Full Time Head of Digital Media Jobs, in Omnicom Media Selangor - Maukerja

We’re hiring: Head of Digital

Are you a digital leader who can set the direction, make smart investment decisions and bring great work to life?

We’re looking for a Head of Digital to lead the digital media business for a major client. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role: you’ll shape the strategy, advise senior client stakeholders and lead an eight-person specialist team to deliver connected, measurable digital solutions.

You’ll bring together paid search, social, programmatic, video, data and measurement-making sure each channel has a clear role and that investment is tied to the client’s business priorities.

What you’ll do

Set the digital direction

• Build the annual digital strategy and translate it into clear quarterly plans.
• Recommend how investment should be allocated across channels, platforms and partners.
• Set channel roles and explain the thinking behind investment recommendations.
• Adapt plans as audience behaviour, performance and market conditions change.
• Lead digital consultancy and transformation projects that address the client’s business needs.

Build a strong client partnership

• Act as the senior digital partner to the client’s marketing leadership.
• Present recommendations, performance insights and new opportunities with confidence.
• Turn complex data into clear, commercially relevant advice.
• Build a strong understanding of the client’s priorities, audiences and competitive environment.
• Raise challenges early and work with the client and internal teams on practical solutions.

Lead high-quality delivery

• Oversee day-to-day account direction, from briefing and planning through launch and optimisation.
• Make sure campaigns are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards.
• Set clear expectations for plans, reporting and post-campaign analysis.
• Maintain strong working relationships with platform and media partners, including Meta, Google and TikTok.
• Keep investment, campaign and performance reporting accurate and transparent.

Strengthen performance, data and innovation

• Develop measurement approaches that connect digital activity to meaningful business outcomes.
• Set and review KPIs, using results to improve performance and guide future investment.
• Support the use of first-party data and audience solutions within relevant privacy and governance standards.
• Identify practical opportunities to use AI and automation in planning, buying, optimisation and reporting.
• Build an innovation roadmap with clear use cases and business value.

Lead and develop the team

• Set clear ownership, priorities and escalation routes across the dedicated specialist team.
• Coach team members and build their strategic, technical and client skills.
• Balance workload and plan team capacity around client priorities.
• Create an environment where people feel empowered to contribute, collaborate and do their best work.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of experience in digital media, with at least 3 years leading teams and senior client relationships.
• A track record of managing significant digital investment and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of paid search, social, programmatic, video and digital measurement.
• The ability to connect channel-level performance to wider business priorities.
• Confidence presenting to senior stakeholders and influencing investment decisions.
• Strong commercial judgement, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• A practical understanding of AI and automation applications in media.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to manage detail while keeping sight of the bigger picture, especially when priorities and deadlines shift.

Experience in a complex, fast-moving category would be an advantage. Current certifications across platforms such as Meta, Google Ads, GA4 and TikTok are welcome; the successful candidate should be willing to obtain or maintain relevant certifications.

What success looks like

In your first year, you’ll have helped establish a clear digital strategy and investment approach, strengthened the link between media activity and business outcomes, improved delivery and reporting, and built a confident, capable team. You’ll also have identified and progressed meaningful opportunities in data, AI and automation.

If you’re ready to shape a major digital business, build a strong client partnership and lead a team with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

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