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Paid Social Manager
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We're looking for an experienced Paid Social practitioner to work with us here at Assembly across a newly-landed client in the premium fashion space. Working alongside a team of exceptional talent you'll manage a small team of paid social specialists to deliver successful campaign activation across Meta, X, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Snapchat. In this role you will take ownership of working with your team to manage day-to-day paid social campaigns from initial brief, project planning, execution, billing, financial management, monthly campaign reviews and post campaign evaluation, to ensure we are meeting our client's objectives and expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Run comprehensive DPA retail campaigns and manage complex campaigns through social management platforms.
- Demonstrate an in-depth practical knowledge of Paid Social best practice, Optimisation Framework, Account Structure, Bidding Strategy, targeting types, and their application to campaigns to generate a high standard of delivery.
- Build paid social campaigns & strategies that are structured into clear frameworks focused on client's business objectives & are built upon solid insight.
- Ensure that we execute and surpass our client requests and manage expectations effectively
- Support Account Directors and the Head of Department in developing investment-led strategies in paid social to help meet our client’s business objectives
- Actively seek creative and innovative media solutions
- Manage, guide and mentor your team towards being the best they can be
- Develop close working relationships with the other departments within Assembly to deliver an integrated service to clients
- Ensure clients are informed of Assembly's sustainability offering and credentials
- Champion a sustainable approach to marketing across client work where applicable, and consider sustainability across campaign elements such as messaging and creative
About Assembly
At Assembly, we help brands find the change to fuel business growth. We are an award-winning global brand performance agency, home to 1,500 talented people across 26 offices globally. We create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving and an inspired, collaborative workplace culture. Our clients include many of the best-known and best-loved brands across fashion, ecommerce and beyond.
As a modern business in an industry as dynamic and influential as ours, we believe that we have a responsibility to use our position to impact meaningful social and environmental change. We strive for the balance of purpose and profit, and we are committed to being an involved part of the solution.
Requirements
- Skilled in managing senior client relationships on key accounts in term of driving strategy and ensuring client satisfaction.
- Proven experience in planning and activating paid social performance campaigns, working to conversion specific KPIs
- Strong technical and data skills (advanced Microsoft Excel)
- Excellent written and numerical skills
- Excellent communication and literacy skills
- Self-motivated & willing to take on new ideas
- Keen to make your mark and pass on your knowledge in an exciting and fast-moving workplace.
We are committed to empowering workers in the communities local to where we operate, and are mindful of minimising the carbon cost of commuting. Where a position required regular presence in the office, as in the case of managerial positions, we attempt to hire staff who live within a reasonable commute (<50 miles or 1.5 hours) of the office they will be based in.
Equal Opportunities
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Social and Environmental Responsibility
At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours
Paid Social Media Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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An impressive multinational business is looking for an accomplished Paid Social Media Manager to join its expanding team based in London. Please note, the firm embraces flexibility so you will be able to work from home 2 days per week.
You will be responsible for creating, implementing and optimising paid social media campaigns across multiple platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Snapchat. Y.
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Paid Social Business Director
Posted 325 days ago
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As a Paid Social Business Director, you will be directing with your team to deliver best-in-class performance for your assembly of clients. You will be a specialist in full funnel Paid Social with deep platform knowledge across Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and more for both Brand and Performance activity. With that platform knowledge, you’ll navigate your team through the latest best practices, standardisation and our product proposition enforcement. You provide strategic insight, develop your team of specialists, and be responsible for the quality work we expect to deliver.
This is a senior role within the social department. This means you will be an escalation point of contact for client and partners, as well as for our wider team. You will also work with the Head of Paid Social, Europe to deliver on our department projects to futureproof Paid Social. But you won’t stop there. You will live & breathe innovation, fostering a culture of continuous and responsible experimentation for your team.
You’ll be the guide for a team of Managers and Executives across both London and India; nurturing their careers within the agency.
About Assembly
At Assembly, we help brands find the change to fuel business growth. We are an award-winning global brand performance agency, home to 1,600 talented people across 25 offices globally. We create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving and an inspired, collaborative workplace culture.
At Assembly we embody three core values: Show Up - actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth; Make Change - embrace obstacles as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change; and Win Well - approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination. Together, we create an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for making a meaningful impact.
About Social at Assembly
We are defining a new standard for the Paid Social industry. Through innovative operating models, proprietary technology, and amazing talent, our formula enables us to get the most from AI-powered Paid Social campaigns for our clients. Our team of up to 45 specialists (across Europe and India) ensure that we are at the forefront of what is possible. We are growing and building a team of diverse Paid Social professionals for the future.
Key responsibilities
- Your team will be responsible for impeccable activation. You will enforce the highest standards, as per the Assembly formula for paid social success.
- You will be a source of positive and constructive feedback as appropriate for your team’s development.
- Enforce agreed service level agreements. Your team never over-promise and under-deliver.
- Your team will have zero errors. You monitor the ways of working, levels of daily diagnostics and non-negotiables to be checked each day to ensure zero errors. You will govern the systems and technology currently in place to identify issues and provide solutions to fix things before they become a problem, and drive operational innovation to find further workflow efficiencies.
- Train your team to find the insight that can help us fuel growth for clients
- You will support with your team and department resource planning and recruitment.
- You are an senior figure of the social community. You will be an escalation point for your direct team, and others in the department. You will be present in heading up team meetings, events, and department projects alongside the Head of Paid Social to develop the team.
- You will be an escalation point for the partnership with senior clients, media owners, and tech partners.
- Collaborate with other departments in the agency to deliver on projects for clients.
- You will be involved in new business pitches. You will have an eye for identifying opportunities for up/cross-selling of our services.
- You will be a thought-leader, writing whitepapers and blog posts on the latest news & updates for paid social.
Success will be measured by delivering consistently excellent performance and business growth for our clients. This will be measured through excelling client KPI’s and business objectives, growth in agency revenue, as well as client feedback.
The development of your team is a key indicator of how well you are performing in the role, it’s essential we see growth in their development through achieving and over-achieving on their objectives.
As a senior figure, success will also be defined by the completion of department wide projects, as per our department strategy & objectives.
Requirements
- You work to the highest standard, and always on time. You team will also need to do the same.
- You are a self-starter with a passion for paid social and marketing.
- Evidence of own thought leadership, up-to-date certifications essential.
- Operationally proficient with project management skills. You demonstrate a clear ability to manage multiple tasks and differing priorities, not only for yourself but for others.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Evidence of working with large multi-market clients, budget, and strategy for Paid Social.
- Strong knowledge of both Brand Performance led Paid Social planning and Campaign Activation. Knowledge of advanced Paid Social products including ASC, CAPI etc
- Effective communicator. You will show an ability to be able to talk to clients clearly about performance and strategy. You make the complex, simple.
- Experience managing resourcing on a large account, and the ability to outline effective roles and responsibilities for each level within the team.
- Experience in line management and setting development plans for your direct reports. Clear evidence of giving constructive feedback to team.
- Expert knowledge of Paid Social platforms including Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, Linkedin, Pinterest etc, as well as knowledge of areas such as Attribution, Viewability, Incrementality measurement etc.
- You don’t shy away from taking ownership for you and your team’s output. You identify solutions to problems and are proactive to preventing issues.
- Involvement in new business pitches is a bonus.
We are committed to empowering workers in the communities local to where we operate, and are mindful of minimising the carbon cost of commuting. Where a position required regular presence in the office, as in the case of managerial positions, we attempt to hire staff who live within a reasonable commute (<50 miles or 1.5 hours) of the office they will be based in.
Equal opportunities
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Social and Environmental Responsibility
At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours.
Paid Social Account Director
Posted 419 days ago
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As a Paid Social Account Director, you will be directing with your team to deliver best-in-class performance for your assembly of clients. With your platform knowledge, you’ll navigate your team through the latest best practices, standardisation and our product proposition enforcement. You will use this to define a paid social strategy that will exceed client business objectives.
You’ll be the main point of contact for client and partner relationships, and through impeccable operations you will manage the workflow for your team. You will guide your client set through a vigorous roadmap of progression. But you won’t stop there. You will innovate, fostering a culture of continuous and responsible experimentation.
You’ll be the guiding force for a team of Account Managers and Account Executives, overseeing their work and nurturing their careers in paid social.
About Assembly
At Assembly, we help brands find the change to fuel business growth. We are an award-winning global brand performance agency, home to 1,600 talented people across 26 offices globally. We create unique data, technology and media solutions that enable faster and smarter problem solving and an inspired, collaborative workplace culture.
At Assembly we embody three core values: Show Up - actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth; Make Change - embrace challenges as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change; and Win Well - approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination. Together, we create an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for making a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities
- Act as the strategic lead on paid social clients to define frameworks that hit our client’s KPIs and business objectives
- Act as the most senior point of contact from a paid social perspective across a portfolio of clients, assuming ultimate responsibility for all implemented programs
- Lead key client accounts independently, managing client escalations, and providing inspiration both to clients and internal stakeholders
- Line management of a paid social team, and mentoring and support of direct reports
- Overseeing all elements of the delivery, optimisation and reporting of campaigns to ensure market leading execution
- Monitor quality control on daily workflow and ensure that team processes are followed, including Quality Assurance processes in campaign activation and for all client deliverables
- Working with the Head of Paid Social and our sales team to develop and deliver pitches to win new business and drive overall team growth
- Cross-selling Paid Social to Assembly's existing client base by working with Client Leadership to proactively identify opportunities
- Act as an internal expert on emerging trends, technologies and opportunities across Facebook apps, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, Linkedin and emerging platforms.
- Work with media partner contacts to seek value add opportunities on clients and develop relationships with key platform partners
- Ensure Paid Social plays a key role in the client’s marketing mix by keeping abreast of developments across social platforms and constantly encouraging integration with senior agency personnel
- Work with the Head of Paid Social and other Account Directors towards the development and execution of overall Paid Social team initiatives
Requirements
- Strong Paid Social experience, gained in an agency setting
- Senior client handling and relationship management experience essential
- Demonstrable experience of delivering best-in-class paid social campaigns and driving forward the agenda on innovation, testing, and measurement.
- Experience planning and managing both Brand and Performance campaigns for multi-market clients across multiple Paid Social platforms
- Management of activity across international markets referential but not requisite
- Experience in managing a team and goal setting for direct reports
Benefits
In return for your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ll reward you with an enviable range of benefits that include, 24 days holiday a year (increasing by 1 day/year to a max of 30 with every year of service), a day of birthday leave, early finish Fridays, pension, life assurance and enhanced parental leave.
Equal Opportunities
Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Social and Environmental Responsibility
At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours.
Creative Video Editor (Paid Social)
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About DROOL
DROOL is a VC-backed direct-to-consumer startup that sells curated, museum-grade art prints and frames to customers around the world. Our mission is to become the world’s most progressive destination to discover and shop unique contemporary art prints.
We’re a content-led brand where video drives performance. From scroll-stopping ads to creative showcases, we’re building a lean in-house team that blends culture, commerce, and creativity.
Role Summary
We’re hiring a video-first creative to shoot and edit high-performing content for paid social. You’ll focus on fast, native formats built for Meta, TikTok and other core channels
This role is execution-led, working closely with and reporting into the Creative Strategist. With your focus being making content that performs shot clean, edited fast, and designed to convert.
Requirements
- A fast-moving video creative who understands what performs on paid social and why
- Confident shooting predominantly on iPhone comfortable balancing scrappy content with clean, elevated results
- Strong editing instincts for Meta and TikTok, with experience in short-form formats that use motion text, kinetic typography, and bold transitions to drive scroll-stopping impact
- Proficient in CapCut and Premiere Pro. Bonus points if you’ve explored or other emerging tools that speed up the workflow
- Detail-oriented editor who can take a performance brief and deliver strong assets
- Able to manage a content pipeline independently, from ingesting raw files to final delivery, while staying reactive to what’s working in performance data
What You’ll Be Doing
- Execute against creative briefs provided by the Creative Strategist
- Shoot and edit performance content built for paid social, across product, creator, and brand angles
- Lead content production from raw shoot footage to final edited deliverables
- Take internal shoot footage, creator UGC, and campaign assets and turn them into high-converting ads
- Continuously evolve editing styles and formats based on results
- Maintain a clean pipeline of working files, exports, and content tagging
- Support internal shoot logistics where needed filming, lighting, and setup for iPhone
- Handle weekly creative editing load across Meta and TikTok testing priorities
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday and a duvet day
- Hybrid working (3 days per week in our Shoreditch Office)
- Creative and supportive team environment
- Employee discount on art prints and frames
- Opportunity to build a high-impact portfolio and work across content that scales globally
Director, Strategy Pricing & Interchange
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_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Director, Strategy Pricing & Interchange
Overview:
The Global Pricing and Interchange (P&IC) team:
- Partners across regions and global business units to execute changes in economics aligned to product- and market-led strategy under a consistent strategic framework.
- Leads the execution of initiatives whose complexity and scope require a global view and coordination.
- Advocates and drives revenue optimization, simplicity, enhanced customer and employee experience, and adherence to principles.
- The team has a privileged position with visibility into impactful initiatives across the organization, providing members the ability to influence and enrich many commercial conversations, through innovative and strategic thinking.
Role:
- Effectively manage and prioritize execution of portfolio of key transformational initiatives.
- Successfully drive initiatives from ideation to creation, regional syndication, and execution.
- Identify and develop creative solutions, with a strong analytical and fact-based foundation, and lead teams toward its implementation.
- Manage pipeline of competitive intelligence/market research and corresponding third-party engagements.
- Support external facing teams (i.e., commercial, public policy, regulatory) in value advocacy efforts including creation of pricing for value and pro-competitive narratives.
- Partner and liaise with several stakeholders across the organization conducive to advance assigned projects.
- Communicate effectively to peers and management progress against initiatives.
All About You:
- Experience applying financial and business management principles, theories, and concepts.
- Experience with financial modeling (e.g., P&L projections, Cost-benefit, ROI, etc.).
- Strategic thinker with a strong orientation to detail and execution.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to build alignment without direct authority.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ensuring that key messages are articulated in a brief and clear manner.
- Self-managed and self-driven. Able to anticipate needs and execute according to them.
Ability to turn data into meaningful information and present it in a concise, professional manner for senior management review.
- Ability to lead through influence and thrive despite challenges.
- Ability to interact effectively across multiple functions, geographies, and levels within the company.
- Advanced PC skills including Microsoft Office Suite, data mining, python, Power BI, Tableau, Etc.
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to work on several projects simultaneously.
- Ability to handle confidential information and materials with appropriate discretion
- Bachelor's degree required, MBA highly desirable
- Limited global travel but required as needed
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
Director, Medical Strategy Lead - Cardiovascular
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The Cardiovascular Medical Strategy Lead is a subject matter expert with experience in clinical research and clinical trials who will be a champion for Cardiovascular across IQVIA.
The key remit of the role is drive growth of the IQVIA Cardiovascular portfolio through scientific and clinical expertise. The Medical Strategy Lead will be charged with using his/her clinical, scientific, and operational knowledge to harness the vast IQVIA data and clinical trial resources to develop innovative, data-driven, and patient-centered solutions for Cardiovascular trials.
The Medical Strategy Lead will provide senior clinical and scientific expertise to all IQVIA divisions as requested and will collaborate closely with indication-specific teams to develop integrated strategies for Cardiovascular clinical trials and studies. The Medical Strategy Lead will also be responsible for early engagement business development activities, providing scientific knowledge and expertise to guide sponsors in Cardiovascular development.
As a subject matter expert, the Medical Strategy Lead will drive thought leadership activities including presentations, publications, and interactions with the medical scientific community.
**RESPONSIBILITIES:**
+ Accountable and responsible for creating innovative, evidence-based, and patient-centered delivery strategies and solutions for Cardiovascular trials or studies, addressing the specific needs and challenges of each customer.
+ In partnership with Indication-Specific Medical Strategy, Operations, Sales, and other functions, responsible for award of strategic and tactical new business to achieve annual Gross New Business targets. Responsible for the inclusion of Cardiovascular elements into proposals.
+ Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.
+ Support preparation of customer and bid defense meetings, e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys Cardiovascular strategy. Attends and presents at customer meeting, or bid defense or partnership meetings, as required.
+ Participates in strategic business development activities including presentations to prospective clients and professional meetings.
+ Maintains awareness of industry pipeline and scientific and business landscape; supports due diligence research of the Cardiovascular landscape.
**REQUIREMENTS:**
_Scientific and Research Qualifications and Experience_
+ **Cardiologist.** A degree from an accredited and internationally recognized school is required
+ 2+ years clinical research relevant experience, including hands on operational delivery and/or drug development experience
+ Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in Cardiovascular
+ Excellent skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments are required, as well as initiative and flexibility.
+ In depth knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements; e.g. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines
+ Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs, have difficult conversations with internal/external stakeholders and customers, negotiate solutions and understand impacts on the overall offering
+ Strong clinical research skills and commitment to evidence-based and patient-centered clinical development
_Professional Skills_
+ Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including good command of English language (both written and spoken)
+ Strong leadership skills, ability to work with minimal supervision, and lead a virtual team in a matrix organization
+ Innovative and strategic thinker
+ Strong business acumen including confidence with financial considerations, excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and comfort working in both sales and operational environments
+ Flexible and able to work in situations where specifications may or may not be well defined and willing to support work in other therapeutic areas when required
+ Confident and capable in the use of technology, applications and other media e.g. databases and internet to research assess new opportunities, maintain currency of therapeutic and operational knowledge and competitive landscape.
+ Proven ability to make decisions with limited information, bringing clarity to disparate information to inform actions and drive results
_Interpersonal Skills_
+ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients. Maintains a positive outlook at work; handles criticism well and learns from it
+ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide network of individuals e.g. coworkers, managers and customers
+ Effective mentoring and training skills, fostering learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at .
At IQVIA, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging empower our mission to accelerate innovation for a healthier world. We create a culture of belonging by valuing the perspectives of all talented employees worldwide and providing them with the opportunity to power smarter healthcare for everyone, everywhere. When our talented employees bring their authentic selves and their diverse experiences to work, they enable us to accomplish extraordinary things. Multifaceted thought processes spark innovation. Multi-talented collaboration harnesses innovation to deliver superior outcomes.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.
To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.
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Director, Insights, Strategy & Analytics - International Productions
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Sony Pictures Television is looking for a strong leader to join our team as Director, Insight, Strategy & Analytics for International Productions.
The world's largest independent studio, Sony Pictures Television, produces original content for linear networks and digital platforms. Our series - from dramas like THE CROWN, SEX EDUCATION, and THE BOYS, to comedies like TWISTED METAL and COBRA KAI, to unscripted series like SHARK TANK, JEOPARDY!, WHEEL OF FORTUNE, and AMERICAN IDOL - are beloved by our fans and customers worldwide.
We are looking for an expert strategic insights & analytics leader to support SPT's International Productions Division. Using secondary & syndicated data analysis, data science & business intelligence, primary research, content analysis, ratings & consumption data analysis and social listening, the Director will serve as the point person for key SPT international series throughout their production lifecycles - including global market & content strategy, trend identification, landscape opportunity analysis, concept and pilot testing, content positioning, content promotion & launch / post launch analyses, and deep performance analytics - playing a meaningful and visible role in guiding content creation, optimizing audience engagement globally, and assessing performance of our first-run shows. In short, making our content the best it can be.
The Director, Insight, Strategy & Analytics is a leadership role reporting to the VP Insight, Strategy & Analytics in Los Angeles and will be based in our London office.
What you'll do:
Series Insights, Content Strategy & Analytics
The Director will be the Production Insights, Strategy & Analytics lead for SPT International Productions division. This leader will have a keen understanding of global trends and opportunities - conducting performance analyses, primary research and show studies tracking series' performance to optimize departmental development slates, understanding global genre trends and uncovering audiences' views on global series, to improve the sellability and performance of pitches and current series around the world and in US markets.
+ Must have a holistic experience with various ways to use insight / data tools to answer key business questions - from primary research to viewing / consumption data analysis, to social analytics, to data analytics solutions
+ Must understand both the US and International markets from a production landscape
+ Leverage studio wide tools and data sources to deeply understand content performance, content trends and audience engagement
+ Analyze the TV landscape, global trajectories & audience areas of growth / opportunity for development & production - using BARB, Nielsen, Ampere and other similar consumption data
+ Analyze adaptation potential of existing IP by looking into audience segments, key themes, and success factors
+ Utilize social media listening to understand audiences' needs and test hypotheses about content, including development & marketing opportunities
+ Utilize syndicated consumer & audience insight tools to answer content, development & landscape questions
+ Design primary research studies to test concepts, episodes, and series end to end - both qualitative & quantitative
+ Create innovative primary research techniques and source new techniques & methodologies from vendors
+ Act as a thought partner internally with executives and with external research vendors in managing and coordinating projects
+ Collaborate with research partners across Sony Pictures Entertainment and contribute to cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders
+ Strong presentation skills, able to tell data narratives that are strategic, succinct & visual, with a clear POV, to increase engagement & adoption of insights & data across the business
Thought Leadership & Strategy
We are looking for leader with a deep understanding of cultural, landscape & market trends and our buyers and network partners. The Director will use data and insights to guide decision making with business leaders to improve our market position and drive growth.
+ Lead analyses of broader global factors and shifts that would meaningfully impact and inspire SPT content, commissioning, and development
+ Lead content strategy analyses, understanding the factors by TV genre that are driving success globally
+ Drive thought leadership across SPT, producing strategic analyses to provide internal stakeholders and talent with impactful audience understanding that enables stronger international shows and strong global audience understanding
+ Support analyses of Int'l Prod Co strategic initiatives, including acquisitions, partnerships, whitespace analysis, forecasting, and opportunity modeling for the production space
+ Develop strategic insights about our buyer strategies and buyer-level commissioning trends in relation to genres and communicate those to creative teams and to senior leaders
Partnership with Creative Stakeholders
We are looking for a leader who is skilled in developing impactful and trusted relationships with creative executives and production leaders and who enjoys operationalizing insights throughout the creative lifecycle
+ Must have experience building impactful relationships with creative executives, such as development execs, producers, writers and showrunners
+ Must be skilled in developing data narratives that appeal to creatives
+ Must be passionate about operationalizing insights with our stakeholders, staying closely connected with our UK and Australian production companies
Team Leadership & Development
We are looking for a leader who is passionate about being a thought leader, manager & helping teams develop & grow their skillsets
+ Partner with team members across regions and help them master holistic methodologies & tools (primary research, syndicated data analysis, viewing e.g. BARB/Nielsen/Ampere, and social tools)
+ Guide strategic narrative building versus data provision
+ Empower & create visibility for the insights & analytics team internally and externally
+ Stay closely connected with the larger team in Los Angeles while developing strong relationships with our London-based partners
+ Open and collaborative approach in partnering with internal data & insight teams throughout Sony
What you have:
+ Typically, 10+ years of experience leveraging quantitative and qualitative research (Media preferred)
+ Typically, 10+ years of experience in media consumption analysis (BARB, Nielsen and other similar consumption data sets)
+ Deep understanding of TV production business, including the major milestones from creative strategy to series delivery essential
+ Experience in global content insights, research & trends (US, UK & Australia preferred)
+ Experience commissioning, designing, and managing multi-market qualitative and quantitative research projects
+ Experience with syndicated consumer, trend & audience data tools and sets
+ Strong instinct for strategic data storytelling & narratives
+ Expert understanding of TV landscape, including linear networks, digital platforms, streaming platforms and emerging media platforms
+ Expertise in digital (AVOD, VOD, SVOD etc.) viewership measurement
+ Some expertise in using advanced analytics, data science and business intelligence for delivering on business needs (or partnering with advanced analytics teams)
+ Passion for film and television!
+ Executive presence
+ Strategic mindset
+ Ability to build impactful partnerships & relationships with creative execs - must be a fit with creative mindsets
+ Voice of the consumer - used to speaking up & advocating for the consumer / audience
+ Collaborative and transparent team-builder with experience working in a matrixed, multicultural, and international organization
+ Exceptionally strong visual and verbal presentation skills and experience leading and delivering insight at an executive level
+ Lifetime learner with a strategic mindset and focus on innovation and continuous improvement
+ Experience with managing stakeholders in various time zones - e.g. working a global schedule
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Director of Strategy & Go To Market - Cross Border Payments FX
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_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Director of Strategy & Go To Market - Cross Border Payments FX
Overview
This Director of Strategy and Go-to-Market will focus on selected growth initiatives, starting from evaluating A2A cross-border options for Mastercard. Scanning the market for innovations and opportunities, mapping internal assets, evaluating market demand, creating business cases and supporting the product team building viable solutions and taking product to the market.
Key accountabilities:
- Develop and deliver a consistent product vision, strategy and roadmap for Mastercard A2A cross-border options.
- Support the delivery of these key strategic options, following a regular reporting structure for senior leadership visibility and progress tracking against objectives.
- Ownership of product strategy, and execution of long-term and short-term strategic initiatives with a focus on developing core, scalable and revenue-driving products.
- Support go-to-market activities, Commercial team and Customer Account Management team to optimise go-to-market strategy and drive time to revenue.
- Identify and recommend new features and functionality based on a data-driven approach in partnership with Commercial, Go to Market and Customer Account Management teams and complete business case process to initiate development.
- Build highly effective partnerships with Product peers to ensure strategic alignment across products & business areas and have ability to manage competing priorities across multiple roadmaps.
- Navigate and influence key stakeholders, leveraging strong relationships with key groups across Mastercard to gain support and buy-in for key decisions, across the various governance processes.
- Support product management disciplines across the product lifecycle, e.g., Studio framework, ensuring product readiness across Technology, Delivery, Product and GTM perspectives.
- Deep understanding of cross-border payments and market dynamics including regulatory, legal, competitive and technological landscapes.
- Actively partner with multiple internal teams across Mastercard to meet objectives and to deliver on the day-to-day business commitments, including driving effective relations across partnership functions, e.g. Engineering, Operations & Technology, Delivery, Finance, Risk, Legal & Franchise Integrity.
- Responsible for preparation of relevant content for Product, Commercial & Customer councils and boards, representing Product Management.
- Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviours through their behaviour, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement.
All About You
- Demonstrated experience in building and/or taking to market cross-border related products and services.
- Should have a deep understanding of the FX payment value chain, key parties involved, revenue drivers, and abreast with the latest innovations in the cross border and FX space disrupting the market.
- Commercial acumen to Excellence in customer need-driven product management.
- Experience in managing development of products with and for financial institutions and schemes.
- A commercial focus that leads to corporate growth through proven experience of business case development, revenue generation and cost control.
- A communicator and influencer, from board level to technical level.
- Ability to forge strong relationships at all levels.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities to drive alignment across a matrixed organization and teams.
- Outstanding collaboration and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to think strategically about complex issues, driving thoughtful recommendations and action plans.
- Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to quickly conceptualize and express lines of thinking.
- Account-to-account payments experiences desirable.
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
Director, Head of Strategy and Architecture, Digital Engineering Services and Solutions
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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.
With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.
Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.
**NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS**
Between 9 - 15 indirect (dotted line) reports, direct reports TBC.
**MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**
The Head of Strategy and Architecture, Digital Engineering Services & Solutions (DES) is responsible for articulating, developing, leading and driving the strategic direction and technical architecture of the Digital Engineering Services & Solutions department.
The role will cover Digital Engineering Services & Solutions incorporating Infrastructure and Service Management across EMEA Bank and International Securities and the countries that those entities operate in (15 plus).
The role will be accountable for leading and driving the department's strategic plans ensuring alignment and integration with MUFG's strategic goals, including Medium Term Business Plans (MTBP) across the Business and Technology.
The role will establish and design robust technical roadmaps to support a drive and transformation to a modern and digital technology architecture across the department, working closely with the various functions in the department to define a path to reach business needs. To enable this the role holder will have proven capability of designing modern, digital architecture and strategy fit for immediate and future technology advancements.
The Head of Strategy and Architecture, Digital Engineering Services and Solutions will play a pivotal role in driving transformation, identifying emerging technologies and leveraging them to gain competitive advantage. The role holder will have extensive proven experience of establishing, creating and driving delivery of strategic digital transformation in global organisations.
The role holder will have indirect leadership of a team of Strategy and Architect leads, fostering a culture of technical enterprise architectural and engineering excellence. The role holder will have proven experience of leading and influencing both directly and indirectly in global organisations.
This is a senior leadership position and an integral part of the Digital Engineering Solutions and Services Leadership team.
The role will require proven experience of influencing and communicating with C level and Board level executives.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
+ Lead the design, development, operation and management of the departments strategy and architectural roadmaps ensuring alignment with business requirements and strategic goals.
+ Develop the departments short, medium and long term strategic goals and objectives, including defining the vision and mission.
+ Collaborate with business units, operational teams, application owners and enterprise architecture to shape, document and execute the Digital Engineering Services and Solutions department strategy.
+ Maintain a clear architecture vision for the Digital Engineering Services and Solutions department that represents the 3 - 5 year roadmap for the department and organisation highlighting the key milestones required to achieve this.
+ Articulate and align Senior Stakeholders on the department's strategic direction, communicating progress towards the milestones.
+ Develop appropriate strategic measures to monitor progress against the strategic objectives ensuring they are visible to relevant stakeholders. Establish clear measurable goals aligned with the strategy to analyse department progress and KPI'S.
+ Champion adoption of the department's strategic roadmaps across the business.
+ Continuously review the department's strategy to ensure its validity and appropriateness for MUFG to achieve its business goals. Identifying opportunities to develop and refine the departments strategy.
+ Work with Digital Engineering Services and Solution Pillar Leads to define roadmaps and feed into the wider department's strategy.
+ Contribute to and align with the Enterprise Architecture.
+ Represent Digitial Engineering Services and Solutions department at the Architectural Review Board with authority to approve designs on the department's behalf.
+ Lead a team of Strategy Leads and Architects to provide technical strategy and roadmaps on behalf of Digital Engineering Services and Solutions to shape the departments landscape.
+ Regularly assessing and improving the departments technology landscape, incusing identifying opportunities for innovation and optimisation
+ Interpret relevant regulatory, requirements and security, design and technical best practices and translate these to business aligned Digitial Engineering requirements.
+ Work closely with industry partners, vendors and the wider technology ecosystems to leverage external expertise and best practices.
+ Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging technologies and trends
**SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
Essential:
+ 10 yr. plus years in technology strategy definition and business case development. Experience in applying strategic frameworks and tools for analysing strategic problems and developing strategies.
+ Extensive experience in Senior Strategy within Technology, Infrastructure and Operations ( Service Management). (10 years plus)
+ To enable this the role holder will have proven capability of designing modern, digital architecture and strategy fit for immediate and future technology advancements.
+ The role holder will have extensive proven experience of establishing, creating and driving delivery of strategic digital transformation in global organisations.
+ Proven experience in developing and implementing long term technology strategy and roadmaps specifically around Operations (Service Management) and Infrastructure that aligns with business goals
+ Proven track record of collaborating with senior stakeholders and influencing at C-Suite level to develop and gain support for a clear and compelling Technological vision, strategy and roadmap (10 year plus).
+ Strong strategic thinking and visionary skills with the ability to co-develop and drive the department's technical vision, strategy and roadmap development aligned with the company' overall business strategy and translate actionable strategic plans.
+ Extensive experience in IT strategy and enterprise architecture frameworks and tools. (10 year plus)
+ Extensive experience of strategic management with executive leadership.
+ Proven experience of directly managing a Team of Strategy Leads and Architects leading the development of the team and driving the service forward (10 year plus)
+ Proven ability in identifying and solving complex technical problems, translating technical issues into non-technical terms and providing clear strategic direction to teams.
+ Have experience working on complex digital transformation programmes; working and present across different levels of architecture abstraction; and working with multi-disciplinary teams.
EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS/ TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Functional / Technical Competencies:
Essential
+ Deep knowledge of Financial Services technologies, including Cloud, Platforms, Telecommunications & Networks, Digital Workplace, Data Management and Artificial Intelligence including GenAI.
+ Proven experience in enterprise architecture, IT Strategy and IT Transformation at scale.
+ Strong understanding of business models, operational processes and the application of technology to drive transformation.
+ Setting roadmap, KPIs
+ Expereince of working and delivering strategy within agile environment and product and platform models.
Education / Qualifications: Industry technology strategy qualification
Essential:
+ Industry technology strategy certifications like ITIL 4 Strategic Leader or the Professional Certificate in IT Strategy and Planning.
+ Certified in TOGAF, SAFe, and/or AWS/Azure/GCP and other enterprise platforms
+ Familiarity with applying key frameworks such as APQC Process Classification Framework, Zachman Framework, ITIL and Scaled Agile Framework
+ Excellent general knowledge of IT Infrastructure (hardware, software, database, networking and cloud technologies) and Technology Operations (Service Management).
**PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS**
+ Exceptional written competency and communication skills.
+ Excellent analytical, strategic planning and problem solving skills.
+ Strong leadership and people management skills, able to inspire and lead high performing teams.
+ A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
+ Ability to drive and lead strategically
+ Results driven with a strong sense of accountability for delivery
+ Customer centric mindset
+ Creative and innovative approach and advantage
+ A proactive, motivated approach
We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.
MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.
We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.
At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!
**Our Culture Principles**
+ Client Centric
+ People Focused
+ Listen Up. Speak Up.
+ Innovate & Simplify
+ Own & Execute