Head of Paid Digital

reference 18899 contract Permanent job category Marketing and Account Management location Derbyshire salary £55,000 per annum Our client, a well established media and marketing agency, has a great opportunity for a Head of Paid Digital to help lead and scale their paid digital offering over the next phase of growth.   The successful candidate will lead the agency’s Paid Media function at a strategic, operational, and commercial level.   Reporting to the Digital Commercial Director, you will own the vision, direction, and performance of Paid Digital across the agency.   You will be responsible for shaping strategy, developing senior talent, driving innovation, and ensuring paid media delivers sustainable commercial growth for both clients and the agency.   You’ll lead a high-performing team of paid media specialists across platforms including Google, Meta, Bing, YouTube, TikTok and emerging channels, while acting as a senior stakeholder for key clients and new business opportunities.   This is a leadership role and suited to someone who combines deep paid media expertise with people leadership, commercial awareness, and agency-wide influence.   Key Responsibilities: Set and own the Paid Digital vision and roadmap aligned with the agency’s wider commercial strategy. Lead, mentor, and develop the Paid Media team, including performance management, succession planning, and clear progression frameworks. Act as the senior strategic lead for Paid Digital across Google, Meta, Bing, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging platforms. Translate client business objectives into scalable, insight-led paid media strategies that drive growth and ROI. Accountable for departmental profitability in collaboration with the Digital Commercial Director. Report on departmental forecasting, utilisation, and resourcing. Play a key role in new business pitches, audits, and strategic upsell opportunities. Establish, refine, and enforce best-practice processes for planning, activation, optimisation, and reporting. Champion innovation by testing new platforms, betas, automation, and partnerships. Collaborate closely with senior stakeholders across Digital, Client Services, and Commercial teams.   Key Requirements: 7+ years’ experience in Paid Digital / Performance Marketing, with significant leadership responsibility. Proven experience leading senior paid media specialists and developing leadership capability within an agency environment. Deep expertise across Google Ads, Meta, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, and wider performance marketing trends. Strong commercial acumen with experience managing large budgets and department-level profitability. Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and senior stakeholder management skills. A collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence at all levels of the business. Agency experience is essential.   This is offered as a full time permanent job.   Our client would require the successful candidate to work onsite at one of their offices, in either Chesterfield or Manchester, for a minimum of 3 days a week.   Salary dependent on experience.