Data & Tech Manager

Company Description

Performics UK is the performance marketing arm of Publicis Media, committed to exceeding business goals by blending Data, Tech, Ops, and Talent to accelerate performance impact daily.

With over two decades of experience, we harness technology and innovation to generate and convert consumer demand across search, social, display, and commerce channels. Embracing a deep understanding of consumer intent and behaviour, we thrive on data-driven insights, guiding our planning and optimisation processes through rapid trials, real-time enhancements, and intelligent analytics.

As the world’s first Performance Orchestration agency, we have a proven track record of driving performance impact across diverse sectors and markets, leveraging our industry expertise to innovate and transform swiftly. Performics is dedicated to delivering award-winning results and empowering all Publicis Media UK clients.

Winner of PMW's Performance Marketing Agency of the Year 2023 & 2024!

Next Lab is the data and technology innovation hub for Publicis Next, focused on delivering high impact transformation for Sky. As one of the most sophisticated advertisers in the market, Sky requires bespoke solutions that go beyond standard industry tools. Our mission is to evolve Sky’s data infrastructure and customise proprietary technology to drive incremental business outcomes. We operate at the intersection of media, data, and engineering, designing new solutions that address the most complex challenges in the digital landscape.

As the Data & Tech Solutions Manager, you are responsible for making this innovation stick. While our senior leads focus on high level solution architecture, you will own the day-to-day implementation and scaling of Next Lab products and beyond. Reporting to the Data & Tech Solutions Director, you will be pivotal in turning prototypes into operational reality, ensuring every solution is adopted, refined, and optimised across diverse markets and senior client teams.

This role is a perfect career pivot for an inquisitive digital practitioner, perhaps currently working in activation or planning, who is eager to move beyond the standard tech stack and into a world of AI driven innovation. While you are accountable for the later stages of the solution lifecycle, you will be heavily involved in the entire journey, from early-stage architecture to prototyping.

This provides a unique environment to learn quickly and build deep expertise in custom technical delivery.

Implementing and scaling innovation

• From design to production: Lead the hands-on implementation of data and technology solutions once we have designed a prototype, managing the transition into full scale deployment across various Sky verticals.
• Product ownership and market scaling: Act as the day-to-day owner of live solutions, managing performance across different markets and ensuring high standards of delivery for senior client stakeholders.

Driving the solution pipeline

• Discovery and insights: Conduct stakeholder interviews and lead ideation workshops to identify opportunities to iterate and enhance our tools, feeding these requirements directly back into the technical solution design.
• Refinement and upskilling: Partner with engineering and data science teams to prioritise refinements, while leading the creation of actionable use cases and collateral to support the upskilling of the wider business.

Measuring impact and growth

• Evidencing performance: Support the Solutions Lead and Director by tracking usage and effectiveness metrics to prove the impact of our tools, which is crucial for solution retention and renewal.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with specialists across AI, growth science, testing, insights, and creative functions to ensure tools are deployed correctly and that technical foundations remain market leading and robust.

Technical mastery and digital foundations

• Digital practitioner experience: A background in digital media activation, planning, or ad tech. You are likely an expert in key digital platforms looking to pivot into a more technical, custom delivery role.
• Solutions…