The Telegraph

Head of Commerce Partnerships Delivery

The Telegraph

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Unity

About the role

  • Take ownership of the promotion and marketing delivery for all new and existing Commerce partnerships, ensuring efficient media planning, smart inventory allocation and consistently high standards of execution across every channel.
  • Drive continuous optimisation across the portfolio by analysing daily performance and identifying opportunities to improve acquisition, engagement, retention and overall media ROI. Lead innovation across toolkits and commercial models, including lead generation initiatives.
  • Oversee the timely production and delivery of all print activity (circa 2,000 ads and 15–20 supplements per year), while taking accountability for the success of MRG, shop and performance models. Regularly review and refine internal and client processes to improve efficiency and outcomes.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams including Creative Production, Commercial Operations, Distribution, Data and CRM to ensure seamless campaign execution, strong operational alignment and effective onboarding of new partners.
  • Contribute to strategic growth by supporting new partnership launches, auditing and transforming legacy delivery processes, embedding wider business capabilities such as Unity, Clarity and Permutive, and continuing to evolve the overall Commercial toolkit.

Requirements

  • Considerable leadership experience, with a track record of managing and developing teams within a publishing, agency or commercial partnerships environment.
  • Demonstrates strong commercial judgement, with a solid understanding of P&L management, financial modelling and the key drivers of large-scale revenue growth.
  • Has deep expertise in media delivery and campaign optimisation, with a clear focus on improving ROI and ROAS across multi-channel activity.
  • Highly confident working with technical systems, including advanced Excel or Google Sheets, and familiar with platforms such as Google Advertising, Adobe, native and CMS tools.
  • Comfortable overseeing multiple concurrent projects, setting clear priorities and optimising workflows to ensure timely, high-quality delivery from the team.
  • Able to interpret complex performance data at scale, drawing meaningful insights across commerce verticals to inform daily portfolio decisions.
  • Brings a strong understanding of both print and digital media landscapes, including best practice in advertising, affiliate marketing and CRM execution.
  • Resilient and solutions-focused, with the ability to remain calm under pressure and proactively identify opportunities to achieve ambitious revenue and engagement targets.
  • Skilled at collaborating across departments and influencing senior stakeholders to drive alignment and support strategic decision-making.
Benefits
  • dynamic working opportunities
  • medical cover
  • parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave)
  • life assurance
  • season ticket loans
  • training and development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
media deliverycampaign optimisationP&L managementfinancial modellingdata analysislead generationadvertisingaffiliate marketingCRM executionperformance data interpretation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommercial judgementproject managementprioritizationworkflow optimizationresiliencesolutions-focusedcollaborationinfluencingstrategic decision-making