Position : Head of Performance Marketing
Salary : £1,500 per month (negotiable - dependent on experience and proven scale)
Working Hours: : UK business hours
Holidays : UK public holidays
Our UK client is a high-growth, international e-commerce powerhouse managing major international direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands with multi-million-pound monthly paid media investments across Google, Meta, and global marketplaces.
We are seeking a commercially sharp, analytically rigorous, and battle-tested Head of Performance Marketing based in South Africa to take full strategic and operational ownership of our paid acquisition engine. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), you will drive scalable, profitable DTC revenue across multiple international territories, with a core focus on Google Ads and Meta Ads.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership mandate. You will inherit established Google and Meta teams, conduct a comprehensive audit of current performance and external agency partnerships, systematically transition externally managed accounts in-house, and institute an elite culture of scientific testing, bidding optimization, and creative experimentation.
Performance Marketing Strategy & Global DTC Scale
Team Leadership, In-Housing & Operational Rigor
Requirements
Nice to Have:
Within the first 90 days, externally managed accounts are successfully transitioned in-house without operational disruption or efficiency dips. The existing media buying team operates under clear weekly testing and reporting frameworks, attribution visibility is unified across international markets, and contribution profitability improves across both Google and Meta portfolios.
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