Global Hub Manager

dentsu; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Carat is seeking a Global Hub Manager to partner with the Global Hub Lead and regional leads, coordinating planning, governance and continuous improvement across four regional hubs. The role connects global priorities with regional execution and drives planning excellence in a fast-paced, interconnected network.

You will support multi-market campaigns, learning programmes and capability-building while ensuring alignment, timelines, and clear communication across markets.

Qualifications

• Strong digital media planning and integrated planning experience.
• Experience operating in multi-market, regional, or global client environments.
• Experience working within hub, centre-of-excellence, or shared service structures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to coordinate complex programmes involving multiple teams and markets.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with excellent organisational capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads in managing strategic priorities, dependencies, risks, and key initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across the four regional hubs and provide visibility on progress, actions, and escalations.
• Consolidate regional updates and prepare leadership-ready summaries and recommendations.
• Track delivery against key work-streams and support issue resolution where required.
• Coordinate planning activities across Global Brands and Regional Hub teams for Topical and Culture Pulse activations.
• Facilitate collaboration between Strategy, Planning, Activation, Analytics, and Operations teams.
• Support annual planning, campaign planning, and key planning milestones across the network.
• Ensure planning frameworks, best practices, and ways of working are consistently applied and shared across markets and hubs.
• Coordinate global Topical and Culture Pulse activations across hubs and markets.
• Ensure alignment between global priorities and regional deployment plans.
• Manage timelines, stakeholder communication, and implementation tracking.
• Capture learnings and facilitate sharing of best practices across the organisation.
• Support the adoption and implementation of processes, frameworks, and standards.
• Drive consistency in execution across regions and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Help maintain visibility of actions, decisions, and governance requirements across work-streams.
• Support learning forums, capability-building initiatives, and knowledge-sharing programmes across the hub network.
• Identify opportunities to scale successful approaches, planning methodologies, and operational best practices.

Skills

Digital media planning

Integrated planning

Multi-market experience

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Problem-solving mindset

Job description

Job Description:

The Global Hub Manager will act as the operational and planning partner to the Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads, supporting the successful delivery of priorities across Global Brands, Regional Hubs, local markets, and specialist functions.

The role will serve as a central coordination point across the network, helping connect global priorities with regional execution while driving planning excellence, alignment, and continuous improvement. This role is intended to complement the leadership, providing the additional support required to manage an increasingly interconnected global operating model.

Key Responsibilities:

Hub Coordination & Leadership Suppo rt

• Support the Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads in managing strategic priorities, dependencies, risks, and key initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across the four regional hubs and provide visibility on progress, actions, and escalations.
• Consolidate regional updates and prepare leadership‑ready summaries and recommendations.
• Track delivery against key work‑streams and support issue resolution where required.

Digital Planning Coordinatio n

• Coordinate planning activities across Global Brands and Regional Hub teams for Topical and Culture Pulse activations.
• Facilitate collaboration between Strategy, Planning, Activation, Analytics, and Operations teams.
• Support annual planning, campaign planning, and key planning milestones across the network.
• Ensure planning frameworks, best practices, and ways of working are consistently applied and shared across markets and hubs.

Topical & Culture Pulse Coordination

• Coordinate global Topical and Culture Pulse activations across hubs and markets.
• Ensure alignment between global priorities and regional deployment plans.
• Manage timelines, stakeholder communication, and implementation tracking.
• Capture learnings and facilitate sharing of best practices across the organisation.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Support the adoption and implementation of processes, frameworks, and standards.
• Drive consistency in execution across regions and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Help maintain visibility of actions, decisions, and governance requirements across work‑streams.

Learning & Capability Building

• Support learning forums, capability‑building initiatives, and knowledge‑sharing programmes across the hub network.
• Identify opportunities to scale successful approaches, planning methodologies, and operational best practices.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution and improvement of the operating model.

Candidate Profile:

• Strong digital media planning and integrated planning experience.
• Experience operating in multi-market, regional, or global client environments.
• Experience working within hub, centre-of-excellence, or shared service structures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to coordinate complex programmes involving multiple teams and markets.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with excellent organisational capabilities.

Location

The role can be based in either London or Amsterdam , depending on the strongest candidate and business requirements.

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Location:

London

Brand:

Global Carat

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent