Programme Director

Programme Director  

Swindon (3 days), Central London (2 days)

£40000 - £45000 plus attractive bens

Our client is a global customer insight and marketing agency working across many verticals delivering tailored bespoke solutions to their clients.  They are currently recruiting for a Programme Director to take responsibility for the strategic direction and profitable delivery of client projects for a global blue chip Client.

The role will be focusing on delivering a number of EMEA channel and marketing communications projects supporting the delivery of strategic client goals with delivery against annual and quarterly programme success metrics - across multiple communications channels throughout EMEA.

You will lead a large account team, in two locations, to ensure that the communications strategy is implemented in a timely and a cost effective manner.  The main purpose of the role will focus around the day to day running of a major ongoing programme.  You will be working in conjunction with the client team; ensuring strong management and communication strategies whilst developing strong relationships with all clients and stakeholders. 

Key Responsibilities:-

To develop and retain strong client relationships

• Take responsibility of client relationship on specific projects.
• Provide primary representation of the agency programme team within client environment to drive strategic and project operational goals.
• Network and influence within client environment, both strategically and operationally, to understand business landscape and drive project goals, meet new contacts and seek new business opportunities.
• Develop client business - existing and new projects
• Demonstrate tenacity and drive to ensure client and project goals are achieved.
• Manage and direct a large team of direct reports to ensure that they are motivated to deliver effectively towards clients goals and in line with client agreed processes
• Manage the team across multiple locations remotely and onsite as required
• Take responsibility to ensure that the project teams are integrated via effective communications processes and meetings

Staff management

• Recruitment of account team staff and induction
• Provide individual training and development plan for each member
• Coaching and appraisals

Account Management

• Head up and manage teams who will deliver the projects as agreed with the client and directed by the Group Account Director
• Develop marketing communications strategic across EMEA
• Ability to use data insight to uncover opportunities to influence behaviour and improve Marketing ROI
• Work with the global teams to provide visibility of projects in EMEA and to share best practice.
• Provide strategic input and direction for all projects (and project work streams) to Group Account Direct

• Contribute revenue/profit targets as agreed with Group Account Director
• Motivate team and demonstrate leadership qualities across the agency
• Encourage and foster 'best in class’ practice

New Business

• Participate in the generation of new business opportunities
  
  • Identifying industry-specific opportunities
  • Attend and participate in credentials meetings
  • Managing new leads through to confirmed business
  • Proposal writing

To be considered for this opportunity, you will have at least 6 years working within an agency or client side environment with a relevant marketing qualification.  Ideally with technology or telco sector experience, you will be a strategic thinker and offer excellent execution skills across direct and indirect channels.  Channel marketing experience will be an advantage.  Digital marketing and strong analytical skills will be called upon daily coupled with the ability to steer best practice for working and analysing data to derive business insight.  Proven project leadership skills through structured project management principles.   

You will have proven project management principles and recently applied experience of digital marcoms.  You will have an analytical flair with a competent understanding of the dependency of data marketing within marketing programmes and using data to derive insight and develop marcoms plans using this knowledge.  Proven track record of managing and working within a large team and understanding the complexities that that brings

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a global agency with excellent progression opportunity and benefits package.

If you feel that this is you then please call the Rocking Zebra Recruitment Team today