Director, Intelligence (Strategic Operations)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a leading global media and advertising organization in their search for a Director, Intelligence (Strategic Operations) to join their London team. Our client is transforming how media investment works through AI-driven platforms, advanced data intelligence, and unified operational excellence across their portfolio.

This is a senior delivery and operational consultancy role within the Intelligence pillar of Strategic Operations. You'll take ownership of critical workstreams across taxonomy, campaign governance, data quality, and reporting enablement, working at the intersection of media planning, analytics, technology, and finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops, gather requirements, and map end-to-end processes across planning, activation, analytics, and technology teams
• Take ownership of multiple client and UK-wide workstreams focused on taxonomy, unique identifier adoption, campaign governance, and data quality
• Translate business needs into delivery plans, process improvements, governance approaches, and technical requirements
• Coordinate implementation and drive adoption across cross-functional teams including Planning, Activation, Analytics, Finance, Data & Technology, and product teams
• Create structure within ambiguous environments, proactively manage delivery risks, and bring clear options and recommendations to senior leadership
• Develop clear playbooks, process documentation, recommendations, status updates, and training materials
• Manage stakeholder engagement, feedback, training, and ongoing improvement to ensure successful change adoption
• Surface risks, blockers, and decisions early with clear options and recommended courses of action
• Capture learning from implementations to improve repeatable delivery approaches across future rollouts

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience owning and delivering cross-functional projects within media, marketing, operations, transformation, data governance, business intelligence, or technology environments
• Demonstrable experience leading discovery workshops, gathering requirements, and mapping end-to-end processes
• Strong experience managing senior stakeholders and coordinating activity across teams without direct reporting relationships
• Track record of creating clear playbooks, process documentation, and training materials
• Practical understanding of change adoption, including stakeholder engagement and ongoing improvement
• Proven ability to independently manage milestones, actions, risks, dependencies, and delivery decisions

Desirable Experience:

• Experience with media campaign workflows including briefing, planning, buying, activation, finance, or reporting
• Exposure to taxonomy, naming conventions, unique identifiers, campaign governance, or data quality monitoring
• Experience working with Analytics, Data & Technology, engineering, or product teams to shape and test solutions
• Familiarity with campaign governance platforms, business intelligence tools, or comparable workflow and reporting systems
• Understanding of how consistent campaign data supports reliable reporting, measurement, and operational efficiency
• Experience coaching junior colleagues or coordinating contributors across wider workstreams

Key Attributes:

• Highly organized and proactive with ability to maintain momentum across multiple workstreams without constant direction
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate complex subjects clearly
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills with ability to build trust across teams with different priorities
• Comfortable asking detailed questions and creating structure from ambiguity
• Confident sharing ideas, constructively challenging approaches, and influencing without direct authority
• Strong attention to detail while retaining sight of wider business outcomes
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and adaptable with genuine interest in helping teams adopt better ways of working

How We Work With You

Get A Job.ai is representing this confidential client in the media and advertising sector. When you apply through our platform, one of our specialist recruiters will screen your application and discuss the opportunity with you in detail. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all applications must come through Get A Job.ai to be considered.

The role is based in London with a hybrid working arrangement (approximately four days per week in office). Our client is committed to fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection through in-person teamwork while offering flexibility where appropriate.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed with qualified candidates during the screening process.

Equal Opportunity

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