Tesco Media is looking for a Head of Strategy & Planning to lead an established, multidisciplinary function into its next phase of growth. The Strategy & Planning function brings together media planning, client strategy and insight to help brands and agencies make better, more effective decisions. This is a senior commercial growth leadership position. The role involves leading a team of 19 across strategy, planning and insight, and working closely with commercial, product, proposition, measurement, research and marketing teams to shape the future of Tesco Media's client offering. The role is part of dunnhumby, the global leader in Customer Data Science.
Responsibilities
Set the vision, priorities and standards for the Strategy & Planning function; Lead the continued evolution from channel-led media planning towards integrated, insight-led commercial planning; Balance long-term strategic growth with strong in-year commercial performance; Partner with commercial leaders to identify growth opportunities and enable consistent, high-quality execution; Turn client, category and sales demand into clear priorities for propositions, go-to-market activity, product development and resource allocation; Build scalable planning frameworks, playbooks, tools, category narratives and reusable client growth models; Lead the strategic planning approach for major clients, including annual and multi-year client growth plans; Develop service models that meet the needs of different client groups, agency partners and emerging opportunities; Help commercial teams create more strategic, insight-led client conversations; Identify opportunities to grow existing partnerships and develop new revenue streams; Ensure that client and agency needs are clearly represented in Tesco Media's commercial strategy and development roadmap; Embed customer insight throughout planning, strategy, proposition development and external market narratives; Develop a programme of trend-led and category insight; Work with measurement and insight teams to turn effectiveness learning into practical planning principles, commercial evidence and compelling client stories; Develop automated tools that improve planning quality, consistency, speed and scale; Ensure that recommendations are grounded in evidence and connected to measurable client outcomes; Establish clear ways of working across Strategy & Planning, Commercial, Product, Propositions, Measurement, Marketing and other partner teams; Create governance, prioritisation and resource-planning processes that make the function easy to engage and able to scale; Use automation, standardisation and capability-building to improve everyday delivery; Shape the future design of the function, including its structure, responsibilities, performance measures and development priorities; Oversee programme management across strategic workstreams, briefing, training, collateral and cross-functional delivery; Partner with Marketing to shape thought leadership, event narratives, case studies and industry award activity; Represent Tesco Media in senior client, agency and industry forums; Turn retail media, shopper, ecommerce and commercial trends into actionable growth opportunities; Use category intelligence and market narratives to strengthen commercial differentiation and senior client engagement; Build recognition for Tesco Media's effectiveness, innovation and creativity; Lead, coach and develop a large, multidisciplinary team with clear responsibilities and shared goals; Create meaningful development pathways and succession opportunities across strategy, planning and insight; Set clear expectations, decision rights and measures of success; Build an inclusive culture that values curiosity, commercial thinking, collaboration, pace and continuous improvement; Support the team to operate confidently and credibly with senior stakeholders
Requirements
Significant leadership experience within media strategy, retail media, commercial strategy, customer insight, strategic planning, or an agency or client environment; A strong record of developing commercial strategies that deliver client and revenue growth; Experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing, multidisciplinary teams; The ability to translate complex customer data and insight into clear, commercially compelling strategies; Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and delivering through cross-functional teams in a matrix environment; Strong media-planning knowledge and a clear understanding of how planning excellence contributes to commercial performance; Experience building, scaling or transforming a team, function or operating model; Excellent storytelling, facilitation and communication skills; The judgement to prioritise effectively, challenge constructively and turn strategy into action
Nice to have
Experience in retail media or agency planning leadership; Experience of client growth planning, joint business planning, thought leadership, industry events, awards or other market-facing activity
Benefits
Flexible Allowance that can be used towards selected benefits, with any remaining unused allowance paid in salary or directed to pension contributions; Private Medical cover through Vitality, including the option to add partner and/or dependants within the flexible allowance; Mandatory Life Assurance cover; Income Protection; Confidential Employee Assistance support for employees and their families; Access to wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including gym support, cycle to work, travel insurance, dental options and technology purchase schemes; Long Service Awards; Talent Scout referral programme; Birthday leave plus a range of family and annual leave benefits available to eligible employees; Flexible flexible working hours; Employee networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled and dh Thrive
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