Performance Media Director – Senior Leadership Role

About the role

We are partnering with an award‑winning digital media agency in Dubai that delivers high‑impact campaigns for leading brands. As the Performance Media Director you will shape strategy, nurture senior client relationships and lead a sizeable specialist team.

Key responsibilities

• Own and strengthen senior client relationships across major accounts.
• Lead performance marketing strategy across paid search, paid social and broader digital channels.
• Provide leadership and direction to Performance Media Managers and specialist teams.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex client and delivery challenges.
• Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and support new‑business development.
• Contribute to pitches, strategic proposals and senior‑level client presentations.
• Improve processes, ways of working and overall quality of client delivery.
• Mentor and develop high‑performing performance marketing teams.

Required profile

• Significant experience within a leading digital/performance marketing agency.
• Strong expertise across Paid Search and Paid Social.
• Broad understanding of digital marketing, including creative, SEO, programmatic and related channels.
• Strong ecommerce and retail experience.
• Proven experience leading and developing sizeable specialist teams.
• Comfortable managing and influencing CMOs, CEOs, founders and senior stakeholders.
• Commercially minded with the ability to identify and develop growth opportunities.
• Data‑led, commercially astute with strong strategic judgement.

Required skills

• Paid Search
• Paid Social
• Programmatic advertising
• SEO
• Digital Marketing