Manager, Paid Social

OMD, Greater London, England, United Kingdom About the Role You’ll join the Social team as a Manager to lead high‑performing Social teams that are responsible for delivering paid media activities for the SAP account across LinkedIn and Facebook. Your role will focus on driving the creation and implementation of data‑driven strategies and innovative media solutions, covering the full campaign lifecycle—from planning and execution to performance analysis. You’ll oversee paid social activities across EMEA, North America, India, LAC, and APJ, ensuring alignment with SAP’s global objectives. SAP is the world’s largest provider of enterprise application software. Ninety‑nine of the 100 largest companies in the world are SAP customers. SAP helps companies of all sizes and in all industries run better by redefining ERP and creating networks of intelligent enterprises that provide transparency, resiliency, and sustainability across supply chains. Their end‑to‑end suite of applications and services enables their customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference worldwide. This role will appeal to someone passionate about our industry’s future, who loves working with big, exciting brands, and knows the breadth of digital channels to create and implement data‑informed and strategic plans. You will report directly to the Global Social Director and work with the Global Executive Director on the SAP account, helping to shape strategy and drive performance across multiple markets. Beyond SAP, you’ll play a key leadership role within the Performance Community, contributing to new business pitches, team training, and mentoring junior colleagues, ensuring the continued growth and success of the team. About You You will have proven extensive experience managing paid social activities across LinkedIn and Facebook platforms. You need to have a good understanding of media agency business, either by working in or closely with an agency. You will have day‑to‑day contact with SAP performance teams and will be an ambassador for your team. Acting as a go‑to expert on social channels industry topics, able to create points of view in line with SAP business goals. You will manage the workload of the team and make sure that everyone has everything they need to deliver their best work. Ensure the team is producing a high standard of work in line with client and agency growth plans. Ensure that all teams are adhering to social best practices and SAP media / Finance processes. Great client service is obviously essential, but you must also protect your team against unreasonable demands on their time. Based on your experience, you will be able to quickly evaluate different routes to choose the most efficient way to your team/client challenges. You will need to have an in‑depth understanding of the latest social platform technologies and an ability to talk about them with ease. You should relish opportunities to speak with our clients and be commercially aware of new opportunities. About the Agency At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of “better decisions, faster” for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across the region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy—recognising the needs of our clients and identifying aspirations of our talent. Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a “new normal”, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework. Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the remaining days available to work remotely. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely) to balance in‑person collaboration with flexibility. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, with core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to accommodate individual needs. We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to navigate high‑need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best—in both their careers and in their lives outside of work. You can make adjustments in the recruitment process to be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or, if you would feel more comfortable, email us confidentially at beyourbest@omnicommediagroup.com. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on https://omnicommediagroup.com/recruitment-privacy-notices/. #J-18808-Ljbffr