Head of Paid Performance, Trading

**What’s the role?**
- Oversee the digital media trading team to engage and convert off-platform digital audiences through SEM, Social, Programmatic and other related digital channel activities driving to the site and retargeting through to conversion
- Oversee the positional share, optimisation and negotiation of digital platform investment to deliver media cost efficiencies via various strategies
- Collaborate with the Digital planning team on strategic digital media recommendations to optimise investment outcomes
- Provide direction and guidance to the digital performance trading team in executing cross-channel programs that serve the business portfolio.
- Seek and recommend new digital media opportunities to accelerate the performance of overall audience acquisition.
- Engage Platform partners to drive strategic solutions across performance with Media firsts and new developments and opportunities within tech platforms
- Provide technology input and oversee API connections for various tech stack programs
- Collaborate with Senior stakeholders in cross functional teams to develop opportunities and contribute to road mapping on tech stack initiatives to improve performance

**Who are you?**
- Leadership capability to build and lead a team of digital professionals for cross-platform and multi-channel media trading across a portfolio business
- Deep understanding and proficiency in Google as a platform
- Advanced Knowledge of Marketing Technology and Integrations within internal systems
- Experienced in reporting & data visualisation tools
- Experience across ad-server platforms and technologies
- Proven understanding of digital marketing principles and experience in omni-channel campaign delivery
- Deep understanding of the digital media landscape, at the forefront of digital marketing and changing customer behaviour, well versed in industry best practice
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail with the ability to influence senior stakeholders within the business
- Passionate to work with a world class Performance Media program.

**The Consumer Team**

This role is part of our Consumer team where innovation is core to our DNA. We passionately work to understand and engage our existing audiences and identify, nurture and scale new audience opportunities

Every day we focus on delivering better reading, viewing and listening experiences and deeply connecting our brands to the needs of our communities.

We have a thriving culture built around collaboration, connection and work-life balance. To ensure we move at the same speed as our consumers the Consumer team is building a diverse range of skills and capabilities to continue improving our core brands and products while also creating new compelling content experiences.

**News Benefits**

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

- ** Exclusively ours** - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- ** Health & wellbeing** - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies
- ** Time off**:

- News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
- ** Helping you grow** - Development opportunities and recognition
- ** Financial wellbeing** - Support on making the most of your money
- ** Perks & discounts** - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
- ** Giving back** - Make a difference to our communities.
- Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply_