel activity in Programmatic Media, Paid Search, and Paid Social for the Acrobat Product Group
• Manage and coach a multi-disciplinary team, including direct line-management responsibility for Programmatic, Search, and Social talent dedicated to the Acrobat product group
• Represent all performance workstreams for Acrobat on the Adobe.pub management team and collaborate with other product group leads

Strategy Development & Planning

• Work in partnership with the Acrobat Planning Lead to develop and implement a vision for deploying Adobe's media investment in performance channels to deliver optimal business and ROI outcomes
• Develop effective and efficient quarterly performance strategies across all channels to drive brand, digital, and business results
• Move Adobe towards a \"full-funnel\" approach combining upper and lower funnel media for maximum efficiency and effectiveness
• Always seek out new and improved planning approaches, partners, data sets, processes, and ways of working to continuously improve the team

Measurement, Analytics & Optimization

• Effectively analyse historical campaigns to integrate learnings into future campaigns, in collaboration with analytics teams within Adobe.pub and Adobe
• Work with strategy leads to oversee a robust test-and-learn program to improve Adobe's media effectiveness
• Help Adobe overcome walled gardens to understand the actual impact of different channels on results

Partnership & Collaboration

• Develop relationships with key media vendors to negotiate partnerships for Adobe
• Collaborate with Performance Leads in APAC, Japan, and the US to share and adopt best practices to accelerate performance delivery
• Contribute to the development of the broader global Adobe.pub, Zenith Global & Publicis Media performance product
• Look for opportunities to expand Adobe.pub's relationship and scope with Adobe by providing services that drive growth for the client's business

Responsibilities

What you need to succeed

• Digital-first leader who can craft compelling, data-driven stories and influence diverse stakeholders
• Strategic thinker with expertise in digital performance, analytics, and optimization to shape client media strategies
• Technical proficiency and hands-on experience in Programmatic, Paid Search, or Paid Social activation
• Proven team leader who builds high‑performing, motivated, and collaborative teams
• Strong account management skills to ensure seamless delivery and trusted relationships with Adobe and internal stakeholders
• Excellent presentation and communication abilities to confidently engage senior stakeholders
• Commercially driven and proactive, with strong problem‑solving skills and ability to escalate issues early
• Analytical and detail‑oriented, adept at interpreting data, spotting trends, and ensuring accuracy

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Additional information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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