Senior Performance Director

Overview

The transformation you will experience:

The Sr Performance Director exists to inspire and influence transformative digital outcomes for clients, guiding intricate, multi-disciplinary projects with clarity, confidence, and strategic foresight. This role is about more than just delivery. It’s about unlocking potential: in teams, in clients, and in the work itself. By combining deep digital expertise with visionary influence, you’ll shape strategies that drive growth, foster innovation and create lasting impact. You’ll champion a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, mentoring others while navigating ambiguity with calm and purpose. With a sharp eye for opportunity and a adherence to excellence, you’ll ensure every initiative aligns with the bigger picture; delivering not just results, but meaningful progress

As Sr Performance Director, you are entrusted with shaping the future of our clients, our team and our agency. You influence with purpose, clarity and conviction; balancing strategic foresight with operational excellence. Your impact will be measured across four key pillars: 1. Drive Client and Business Growth 2. Grow and Future-Proof Team Capability 3. Ensure Operational and Financial Excellence 4. Shape Team and Agency Culture

Your scope will include:

• Spearhead with vision. Craft 6–12-month strategic growth plans that inspire action and define the next big bets for our clients. Your plans should be bold, clear and built to deliver.

• Deliver work that matters. Champion ideas that earn their place in client boardrooms and industry case studies. Each year, you’ll drive at least three standout initiatives that showcase our thinking and implementation.

• Be the recommended voice. Build senior client relationships rooted in proactive partnership and strategic influence. Your presence should shape their planning cycles and elevate our agency’s role.

• Coach with intent. You are a mentor, a guide and a culture-setter. You address objections swiftly, reinforce positive behaviours and create space for growth.

• Balance delivery with development. Oversee team capacity to ensure we meet client requests while educating talent. You make room for learning without compromising performance.

• Champion craft. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by deepening expertise and encouragement

Drive discipline. Set clear priorities and ensure projects progress at the right pace. You eliminate duplication, reduce delays and keep teams focused on high-impact work.

• Uphold financial hygiene. Ensure compliance, minimise overdue debt and maintain commercial rigour across your accounts.

• Unlock growth. Identify and activate new revenue opportunities through a good knowledge of client obstacles and what Publicis products and services can help solve.

• Influence by example. Your influence sets the tone. You create a culture of accountability, curiosity and care. Your people feel empowered to do their finest work.

• Influence beyond the team. Build strong relationships with media owners and agency partners to deliver greater value for clients and elevate our collective impact.

• Be a culture carrier. You don’t just oversee performance; you shape the environment where performance thrives.

What type of person will be successful in this role:

• Experience overseeing direct report(s), clients, and media campaigns.
• Ideally you have worked within an agency environment on high-value clients.
• Bold, comfortable, and professional when communicating with clients and third parties
• Established experience in Digital Activation/Performance (Search, Social, Programmatic)
• Strong grasp of Microsoft Office programmes, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• High attention to detail
• Self-assured, resilient, and able to thrive in a fast-changing role
• Your organisational prowess will be the key to assisting our team and ensuring seamless day-to-day operations.
• Able to work as part of a larger team and build relationships
• Team-oriented and keen for others to succeed with you
• Contribute positively to performance team WIPs and digital forums

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Additional information

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com

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Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
• Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/

• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

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