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Manager, Performance Marketing

Hybrid in London·Added today (last checked 11 Nov)

Stantec UK

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Work mode: Hybrid, London

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Degree or equivalent experience in marketing, digital marketing, communications, business or related discipline.
Experience in performance marketing, digital marketing, integrated media or related disciplines, ideally within a complex global organization or agency environment.
Significant experience leading multidisciplinary performance marketing teams and developing specialist capability.
Demonstrated success developing and executing enterprise or organization-wide performance marketing, audience and media strategies.
Demonstrated expertise across paid digital media, SEO, organic social and digital campaign measurement.
Proven experience managing significant digital media investments and budgets across multiple campaigns, audiences or markets.
Demonstrated experience making strategic investment and prioritization decisions based on audience insight, performance evidence and business objectives.
Proven ability to advise, influence and constructively challenge senior marketing and business stakeholders.
Experience building, evolving or transforming performance marketing capabilities, operating models and ways of working.

Nice to have

Experience in B2B, professional services or complex consideration-led marketing is advantageous.

The role

The Performance Marketing Manager sets and leads Stantec’s enterprise-wide performance marketing and investment strategy, shaping how paid media, SEO, organic social and advocacy reach priority audiences, optimize investment and deliver measurable business and marketing outcomes.

Leading an integrated team, you will translate enterprise and business priorities into evidence-led audience, channel and media strategies. You will set investment priorities and provide strategic direction on where, when and how Stantec should reach priority audiences, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior marketing and business leaders on audience strategy, channel effectiveness, media investment and performance.

About the Role

What you'll do

Set and lead the enterprise performance marketing and investment strategy across paid media, SEO, organic social and digital campaign performance.
Translate enterprise and business priorities into measurable audience, channel and investment strategies, directing investment toward the highest-value opportunities.
Provide strategic oversight of significant media investment, establishing governance and performance expectations and redirecting investment based on evidence and expected value.
Set and lead Stantec’s enterprise SEO and discoverability strategy, using audience search behaviour and intent to inform content, digital experience and performance marketing priorities.
Lead the enterprise organic social strategy and set the strategic direction for practitioner and employee advocacy, including governance, adoption and enterprise standards.
Own the strategic interpretation of campaign, social, search and media performance, translating insights into recommendations on channel strategy, audience priorities and future investment.
Establish a culture of evidence-led experimentation, testing and continuous optimization across channels and campaigns.
Partner with Content Marketing, Digital Operations, Talent Brand and Recruitment Marketing to deliver integrated audience, channel and campaign strategies.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior marketing and business leaders on media investment, channel performance and emerging digital opportunities.
Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing specialist team, building capability through coaching and development.
Manage priorities, resources, significant media budgets and external partners, making informed investment and resourcing decisions based on enterprise priorities and performance.
Lead change and capability adoption across performance marketing, strengthening enterprise approaches, standards and ways of working.

About You

Deep understanding of performance marketing, paid digital media, organic social, SEO and digital campaign performance.
Strong strategic planning, investment prioritization and commercial decision-making capability.
Strong analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex performance data into clear recommendations and action.
Strong understanding of SEO and its relationship with content, audience behaviour and website performance.
Strong working knowledge of relevant advertising, social and performance marketing platforms, including LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram, YouTube and X.
Working knowledge of social management and advocacy platforms, including Hootsuite and Parliament.
Strong strategic judgment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities and complex stakeholder needs.
Excellent people leadership, stakeholder management and influencing capability.
Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise change and build alignment across marketing, content, digital and business stakeholders.
Ability to balance innovation and experimentation with commercial discipline, brand standards and responsible investment.

Why Join Us?

We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025.
We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered.
We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups)
Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it!
Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

About Stantec UK

Industry: Engineering and Design Consultancy

In their own words

About the company & team

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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