Director, Paid Social

About the Role:

SAP is the world’s leading provider of enterprise application software, powering 99 of the 100 largest global companies. Their technology helps businesses of all sizes and industries operate more efficiently by redefining ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and fostering intelligent enterprise networks that drive transparency, resilience, and sustainability across supply chains. SAP’s end-to-end suite of applications and services enables organizations to optimize profitability, adapt to change, and create meaningful global impact.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about the future of digital marketing, thrives on working with industry-leading brands, and understands the full spectrum of digital channels to develop and execute data-driven, strategic media plans.

You will work with the Global Exec Director on the SAP account, helping to shape strategy and drive performance across multiple markets. Beyond SAP, you’ll play a key leadership role within the Performance Community, contributing to new business pitches, team training, and mentoring junior colleagues, ensuring the continued growth and success of the team.

About You:

• You will have proven extensive experience managing Paid social activities across LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter platforms.
• You need to have a good understanding of media agency business, either by working in or closely with an agency.
• You will be very comfortable managing relationships with clients and will have experience managing people.
• You will have day-to-day contact with SAP performance teams and will be an ambassador for your team.
• Acting as go-to expert on social channels industry topics, able to create points of view in line with SAP business goals.
• You will manage the workload of the team and make sure that everyone has everything they need to deliver their best work.
• Ensure the team are producing a high standard of work in line with client and agency growth plans.
• Ensure that all teams are adhering to social best practices and SAP media / Finance processes.
• Great client service is obviously essential, but you must also protect your team against unreasonable demands on their time.
• Based on your experience, you will be able to quickly evaluate different routes to choose the most efficient way to your team/client challenges.
• You will need to have an in depth understanding of latest social platforms technologies and an ability to talk about them with ease.
• You should relish opportunities to speak with our clients and be commercially aware of new opportunities.

About the Agency:

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.