Managing Partner - Media Planning in London

Join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of media planning for our clients. As a Managing Partner, you’ll help drive strategic growth, strengthen senior client partnerships and lead innovative media strategies that deliver measurable impact. Working with high-profile brands and a talented team of planners and specialists, you’ll help define the direction of our media offering while creating an environment where people and ideas thrive. You’ll work hand in hand with the Chief Planning Officer, leading the vision, quality and output excellence across a 110 strong community of planners, with c. 10 senior planning direct reports.

What you’ll do:

• Set the strategic vision for media planning, aligning agency goals with client and market opportunities
• Lead the development of integrated media strategies across traditional, digital and emerging channels
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, building strong long-term partnerships
• Drive new business growth through pitches, partnerships and market opportunity identification
• Oversee media planning operations, including budgets, profitability and resource allocation
• Define and track campaign KPIs, using data and analytics to optimise performance and demonstrate ROI
• Champion innovation, including the use of emerging technologies such as AI to enhance performance and creativity
• Build, lead and develop a diverse, high-performing team in a collaborative and supportive environment

About you:

• Senior leadership experience within a media agency environment
• A strong track record managing complex campaigns and high-profile client relationships
• Confidence presenting to and partnering with C-suite stakeholders
• Deep knowledge of the UK media landscape and emerging industry trends
• A strategic, analytical mindset with a passion for measurable impact
• Leadership skills that empower teams and support professional growth

This role offers the opportunity to shape agency growth, influence industry-leading campaigns and develop both people and partnerships at the highest level.

Flexible Working: At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG: At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.