Media Planning Manager in London

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers. dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and Metro.

Tesco Media is the ultimate media partner to brands. Built on unrivalled customer insight, it’s a media owner with soul, scale, and storytelling power. Tesco Media helps brands and agencies connect meaningfully with customers, drive creative effectiveness, and grow at the point of purchase. Through Tesco, the UK’s largest grocery retailer with over 24 million Clubcard households — representing nearly every home in the UK — Tesco Media offers brands an unparalleled view into the motivations and behaviours of the nation. It is perfectly positioned to solve businesses’ greatest marketing challenges, unlocking growth by enabling brands to connect with customers in meaningful ways online, in-store and via its offsite partners, all while enhancing the shopping experience for its customers.

We’re looking for a talented Media Planning Manager who expects more from their career. Sitting within the Tesco Media Strategic Planning team, this role is central to delivering best-in-class, data-led media planning that drives measurable growth for our clients. You’ll bring together customer insight, category expertise and media strategy to unlock new commercial opportunities, influence business decisions, and shape the future of retail media planning.

What you’ll be working on:

• Lead strategic media planning for key clients, developing annual plans and high-impact responses to major briefs.
• Translate insight into action, working closely with data and insight teams to identify growth opportunities and shape compelling client recommendations.
• Partner with Sales and Client Strategy teams to deliver against client growth ambitions and long-term commercial priorities.
• Build strong client relationships, positioning Tesco Media as a trusted strategic partner and unlocking new stakeholders and investment opportunities.
• Develop category expertise and narratives that strengthen client conversations and support long-term growth.
• Drive planning excellence, continuously raising standards and embedding best practices across the organisation.
• Champion innovation and efficiency, advancing tools, automation, and new ways of working to improve planning effectiveness and scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with insight, strategy and specialist teams to ensure fully integrated, high-quality outputs.
• Create thought leadership, including case studies, effectiveness stories and award submissions that enhance Tesco Media’s market reputation.
• Support go-to-market initiatives, contributing to proposition development and strategic storytelling.
• Identify risks and opportunities early, helping shape proactive strategies that deliver sustained value for clients.

What we expect from you:

• Proven experience in media planning or strategic planning, ideally within retail media, agency, or a data-driven marketing environment.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to connect media strategy to broader business levers (pricing, promotions, range, distribution).
• Experience translating data and insight into clear, actionable strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior internal and external partners.
• Strong client-facing experience, with a track record of building trusted relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and contribute to both short-term delivery and long-term strategic planning.
• Passion for innovation, effectiveness and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas into compelling narratives.

What you can expect from us:

We won’t just meet your expectations. We’ll defy them. So you’ll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you’d expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off. You’ll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn. And we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day – with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled and dh Thrive as the living proof.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you.

Our approach to Flexible Working:

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work/life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.