Managing Partner (Performance & Search-Led Portfolio)

Greater London, Kensington and Chelsea, UK (Hybrid)

£86K/yr – £101K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own senior client leadership and growth across performance and search led accounts, translating outputs into executive ready narratives that drive revenue, margin and satisfaction.

  • Client Ownership: Manage senior stakeholder relationships and executive ready collaboration across paid search and SEO to deliver business outcomes.
  • Strategic Guidance: Challenge assumptions and provide confident digital strategy that aligns with client goals and wider business plans.
  • Growth & Delivery: Lead pitches, cross sell opportunities, and ensure budget, profitability and client satisfaction across the portfolio.

Job Description

  • Develop and maintain strong, long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with senior client stakeholders (C-suite or equivalent)
  • Act as a senior strategic authority for performance- and search-led clients, translating specialist output into clear, commercial narratives for executive audiences
  • Partner closely with senior search and performance leaders to challenge thinking, guide prioritisation and ensure paid search and SEO strategies align with wider business outcomes
  • Proactively identify client needs and challenges, anticipating future requirements
  • Lead and win client pitches and cross-sell opportunities within the Client Team, working closely with the wider triumvirate to ensure successful outcomes
  • Deliver budget, revenue growth, profitability and client satisfaction across the portfolio in line with agreed commercial KPIs
  • Act as the primary escalation point for all client issues, alongside the Exec sponsor
  • Challenge client assumptions and provide confident strategic guidance on digital marketing strategy
  • Drive client-centric solutions that deliver tangible business value
  • Guide and mentor team members across the Client Team, including Planning Directors, Channel Strategy Directors, Project Managers and wider specialist teams
  • Remove roadblocks and facilitate effective internal collaboration
  • Foster a high-performing, inclusive and collaborative team culture
  • Ensure effective communication, coordination and knowledge-sharing across disciplines
  • Influence team composition to best serve client needs
  • Identify and address training and capability gaps within the Client Team
  • Develop and execute strategic plans for client growth and business development
  • Conduct regular performance reviews to identify optimisation and growth opportunities? (text contains question mark; included as-is)
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We're an independent global media, creative, and data agency helping our clients make their next best move.We help brands unlock growth with a Return on Intelligence - applying innovative intelligence across brand strategy, integrated media, social, creative, and data. In a world where agility is essential and not all returns are created equal, we bring transparency, speed, and incrementality-focused measurement to fuel growth and unlock true value.Founded in 2011 with the mission to reinvent the agency model, we combine 600+ in-house digital experts with a global, on-demand network of 2,900 marketing specialists. This agile, scalable model gives us more time to really understand our clients’ businesses, and deliver truly incremental growth.Croud has recently acquired Vert Digital, an Atlanta-based digital marketing agency, and Metageni, an analytics specialist, having previously acquired leading social-first agency Born Social, Croud Luxe (formerly VERB Brands), and impakt Advisors.Croud is proud to partner with leading global brands including Audible, IWG, Frasers Group, Nespresso, and Prime Video, alongside Born Social’s impressive client list which includes Ford, Barclays and Diageo (Guinness).Contact the team at partnerships@croud.com for a chat, to set up an intro or any other further information.We are always looking for the very best talent, so if you're interested in working for Croud please check out careers.croud.com

Founded in 2011
London, England, GBR
741 employees (305 in marketing)
67% recommend to a friend
66% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
60.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.3%
Direct
34.3%
Referral
6.3%
Social
5.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~742

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
288 (39% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

Funding

Total Funding
$38.5M
Last Raise
$38.5M
Private Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2019
    Private Equity • $38.5M

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