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About the Role

We are hiring a Performance Planning Manager to join a collaborative and high-impact team supporting a leading financial services client. This is an exciting opportunity to sit at the heart of performance strategy - bridging brand and activation to drive measurable growth. You’ll play a key role in shaping how multi-channel activity delivers against business objectives, working closely with planning and activation specialists across a connected agency ecosystem. If you enjoy turning insight into action and influencing outcomes across multiple channels, this role offers real scope to make an impact.

Responsibilities

Lead performance planning across paid media channels, ensuring activity aligns to clear business objectives
Translate briefs into actionable, well-structured media plans with defined budgets and channel allocations
Partner closely with planning and activation teams to connect brand strategy with performance delivery
Shape and contribute to a “growth engine” approach, evaluating activity holistically to improve outcomes
Apply knowledge across social, PPC, and programmatic channels to optimise planning decisions
Build clear, engaging client-facing presentations that explain channel strategy, investment, and expected impact
Manage client communication confidently, setting expectations and navigating changing priorities with clarity

Requirements

Experience in financial services or another performance-led sector such as retail, travel, or telecoms
Strong understanding of performance marketing channels and how they contribute to overall media effectiveness
Ability to interpret briefs and translate them into structured, insight-led plans
Confidence in explaining channel choices, formats, and platform differences to stakeholders
Excellent communication and organisational skills, with a proactive and solutions-focused approach
Comfortable working in dynamic environments with evolving priorities and deadlines
A mindset focused on continuous learning, problem-solving, and improving performance outcomes

Work Type

Office-based (four days per week)

Benefits

Pension
Life Assurance
Private Medical cover
Reflection Days
Shared Parental Leave

About the Company

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency, helps brands identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition.
We help clients accelerate areas of their business, from short-term goals to long-term transformation.
Our approach involves cutting-edge planning, actionable intelligence, flexible trading, challenging relationships, and developing diverse talent.
We are diverse though our experience, people and the clients we look after - and we celebrate that diversity.
We continually work towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

Equal Opportunity

Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
Spark Foundry is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process.
Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.