Nexus Wavemaker Performance Associate Director

5 months ago

Melbourne, Australia GroupM Nexus Full time

**PERFORMANCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (SEARCH)**

GroupM Nexus is the world’s leading global performance organisation that unites GroupM’s global performance Talent & Technologies. GroupM Nexus unites GroupM's addressable content and TV, AI technology (Copilot), and omnichannel solutions from Finecast, Xaxis and GroupM Services into a single unit. The global organisation will be underpinned by a new cross-channel performance platform and international delivery hubs to set new benchmarks for performance innovation and efficiency for GroupM’s agencies and clients.

With 1,000 people across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, our primary purpose is to deliver unrivalled advantage to our clients, stakeholders, and people.

We have a clear vision for our business. Be responsible for shaping the next era of media where advertising works better for people. We believe that this spans how we make advertising work better for our people, our planet, our communities, and our clients.

As market leaders we work closely with our clients to develop a healthy, accountable, responsible and diverse ecosystem that enables data driven marketing at scale, and is mutually beneficial for all partners and the communities at large that we influence. For our people, we are driven by our proposition of offering fulfilling careers driven by intelligence, imagination and inclusion that help redefine the role of media in our daily lives.

**ROLE OUTLINE**

The Performance Associate Director spans the full spectrum of implementation, activation, and delivery. You provide leadership to activation staff, drawing on your expertise to coach, teach, and support them in delivering for our clients to a consistently high standard. You also collaborate with clients to produce successful implementation plans that drive real business change.

**WHAT YOU SHOULD SPEND YOUR TIME DOING**

People - 35% of your time
- Manage team workflow, delegating tasks effectively, making sure goals are set & met, and resolving issues with mínimal guidance
- Ensure performance evaluations are completed to the required frequency and standard, coaching managers where required
- Lead the training and development of junior members of the team, including up-to-date certifications/accreditations across all relevant platforms

Product - 30% of your time
- Enrich ongoing implementation planning and buying practices to improve delivery, collaborating with practice leads where relevant
- Actively lean into GroupM craft initiatives at an AU, APAC and Global level to drive best practice in your team and to maximise knowledge sharing opportunities.
- Bring innovation and creativity to the table by leading the testing agenda for your team, collaborating with partners to harness their capability
- Supervise the reporting output across the team, ensuring it is jargon-free, insightful, and of the highest standard

Client - 20% of your time
- Own key relationships at the intermediate level, as it relates to implementation planning & buying
- Demonstrate strong media planning principles, working with clients to provide implementation plans that are grounded in strategic priorities
- Provide coaching and guidance to junior team members on their communication and relationship-building skills

Commercial - 15% of your time
- Address and resolve challenges and issues related to commercial tasks, liaising with stakeholders and coaching junior team members as required with mínimal supervision
- Seek and implement improvements to ways of working that increase efficiency and effectiveness of commercial operations
- Support Director on investment decisions, audits, and forecasting

**WHAT MAKES A GREAT PERFORMANCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR**
- Attention to detail: monitoring the quality and accurate of your own work, and that of others
- Organisation: manages expectations across all stakeholders, sets clear priorities
- Team & collaboration: assumes extra responsibilities to facilitate the achievement of team goals
- Communication: effectively communicates business objectives, issues, and outcomes clearly, applies strategic thinking
- Analytical: recognises causes & consequences of actions and events that are not readily apparent
- Flexibility: recognises changing circumstances quickly and proactively implements successful action plans across team
- Proactivity/taking the initiative: consistently contributes to improve work methods, outcomes, and team performance
- Problem solving: identifies root problems and proactively implements solutions, acts to minimise risk across all implementation processes and procedures

**Working at Wavemaker**

Inclusive policies
- Flexible work environment
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
- Discounts and corporate benefits
- Continuous training and development opportunities
- We believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We a

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