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Commercial Managing Director, UK
London based, hybrid working
We are seeking a strategic and commercially driven Managing Director, UK to lead and drive growth across the UK market, ensuring the achievement of financial and strategic targets as part of Blis’ broader business objectives. As one of the most important revenue-generating regions for Blis, the UK requires a leader who can balance accelerated revenue growth with a reputation for excellence in client service.
This role involves overseeing the day-to-day management of the UK sales, setting ambitious targets, and developing a robust commercial framework to drive scalable growth. You will have significant autonomy in executing KPIs, working closely with senior members of the leadership team to shape strategic objectives and implement long-term expansion plans. Maintaining a strong, inclusive, and dynamic culture across the London office is essential to the role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive commercial and strategic performance with full UK P&L responsibility, ensuring financial targets are met as approved by the Board of Directors.
- Oversee functional areas across UK Sales and Ad Operations, building, mentoring, and maintaining a high-performing team.
- Develop and execute annual and quarterly plans for business growth within the UK, aligned with Blis’ global objectives.
- Negotiate and secure partnerships with major agency groups and direct clients, enhancing Blis’ market presence and revenue streams.
- Identify and capitalise on new business opportunities, channels, and revenue-generating partnerships.
- Provide strategic market insights and competitive analysis to ensure the UK business remains forward-thinking and innovative.
- Oversee FTE headcount planning to ensure the company is adequately resourced to support scalable growth.
- Maintain and enhance a vibrant, inclusive culture within the London office, ensuring teams are well-informed on UK developments and corporate strategy.
- Input the UK’s requirements into the global engineering product roadmap to drive continuous innovation.
- Represent Blis at senior agency client meetings, industry events, and external forums to enhance brand reputation.
- Win awards and establish Blis as a leading omnichannel DSP.
- Commitment to Blis' Inclusion initiatives & 5 step sustainability plan.
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Skills & Requirements:
- Proven leadership experience in commercial and strategic roles within digital advertising, programmatic, or mobile sales.
- Strong track record of P&L management and delivering revenue growth within the UK market.
- Extensive network of relationships with agencies, brands, and other key stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience in building and managing high-performing sales and operations teams.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, balancing strategic vision with tactical execution.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, capable of influencing at the highest levels.
- Commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
About Us
Blis is the only omnichannel DSP that unites telco data, real-world movement patterns, and transactions to deliver a complete view of the consumer. Powered by T-Mobile and built for precision at scale, Blis' omnichannel platform helps marketers map the full purchase journey – from impression to transaction – and expand their audience reach, driving incremental results across every screen.
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Founded in the UK in 2004, Blis employs over 300 global employees across 14 offices in 11 countries.
Our Values
Brave
- We're leaders, not followers
- An innovation and growth mindset helps us solve everyday challenges and achieve breakthroughs. Our passion drives us to innovate. We don’t see barriers, just possibilities.
- We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad and we don’t pass the buck.
Love Our Clients
- We're client-obsessed
- We do what we say and build trusted relationships with our partners for the long term. We act with integrity. We put our clients at the centre of our business. We obsess over the best insights, ideas and solutions to deliver WOW and work with honesty and accountability to get it done.
Inclusive
- We're one team
- We are empathetic and embrace diversity. Everyone has a voice and can bring their authentic self to work. We care about and support each other – with humility and good humour. Mutual respect and wellbeing are key. We strive to eliminate bias and be open and transparent.
Solutions Driven
- We're action oriented
- Speed matters in business, so we're solution-driven and action-oriented. We value simplification and calculated risk taking. We are lean, agile and resourceful self-starters. We collaborate and break silos, working thoughtfully and with urgency to solve problems, while learning from mistakes and celebrating wins.
If this looks like the perfect fit for you or if you just want to have a conversation, please apply, and we will get back to you as quickly as possible!
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