Performance Manager- Digital Sales | Leading Digital Publisher | Dublin

About the job Performance Solutions Manager

This is a confidential search via Think Differently Recruitment on behalf of a leading digital media group. The role blends consultative sales and data-led optimisation across new solutions including native and display to unlock and grow performance budgets.  

About the Role

You'll establish our client as the go-to performance partner across native and display, driving measurable outcomes for advertisers. Success looks like: winning incremental performance spend via outbound efforts, elevating inbound brief responses with best-in-class data/targeting, and building a scalable optimisation playbook with Ad Ops and Tech.

What You'll Be Doing

• Outbound performance sales
  • Prospect, pitch, and close performance budgets across a focus set of sectors 
  • Package PMP/PG/Open Auction deals; maintain 3x pipeline coverage and accurate forecasting.
  • Build relationships with agency trading/performance teams and performance-led brands.
• Inbound brief performance solutions
  • Partner with agency sales to enrich RFPs/briefs with targeting strategies, testing plans, and clear KPIs (CPA, ROAS, CTR)
  • Produce media plans and measurement approaches that win and retain spend.
  • Contribute to case studies and post-campaign analysis to drive renewals/upsells.
• Performance strategy and optimisation
  • Devise data-led strategies leveraging first-party data/DMP and contextual signals.
  • Translate strategy into trafficking rules and optimisation guardrails; QA delivery.
  • Collaborate with Tech to test and evaluate automated optimisation approaches.
• New revenue pools and product opportunities
  • Size the opportunity to transition suitable performance budgets from social (video/native) to owned/native network formats (articles, carousels, video).
  • Feed market insight into new/performance-friendly native products and packages.

What You Bring

• Min 5+ years in digital media/programmatic/native with a track record in performance-led campaigns or selling performance solutions.
• Strong knowledge of PMP, PG, Open Auction, first-party data/DMPs, and privacy/GDPR.
• Commercial acumen: pipeline building, solution selling, deal structuring, and forecasting.
• Data literacy: experimentation mindset and the ability to turn insights into action with Ad Ops/Tech.
• Credibility with agency trading/performance teams; clear, concise communication.

Whats on Offer

• Salary in line with market and OTE
• Dublin hybrid working and flexibility.
• Impact role with autonomy, access to data/tech, and tangible revenue outcomes.
• Career growth in a high-performing, collaborative team.
• Full benefits can be discussed during process.

Why Apply Through Think Differently?

We're a specialist media and marketing recruitment partner. You'll get a confidential, consultative process, clear prep at every stage and honest feedback. We understand the performance landscape and will make sure the role, team, and trajectory fit your goals.Apply for a confidential discussion

Email: hello@thinkdifferently.ie | Phone: 01 901 0406

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